HR Business Partner

Clayton

HR Business Partner guiding HR strategies for retail operations. Influencing workforce planning, talent acquisition, and performance management across assigned Retail Home Centers.

Posted 5/6/2026full-timeCharleston • South Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $103,000 - $129,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Serve as a strategic HR partner to the Region VP and other Retail Field Leadership.
Influence and lead workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance management, employee retention, and change initiatives across assigned Retail Home Centers.
Manage complex employee relations matters, such as HR field investigations, conflict resolution, and performance concerns.
Advise leaders regarding all concerns and inquiries around leave of absence, benefits, and various other HR issues.
Partner with Compensation to conduct research on regional salary data and make recommendations.
Partner with Talent Acquisition to translate workforce priorities into workforce and talent development forecasts and plans.
Participate in interviews and onboarding activities as necessary.
Prepare and deliver data summaries with clear implications and recommended actions during annual business reviews.
Coach leaders on identifying and correcting behavioral misalignment and developing corrective action plans tied to expected values and behaviors.
Oversee all staffing efforts within the Region while partnering with Zone, Regional, and Home Center Management.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
7 years’ experience in HR/Talent Acquisition with companies supporting 500+ team members.
Ability to travel to locations within your region (50 - 70%).
Experience supporting a retail team with a heavy focus on performance.
Demonstrated capability in employee relations, investigations, performance management, coaching and change management.
Experience partnering with business leaders to interpret data, identify root causes, and develop action plans.
Experience with Workday HR management system preferred.
Strong business acumen and an ability to understand P&L.
Ability to influence, coach, and build trust with leaders at all levels.
High level of proficiency with HR systems (Workday preferred) and Microsoft Excel / data tools.
Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate with a high degree of autonomy.
Effective Communication/Facilitation, both written and verbal; work with managers to send clear and consistent messages; be an effective communicator in writing, facilitation, be able to drive change, facilitate internal communication processes, etc.
Ability and desire to operate with a high degree of flexibility.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time team members have the flexibility to create their own health, dental, and vision benefits package.
Clayton provides competitive 401K programs including investment options and company matching for full and part time team members after one year to help our team members achieve their financial goals.
Additional benefits include paid parental leave, Employee Assistance Programs, paid time off, paid holidays and more.
Clayton is now providing paid time for Team Members to volunteer to causes that are meaningful to them through the Clayton Impact program.
Clayton encourages holistic wellness with physical, nutritional, social, financial, spiritual and occupational programs.
Home Centers are closed on Sundays – we believe in offering a balanced working environment.

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Hard Skills & Tools

employee relationsperformance managementtalent acquisitioncoachingchange managementdata analysisworkforce planningconflict resolutiononboardingHR investigations

Soft Skills

influencecommunicationtrust buildingbusiness acumenflexibilityautonomyprioritizationfacilitationleadershipproblem solving