REI is committed to becoming a fully inclusive, antiracist, multicultural organization. To fulfill our brand promise of enabling a life well-lived outside for everyone, we are seeking candidates who demonstrate shared values of diversity, equity, inclusion, and antiracism.
As the Employee Engagement Manager at REI, you will play a vital role in contributing to the success of the organization by acting as a credible business-oriented solution provider and trusted partner. You will be responsible for evolving and delivering the core practices of employee engagement work and will contribute at a hands-on level to cultivate a positive culture. You will plan, develop, and implement initiatives to drive workforce engagement and high-quality solutions for employees. You will be responsible for developing collaborative plans that drive the engagement agenda and have a downstream impact within the organization.
In addition to the existing responsibilities of the Employee Engagement Partner, you will take on additional managerial duties to lead a team and oversee the implementation of employee engagement initiatives for a region. The region may include stores, distribution centers or experience centers. The Manager models and acts in accordance with REI’s guiding values and mission.
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Identifies and communicates key responsibilities and practices to ensure the organization promotes a successful attitude, confidence in leadership, and teamwork to achieve business results.
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Supports the implementation of company programs, procedures, methods and practices to promote REI key messages.
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Challenges and inspires employees to achieve business results.
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Ensures employees adhere to legal and operational compliance requirements.
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Oversees training and development of employees directly and indirectly managed and makes effective staffing decisions.
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Conducts and ensures the completion of performance reviews.
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Provides coaching, direction and leadership support to employees in order to achieve department, company and customer results.
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Establishes and maintains visibility within the department.
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Monitors operational statistics, reports trends, variances and issues, and takes appropriate action.
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Leverages deep business understanding to identify issues, diagnose root causes, provide insights, offer recommendations, and develop proactive solutions to solve pressing business objectives through people lens.
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Applies strong analytical skills and attention to detail to understand complex problems and root causes, leveraging quantitative and qualitative data to develop insights, guide decisions, and formulate solutions.
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Uses data to measure if core behaviors and mindsets are embodied and actively fostered by leaders to create an inclusive and thriving environment.
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Provides insight and feedback to business leaders, representing the voice of employees. Ensures compliance with internal human resource policies and practices, and with relevant labor and employment legislation.
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Supports Managers through coaching performance management and improvement to assist in the creation/follow up of action plans around improving employee engagement.
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Drive an employee-centric mindset across the business.
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Advise, mentor and guide people leaders and supervisors to develop positive employee engagement capability and leadership skills.
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Conducts training and roundtables on employee sentiment and related engagement topics at various locations companywide.
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Design, collect, and analyze data to identify trends and potential risk areas associated with climate surveys and assessments.
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Proactively identify opportunities to enhance the employee experience and help develop and implement innovative solutions and policies.
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Collaborates with HRBPs, Employee Relations, Legal and business leaders to help facilitate organizational changes and respond to employee feedback.
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Drives fair and transparent responses to employee engagement matters.
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Participates in or manages projects led by the Engagement team as needed.