HR Business Partner
About The Position
The HR Business Partner supports approximately 400 employees in a unionized facility. This “hands-on” position requires significant interaction and visibility to all levels of the organization, departments, and all shifts across the mill. The role involves acting with line management in instituting work system improvements that positively impact business profitability and raise employee engagement, and helping the facility build a reliability culture. Key responsibilities include leadership development, engagement, and diversity initiatives, recruiting hourly and salary employees, educating and coaching line management on company policies and regulations, promoting communication strategies, researching and introducing HR best practices, representing management in labor relations, championing change processes, and investigating and mediating employee disputes.
Requirements
- At least 2-3 years of Human Resource experience or associated class work.
- A Bachelor Degree in human resources, business or a related field is required.
- Strong functional/technical skills with focus on labor relations.
- Proficiency in SAP and HR/Payroll systems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a manufacturing environment is highly desirable.
- Geographically flexible.
- Project management desired.
- Experience in leading organization change efforts and designing.
Responsibilities
- Act with line management in instituting work system improvements which positively impact business profitability and raise employee engagement.
- Help the facility build a reliability culture.
- Educate, coach and counsel members of the organization on job performance, employee development and diversity to build work teams who fully contribute to meeting or exceeding business goals.
- Recruit hourly and Salary employees utilizing Pre-Employment training and College Recruiting.
- Educate and coach line management on company policies work rules, as well as applicable federal and state regulations, to ensure fair and consistent delivery of human resources products and services and compliance with local labor agreements.
- Promote and participate in the planning and implementation of communication strategies which deliver accurate, consistent and timely information on business issues and employee concerns.
- Research and introduce human resources best practice concepts to ensure that the organization is utilizing leading edge human resources technology and proactively considering new strategies.
- Represent management in labor relations, including interpretation, administration and negotiation support of collective bargaining agreement.
- Champion IP Change Process (IPCP) and utilize change management to help drive the continued development of a reliability culture.
- Educates and coaches leaders on company policies as well as applicable federal and state regulations, to ensure fairness and consistency of human resources products and services and compliance.
- Institutes and executes HR programs and services which support the strategic direction set to achieve business and functional goals.
- Promotes and participates in the planning and implementation of communication strategies which deliver accurate, consistent and timely information on business issues and employee concerns.
- Serves to investigate and mediate employee disputes and resolve interpersonal issues.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Life insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Short-term and Long-term Disability
- 401(k)
- Company-funded retirement contributions
- Paid Time Off
- Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement)
- Student Loan Repayment Assistance
- Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home, auto, vision and pets
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
