Company Description

We Are Bosch.

At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Our areas of activity are every bit as diverse as our outstanding Bosch teams around the world. Their creativity is the key to innovation through connected living, mobility, or industry.

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• Reinvent yourself: At Bosch, you will evolve. • Discover new directions: At Bosch, you will find your place. • Balance your life: At Bosch, your job matches your lifestyle. • Celebrate success: At Bosch, we celebrate you. • Be yourself: At Bosch, we value values. • Shape tomorrow: At Bosch, you change lives.

Robert Bosch LLC is one of the world's largest private industrial companies. At Bosch, we shape the future by inventing high-quality technologies and services that spark enthusiasm and enrich people’s lives. Bosch Home Comfort is a leading source of high-quality heating, cooling and hot water systems. At Bosch Home Comfort we are committed to reinventing energy efficiency by offering smart products that work together as integrated systems and enhance quality of life in an ultra-efficient and environmentally friendly manner. 

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Job Description

Reporting directly to the North American Regional President for Bosch Home Comfort, the HR Manager will act as a key strategic and operational partner to the site management teams at Watertown, MA, and Londonderry, NH locations, accounting for 180 associates. In addition, this role acts as the HR Business partner for the Watertown location supporting associates in HC/SA5, HC-CW/PAN, CR, GS and various CU departments. This role incorporates Bosch’s global HR strategies into site-specific business objectives. The HR Manager serves as both a trusted advisor, ensuring HR management aligns with business goals and drives the implementation of global and regional HR standards. The HR Manager will also manage all aspects of HR planning and organizational development at the site level.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership Consultation:

• Consults on individual leadership cases and acts as sparring partner on eye level
• Co-creates with leaders the plans for demand and supply of talent, for short- and long-term business needs
• Sparring partner for leaders in terms of TAR, people performance, development and career conversations
• Proactively provides feedback and consultation on leadership topics
• Proposes training / development measures to leaders

Strategy Partner:

• Actively participates in local management meetings and embeds global P&O strategy with local business strategy
• Influences and takes decisions with the business team; is able to calculate ROI and build arguments to gather investments in topics
• Transfers business requests (e. g. sustainable high performing organization / culture) into new HR measures through collaboration with HRX organization
• Anticipates future developments, proactively shows implications and initiates corresponding measures

People Partner:

• Facilitates career development opportunities for talents
• Consults on individual skills and consults on skill and learning journey (e. g. BTC, eUniversities)
• Inspires and fosters a strong learning culture and mindset to become a Learning Company
• Is contact person for associates in case of critical people topics

Organizational Development Consultant

• Consults on reorganization and restructuring and supports implementation
• Acts as change agent (drives change projects in the location) and as a broker to transformation consultants (inhouse/external) in case of large-scale change or transformation projects
• Advises on organizational skill and competence structure, future requirements and skill and competence strategy to ensure future fit organization
• Supports and promotes new ways of working e. g. Smart Work and IWC in the location

Data Analyst

• Continuously monitors and analyses available HR reports, dashboards
• Makes up to-date-driven proposals for HR measures
• Provides regularly insights to management team on people metrics
• Transfers future data needs to HR expert organization
• Accesses relevant HR data or utilizes dashboards for answering local questions or requests

Leadership of Associates:

• Lead the local HR team in both professional and disciplinary matters. Ensure that HR associates are effectively managed, developed, and supported in their roles

Diversity and Inclusion:

• Develop and implement site-specific diversity strategies based on broader corporate initiatives. Provide advice to managers and HR Business Partners (HR BPs) on diversity initiatives and best practices

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
• 3+ years of HR management experience, preferably in a multi-site environment.
• 3+ years of HR business partner experience supporting an executive leadership team.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field;
• Proven experience in talent management, organizational development, and cost management.
• Strong knowledge of HR principles, employment law, labor relations, and diversity strategy development.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Proficiency to develop and implement strategic HR initiatives across multiple locations.

Additional Information

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans. 

Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only.  Future sponsorship for work authorization unavailable. 

Work Environment:

Applicants must live a commutable distance to the Watertown office.

Significant use of computer and phone for daily work.