Manager, Employee Relations

Edwards Lifesciences • Salt Lake City, UT

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About The Position

As Manager, Employee Relations at our Draper Manufacturing facility, you'll foster a positive, inclusive workplace by guiding employee concerns, supporting ER training, and leading initiatives that promote fairness and compliance. You'll use data to identify trends, drive continuous improvement, and ensure consistent delivery of Employee Relations programs. Your thoughtful leadership will help integrate new policies and shape a meaningful employee experience across the region.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Business Management, Human Resources, Organizational Development or other related field
• 8 years of previous Human Resources related work experience
• Occasional travel, up to 10% annually, may be required to support business needs

Nice To Haves

• Experienced HR Business Partner with strong employee relations expertise and a background supporting manufacturing site operations.
• Experience and understanding of HR enabling technologies (e.g., case management, employee and manager self-service) within a customer service environment (ServiceNow preferred).
• Experience with an ERP system (Workday preferred).
• Experience working collaboratively to facilitate the delivery of employee relations programs across numerous locations.
• Experience with Microsoft tools and applications.
• Strong knowledge of Employee Relations processes, ER-related regulations and requirements, and services administered within ER Function.
• Knowledge of HR policies and procedures, standard business practices and professionalism in a customer service environment.
• Specialized knowledge of end-to-end solutions related to Employee Relations.
• Detail-oriented and high work standards in support of seamless execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to interact with all levels of employees.
• Proven relationship management experience with the ability to develop trust and influence positive outcomes.
• Ability to drive issues to resolution while maintaining an atmosphere of collaboration and confidentiality.
• Strong team collaboration and ability to support and motivate others to achieve goals/targets.
• Capable of acting decisively while thinking strategically.
• Ability to balance workload and competing priorities.
• Excellent judgment, and ability to maintain confidentiality and act discreetly.
• Successful record of improving and executing programs as scale.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Managing, and delivering ER solutions, including process design and enabling technology.
• Align with HR and ER strategic goals to lead an organization of deep subject-matter expertise and innovative solutions to consult on ER programs, processes, and people.
• Overseeing ER service delivery operations, responding to escalated service demands as needed.
• Influencing colleagues, customers, and collaborators to ensure acceptance of and compliance with new processes and tools.
• Collaborating with other ER Regions to provide a consistent application of ER best practices.
• Identifying ways to innovate, improve, scale, and leverage enabling technology.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees