This Manager, Plant HR Generalist position is a crucial leadership role responsible for overseeing the Plant HR Generalist team and ensuring the smooth operation of all HR functions within the manufacturing facility. This individual will work closely with plant leadership and corporate HR to deliver impactful HR services, resolve employee relations issues, maintain accurate documentation, and ensure compliance with labor laws. They will also play a key role in implementing strategic HR programs and initiatives, supporting local union contract negotiations, and fostering a positive and ethical work environment. The role reports to the Plant HR Director and has managerial responsibilities over the Plant HR Generalist team, including staffing, performance, discipline, and development. **Employee Relations and Business Partnerships:** + **Strategic Partnerships** _:_ Builds strong relationships leadership team within their customer group (ie: Area Manager) to identify solutions that drive sustainable cultural change and support the achievement of business objectives. + **People Leadership** : Takes ownership of People Leader activities for the Plant HR team, including creating development plans, providing recognition, coaching and mentoring, and managing performance documentation and evaluations to support organizational goals. + **Talent Management** _:_ Executes and consults on the talent management responsibilities within their customer group, including performance management, talent development, succession planning, PDC activities, compensation planning, disciplinary action, terminations, recruitment, pay decisions, and other personnel actions. + **HR Service Delivery** _:_ Executes Labor COE and HRBO designed products and services within their customer group to positively impact both the hourly and salaried employee life cycles. + **Employee Engagement** _:_ Fosters a positive and inclusive hourly and salary employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback through employee opinion surveys, suggestions, open-door policies and DEI initiatives to boost engagement and address areas for improvement. Executes a strategic people plan to drive employee recognition events, planning, etc. Conducts daily floor walks in designated customer area to build positive relationships with employees, ensure HR availability, and enable a proactive response to early warning indicators. + **Lean Methodology** _:_ Leverages lean methodology and tools for problem solving in collaboration with internal departments, external vendors, auditors, and consultants to make decisions and drive effective change management programs. Actively engage in plant Kaizen events and is Green Belt certified in Six Sigma practices. + **Business Acumen** _:_ Develops an understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on HR matters aligned with business objectives. + **Employee Communication** : Partners with local communications staff to implement an integrated communications strategy that creates an informed employee population and drives 2-way communication across all shifts. + **Compliance** _:_ Ensures compliance with employment laws, regulations, and company policies. + **Community Engagement** _:_ Oversees interactions with local governmental agencies and coordinates charitable activities to support the plant's community engagement efforts. + **Data Storytelling** _:_ Deeply understand the organizations structure and composition. Proactively monitors key workforce metrics to identify potential risks and mitigating actions. Develop compelling narratives and recommendations for operating leaders that drives deliberate people decisions. **Labor Relations** + **Union Relations:** Manages resolution of employee union issues such as conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters, with fairness and consistency in a timely manner. Actively participates in preparing collective bargaining agreements and in associated negotiations with employee unions. Ensures rep comp is completed accurately and timely within the constraints of the contractual agreement. + **Case Management:** Distributes and assigns all casework and grievances to the Employee Relations team, monitors volume for workload and emerging trends, serves as a primary point of contact for case escalation, and guides the Employee Relations team on investigations/responses to ethics and compliance hotline. + **Payroll, Time and Attendance:** Oversees payroll and attendance tracking processes by the plant HR generalist team. Root causes payroll and attendance concerns to identify sustainable solutions. Comprehensive understanding of leaves of absences policies, rules and regulations include the Family and Medical Leave Act and its interaction with worker’s compensation and Americans with Disabilities Act. + **Contract Interpretation:** Collaborates closely with customer group and relevant union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the contract terms, addressing inquiries, grievances, and other union-related issues for consistent application. Oversees the resolution of employee union issues, such as conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters, ensuring fairness, consistency, and timeliness. + **Investigations:** Conducts investigations within their assigned customer group, ensuring that all disciplinary issues, grievances, and arbitration matters are handled in a timely and effective manner. Assesses the severity of each case and escalates significant concerns to the HR Director as required. Responds to and resolves all types of discrimination charges and complaints in partnership with legal counsel on lawsuit discovery and litigation preparation. Coordinates with specialists, HR teams, people leaders, and employees for appropriate and fair implementation of people policies ensuring compliance and consistency. Leverages strong conflict resolution and critical thinking skills to conduct thorough investigations. + **Health and Safety:** Works closely with safety and occupational health leads to address employee health and wellness concerns, conduct safety audits, implement wellness programs, and continuously improve safety performance for a healthy and safe work environment. + **Talent Management:** Drives the talent management process for hourly employees within their customer group to support skill trades hiring, internal and external hourly hiring strategies, upskilling, transferring, retirement management, and more. This role will be 36 hours a week and benefits will be prorated. This position will later transition to 4 10 hour work week with full benefits. + Bachelor’s degree or master’s Degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience. + Minimum 5 years of with a master’s degree or 8 years of work experience with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in a manufacturing HR or labor setting. **Licenses and Certifications:** Professional HR Certification preferred but not required: + PHR or SHRM-SC certification or + SPHR or SHRM-SCP certification **Work Requirements:** This role requires onsite presence at the manufacturing plant to fulfill job responsibilities. Involves occasional (defined as one-third or less of the time) lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, climbing, etc. Role does require time walking and standing on plant manufacturing floor at least 20% of the time. Many sedentary jobs require good use of the hands and fingers for repetitive hand-finger actions. Working conditions occur within low to moderate noise levels related to the use of standard office or classroom equipment. **Skills:** + Business Acumen + Change Management and Organizational Design + Collaboration + Customer Service + Conflict Resolution + Critical Thinking + Compliance + Drive for Results and Sense of Urgency + Employee Advocacy + Employee and Labor Relations + Employment Laws and Regulations + HR Information Systems + HR Management Systems + HR Programs and Policies + Innovation + Interpersonal Communication + Leading Transformation Change + Lean Methodology + Performance Management + Planning + Problem Solving + Resourcefulness + Strong Interpersonal and Influencing Skills + Talent Management This description outlines the general nature and scope of work typically performed in this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, knowledge, skills, work requirements, etc. It may vary slightly based on business or geographic needs and is subject to being reviewed and updated periodically. **Requisition ID** : 41200