HR Business Partner Associate

About the Role

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company. The Human Resources team is seeking an HR Business Partner Associate to join our manufacturing HR organization. This role will support workforce initiatives, employee engagement, and organizational success at our manufacturing facility in Ave Maria, Florida.

Key Responsibilities

• Coach senior leaders on leadership capability, team effectiveness, and performance management.
• Intervene in complex team or leadership dynamics.
• Coach leaders on managing change, ambiguity, and workforce impact.
• Champion a high-performance and values-driven culture.
• Proactively identify organizational risks (e.g., attrition, capability gaps, culture drift).
• Participate in business planning cycles to embed people strategies in financial and operational plans.
• Translate business objectives into clear talent priorities, capability needs, and culture initiatives.
• Identify critical roles, succession pipelines, and emerging capability gaps.
• Partner with legal and compliance on complex employee matters.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and L&D to ensure proactive talent pipeline development.
• Guide leaders through operating model evolution.
• Apply structured change frameworks to ensure adoption and sustained outcomes.
• Use data to influence decisions.
• Design initiatives that enhance the employee experience.
• Support leadership development planning aligned with future capability needs.
• Guide leaders through calibration, differentiation, and talent decisions.
• Partner with leadership to act on engagement data with measurable outcomes.
• Build dashboards and storytelling narratives for leadership.
• Advocate for and adopt HR technology, automation, and digital tools.
• Partner with managers and employees to provide support on HR policies, procedures, and workplace concerns.
• Assist with employee relations matters, talent initiatives, and day-to-day HR activities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
• Experience with SAP is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; preferably in Business, Management, or Human Resources.
• One year of HRBP or Employee Relations experience preferred.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Willingness to learn.
• Ability to build positive working relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Customer-focused mindset.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Ability to provide accurate data reporting to determine trends.
• Ability to learn new systems quickly.
• Excellent verbal, written, analytical, project, research, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• General knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations in wage and hour laws, employment law, and workers’ compensation.
• Highly discrete individual who can handle sensitive and confidential employee information.