People Business Partner at AG Bells II in Chicago, IL

About the job

At Ampler, we welcome new and diverse talent ready to take on the opportunity where you can utilize your professional experience to shape the next generation of a company that aims to be one of the largest quick-service restaurant groups in the country, running best-in-class operations with the best teams.

With almost 500 restaurants, Ampler Restaurant Group has aggressively grown the business since 2017 with four iconic brands:

Burger King, Little Creasers, Taco Bell, and Church’s Chicken, within 14 states.

Because of dedication to our team members and investment in our people team, we seek to add (3) People Business Partners to join us. We don’t have an office building. All the shared services team members work remotely from their own home office within their market.

Our leadership team is truly unique and innovative. Our leaders work closely with our team members to empower them to exemplify the core values of our quick-service restaurants. We create a respectful environment where everyone can feel comfortable and feel like they are heard.

Job Summary:

An energetic, creative, and passionate for success individual will act as a collaborative People Business Partner to the operations, proactively partnering with people-related strategy and decisions. Comprised of compensation design, talent development, retention, engagement, performance, and complex team relations items while providing high-level support in the administration of a people program.

Role Partnership and Accountabilities:

• Partner with leaders on talent issues, including development, engagement, and providing performance coaching.
• Provide recommendations to the VP of People with people projects that can improve team members' experience.
• Accountable for employee retention, talent assessment, succession planning, organizational design, compensation planning, and leadership development.
• Provide insights to the VP of People and Brand President regarding people stats and reviewing trends in exit interview data, engagement surveys, attrition, etc.
• Partner with operations to deliver seamless people processes and programs across the organization.
• A strategic partner in improving retention at all levels within Ampler.
• Partner with the Brand President on new store openings and acquisitions to workforce planning and training plans for positive team member experiences to excel in strategic operations results.
• Site visits with the Brand President to engage with leaders on people stats, make recommendations, and recognize leaders for excelling in people stats.
• Provide recommendations on complicated initiatives where the impact is significant in supporting the brand.
• Support the VP of People and Brand President as the business continues to reform to provide a world-class customer and team member experience.
• Conduct employee relations investigations and provide coaching and documentation to alleviate potential risks to the company.
• Design and train restaurant managers and field on leadership skills and business training.

Education & Experience:

• A bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of HR field experience with a growing company and multi-locations.
• Quick service or retail human resources experience is highly preferred.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Competency in Microsoft programs (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws, statutes, etc.
• PHR or SHRM-SCP certification is a plus.
• Approximately 30% of travel is required.

Shared services team members are offered a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401k with 10% match, pet insurance, and more.