Sr. HR Business Partner - Sales

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) – Sales/Commercial for Electrical Connections (EC) is a strategic role passionate about enabling business performance through people. This position partners closely with sales and commercial leadership to drive outcomes by aligning talent strategies with go-to-market priorities, enhancing leadership effectiveness, and building high-performing, customer-focused teams. Serving as a trusted advisor to sales leaders, the HRBP brings experience supporting commercial organizations, including talent planning, sales incentive compensation, and organizational effectiveness.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Drive Commercial Performance Through Talent Strategy

• Partner with Sales/Commercial leaders to design and implement HR strategies that support revenue growth, market expansion, and customer engagement.

• Enable Leadership Effectiveness

• Coach and advise leaders on organizational design, team dynamics, performance management, and talent decisions to strengthen accountability and results.

• Support Sales-Focused HR Priorities

• Lead and support key HR processes across the sales and commercial organization, including performance management, strategic hiring, leadership development, employee relations, and sales incentive compensation design and administration.

• Advance Talent Development

• Partner with leaders to identify and address development needs, including onboarding, training, and leadership development

• Align Customers Across the Enterprise

• Collaborate across business segments and enterprise functions to ensure alignment on talent strategies that support commercial priorities and enterprise objectives.

• Leverage Data to Drive Decisions

• Analyze workforce trends, talent metrics, and organizational data to deliver actionable insights that improve retention, engagement, and performance outcomes.

• Attract and Retain Top Talent

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to develop targeted sourcing strategies and build diverse, high-quality pipelines for critical commercial roles.

• Partner Across HR Centers of Excellence (COEs)

• Collaborate with Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, HRIS, and other COEs to deliver integrated, business-relevant solutions—particularly in areas impacting performance and rewards.

• Guarantee Adherence & Risk Mitigation

• Maintain solid knowledge of employment laws and support compliance across the organization while proactively advising leaders on risk and policy adherence.

• Maintain Data Integrity & HR Operations Excellence

• Oversee employee data accuracy and transactions within Workday HRIS to ensure reliable reporting and decision-making.

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field required

• 7+ years of progressive HR Business Partner experience supporting sales, marketing, customer-facing, or commercial functions in a matrixed organization required

• Past experience working in a similar role for a global, publicly traded manufacturer preferred

• Demonstrated experience supporting sales incentive compensation programs and aligning rewards to performance strongly preferred

• Solid understanding of employment law, HR practices, and organizational effectiveness

• Proven success in talent management, organizational design, and employee relations within commercially driven environments

• Ability to influence senior leaders and build trusted relationships across teams

• Strong analytical skills with experience demonstrating HR data and workforce insights to drive decisions

• Proficiency in HRIS systems (Workday preferred) and Microsoft Office Suite

• Flexibility to work 4 days a week from our Solon, Ohio, Electrical Connections manufacturing campus and 1 day from home

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at www.nvent.com.

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being.  We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.