bp

Retail People Relations Manager

bp

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Chicago • Illinois • Ohio • United States

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Salary

💰 $128,000 - $238,000 per year

About the role

  • Provide guidance to business leaders on all aspects of People Relations, ensuring compliance with country-specific regulations and global bp policy.
  • Develop and deploy tools that proactively support a positive People Relations environment and capability.
  • Lead People Relations support for acquisitions, divestments, and other large-scale workforce changes.
  • Develop, manage, and oversee country-specific policies, ensuring best practices in consultation and workforce engagement.
  • Monitor team performance against SLAs and collaborate with BI, and E&C to ensure adherence to SLAs.
  • Support the Specialist and Advisory team with the development, implementation, and maintenance of People Relations policies, providing guidance on local adaptations while maintaining global consistency.
  • Act as a key point of contact for business leaders, PC&C teams, legal, BI, E&C, and external regulatory bodies.
  • Drive awareness, training, and proactive engagement on Labour Rights and Modern Slavery across field-based teams.
  • Manage works council relationships and lead the consultation process for people-related changes.
  • Support the Group People Relations team where required, including collective consultation, negotiation, communications and engagement activity, governance and industrial action response plans.
  • Provide guidance on creating a more inclusive, supportive and diverse workplace, and drive psychological safety within teams by encouraging transparency, respect, and constructive feedback.

Requirements

  • Experience in People Relations, HR, or employment law, preferably in a retail or operational environment.
  • Strong expertise in handling complex employee relations matters, including grievances, performance management, and investigations.
  • Experience leading or influencing teams in a matrixed environment.
  • Strong understanding of regional labour laws and compliance requirements.
  • Demonstrated ability to partner with business leaders to drive people-related strategies.
  • Experience with large-scale workforce changes, such as acquisitions, divestments, and organizational restructuring.
  • Advanced knowledge of employment law, policy interpretation, and workplace investigations.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to interpret case trends and recommend proactive solutions.
  • Proficiency in HRIS/Case management systems (e.g., Workday, Salesforce).
Benefits
  • Flexible working options
  • Generous paid parental leave policy
  • Excellent retirement benefits
  • Paid vacation ranging from 120 – 240 hours per year for full time employees
  • 9 paid holidays per year
  • 2 personal choice holidays
  • Discretionary annual bonus program
  • Long-term incentive program
  • 401k matching program
  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • Life and Short-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
People RelationsHRemployment lawgrievancesperformance managementworkplace investigationspolicy interpretationanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillscompliance requirements
Soft Skills
guidanceleadershipcollaborationcommunicationinclusivitytransparencyrespectconstructive feedbackengagementnegotiation