
Coordinator II, Human Resources
Abbott Laboratories
Summary
This position works out of our Santa Clara, CA location supporting our CHR, Corporate Human Resources Team.
Job description
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Santa Clara, CA location supporting our CHR, Corporate Human Resources Team.
Coordinator II, Human Resources
The HR Coordinator II will serve as the primary HR point of contact for employees, providing guidance, resolving inquiries, and ensuring an exceptional employee experience.
- Manage site onboarding, including new hire orientation; process employee data changes, transfers, and offboarding activities while maintaining compliance and data integrity.
- Generate, analyze, and validate HR data and reporting to support HR leaders, business partners, and global workforce planning initiatives and report out org health and effectiveness.
- Coordinate employee engagement activities, recognition programs, site events, and leadership communications that support organizational culture.
- Support HR annual processes including performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, compensation planning, and organizational design activities.
- Prepare organizational charts, workforce analytics, headcount reporting, and talent reviews to support business planning and decision-making.
- Provide administrative support to HR leadership, including calendar management, travel coordination, expense reporting, meeting and event planning, presentations, and executive communications.
- Leverage HR systems and advanced Microsoft Office tools to manage data, maintain shared resources, drive process efficiency, and support compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
- Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes, improve employee experience, and increase operational efficiency through standardization and automation.
- Support HR leadership on site compliance, audit queries and other regulatory and policy requirements.
Position Accountability/ Scope
- Consistently interacts with HR staff, high-level executives, and employee population base.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge and understanding of business processes and requirements.
- Frequently handles confidential, business-sensitive information and manages deadline deliverables.
- Maintains and manages calendars, including meeting and travel scheduling and domestic and international travel arrangements.
- Proactively identifies and resolves scheduling conflicts, maintaining calendars and proactively planning in meeting project deliverables.
- Primary point of contact for manager’s schedule and coordination.
Experience You'll Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- 3+ years previous administrative experience or equivalent.
- Operates fairly independently with general instruction and some supervision.
- Experience supporting HR teams, senior leaders, or business functions in a corporate environment.
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technology and business systems to improve efficiency, communication, and employee experience.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with employees, leaders, and executives.
- Proven ability to handle sensitive information with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment.
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, competing deadlines, and proactively seeking methods to enhance efficiencies.
- Demonstrated high level of confidentiality and discretion on all information and interactions representing the department.
- Strong analysis and decision-making skills.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort in working with large amounts of data.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Visio or OrgPlus, and Outlook.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
- 3+ years previous administrative experience or equivalent
- Experience supporting HR teams, senior leaders, or business functions in a corporate environment
- Demonstrated ability to leverage technology and business systems to improve efficiency, communication, and employee experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proven ability to handle sensitive information with professionalism, discretion, and sound judgment
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and competing deadlines
- Demonstrated high level of confidentiality and discretion
- Strong analysis and decision-making skills
- Strong attention to detail and comfort working with large amounts of data
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, Visio or OrgPlus, and Outlook
Benefits
- Free medical coverage (HIP PPO)
- Retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Freedom 2 Save student debt program
- FreeU education benefit
- Career development
Company overview
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare technology leader founded in 1888 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As an international medtech and pharmaceutical company, Abbott operates in approximately 160 countries worldwide with a workforce of over 115,000 employees. The company is organized into four major business segments: Medical Devices (48% of revenue), Diagnostics (20%), Nutritional Products (19%), and Established Pharmaceutical Products (12%). Abbott's medical devices portfolio includes revolutionary technologies such as the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes management, cardiovascular devices like the MitraClip and TriClip for heart valve repair, and neuromodulation systems for chronic pain management. The company's diagnostics division pioneered breakthrough tests including the first licensed HIV blood test in 1985. With a rich history spanning over 135 years, Abbott has consistently been recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies since 1984 and continues to drive innovation in healthcare technology to help people live healthier, fuller lives.