HR Business Partner - Employee Relations

Description

Delavan Holdings is hiring a Human Resources Business Partner in Delavan, Wisconsin, to lead employee relations and workplace investigations for Kunes Auto, Kunes RV, and Ignition Dealer Services — 2,400 team members across 60 locations. About 70% of this role is employee relations and investigations. Onsite, with occasional travel.

What you'll do

- Independently run workplace investigations end to end: intake, interviews, documentation, findings, recommended action.
- Coach service managers, sales managers, and general managers through conduct, attendance, performance, and policy concerns.
- Support corrective action, performance improvement plans, terminations, and exit interviews.
- Partner with the HR Director on higher-risk matters under a tiered escalation model.
- Travel occasionally (about 10%) to supported locations.

Requirements

What you need

- 2+ years of hands-on Human Resources experience with real employee relations ownership.
- Workplace investigations you have personally led start to finish. You will be asked to walk us through one.
- Experience with an hourly, frontline workforce — dealership, retail, hospitality, manufacturing, or logistics. This is high-volume frontline employee relations, not corporate-office work with a salaried population.
- Working knowledge of employment law: harassment, discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour, documentation.
- You have personally conducted or co-conducted termination meetings.
- Able to work onsite in Delavan, WI.

Nice to have: automotive or RV dealership experience, multi-state support, Paylocity, SHRM-CP or PHR. Bachelor's degree preferred, not required.

Pay and benefits: $60,000 – $75,000 base, depending on employee relations and investigation depth. Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, and paid holidays. Family-owned and stable.Equal Opportunity Employer.

Salary Description
$60,000 – $75,000 base