Human Resources Business Partner, Western Canada

Our Purpose is to help our Customers our Associates our Suppliers our Communities and our Shareholders in Achieving Superior Performance! This is what Applied Canada stands for. Applied is a leading value-added distributor of bearings power transmission products engineered fluid power components and systems specialty flow control solutions and other industrial supplies serving MRO and OEM customers. With over 50 facilities located across Canada and 650 Associates Applied supports the steel mining forestry agriculture automotive oil and gas food processing power generation pulp and paper and transportation industries just to name a addition Applied provides engineering design and systems integration for industrial fluid power and flow control applications as well as customized mechanical fabricated rubber fluid power and flow control shop services.

The Human Resources Business Partner Western Canada is a senior regionally aligned HR leader responsible for providing strategic and operational human resources support to business operations across Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia. This role requires a strong HR generalist foundation combined with a transformation mindset. The HRBP will act as a trusted advisor to regional leaders while helping modernize HR processes enhance employee and leader experience and support the effective use of HR technology. The role partners closely with centralized HR teams while maintaining accountability for regional people outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnership

• Serve as a trusted advisor to regional leadership providing practical and strategic HR guidance aligned with business objectives.

• Partner with leaders on organizational design workforce planning role clarity and change initiatives.

• Support business leaders through periods of growth transformation and operational change.

HR Transformation & Process Improvement

• Contribute to Canadawide HR transformation initiatives including process standardization documentation and continuous improvement.

• Support the adoption of modern HR practices and ways of working across the region.

• Actively leverage HR technology including Workday to improve efficiency data quality reporting and decisionmaking.

• Demonstrate curiosity and practical application of AIenabled tools and analytics to streamline HR work reduce manual effort and enhance employee and leader experience.

• Support change management and adoption of new HR systems processes and tools.

Employee Relations & Performance Management

• Lead employee relations matters across the region including investigations disciplinary actions accommodations and performance improvement plans.

• Coach and advise leaders on effective people management documentation standards and riskaware decisionmaking.

• Ensure consistent and compliant application of HR policies and employment standards across Western Canada.

Talent Management & Leadership Development

• Support annual performance management processes including goal setting performance reviews and followthrough.

• Participate in regional talent reviews succession planning and leadership development discussions.

• Partner with leaders to develop and support Individual Development Plans (IDPs) and readiness planning.

Recruitment & Workforce Planning

• Lead recruitment for seniorlevel and leadership roles within Western Canada in partnership with the Talent Acquisition.

• Participate in candidate assessment interview selection and offer decisionmaking.

• Support workforce planning aligned to operational and strategic business needs

Compensation Incentives & Reward Support

• Support and help drive the annual merit and incentive planning processes for the region.

• Partner with HR leadership global stakeholders (e.g Finance) during yearend compensation cycles to ensure consistent and timely execution.

• Provide guidance and recommendations to leaders on salary adjustment promotional increases yearend merit increases incentive allocations etc.

• Ensure compensation decisions align with established guidelines and governance frameworks.

• Support leader understanding of compensation programs and decision processes.

HR Operations Compliance & Governance

• Provide daytoday HR guidance on policies benefits leaves and payrollrelated inquiries.

• Support HR reporting and analytics needs for the region including workforce data and people metrics.

• Ensure compliance with federal and provincial employment legislation across Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia.

• Escalate complex or highrisk matters appropriately within the Canada HR governance model.

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 10 years of progressive human resources experience with demonstrated strength across multiple HR disciplines.

• Solid background in employee relations performance management compensation processes and policy application.

• Experience supporting leaders in a multisite or regional environment.

• Strong interest in using HR technology data and systems (e.g. Workday) to improve HR effectiveness.

• Demonstrated curiosity and openness to leveraging AIenabled tools or automation to enhance HR practices.

• Strong judgment discretion and ability to manage sensitive and confidential information

Preferred

• CHRP or SHRM designation (or equivalent professional HR certification).

• Bilingual (English/French) considered an asset.

• Experience in industrial distribution manufacturing or technical environments.

• Previous involvement in HR system implementations optimization or digital transformation initiatives.

• Experience supporting organizations through change growth or integration scenarios.

Why Join Applied Industrial Technologies

• Opportunity to play a meaningful role in transforming the HR function in an industry that is seeing ongoing change and growth.

• Direct partnership with senior leaders across a broad Western Canada footprint.

• Ability to influence HR systems processes and tools are used to support the business.

• Join a stable publicly traded organization with a strong culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.

• Be part of a team focused on building leadership capability and sustainable workforce practices.

Location: This is a role that can be situated anywhere in Canada ideally near a major Applied Industrial Technologies hub (Toronto Montreal Saskatoon Edmonton Calgary or Surrey).

Travel: Approximately quarterly travel to Western Canada sites with additional travel as required to support business needs

You will be part of a stable and established company with consistently strong performance and growth. We encourage you to contribute fresh new ideas. Here is just some of what we have to offer:

Competitive compensation and bonus opportunities
Health vision and dental coverage RRSP w/ company match
Paid vacation sick time and company holidays
Tuition reimbursement and opportunities for development
Company supported community involvement opportunities

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race colour religion national origin ancestry gender sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or any other characteristic prohibited by law.