Sr. Human Resources Manager Manufacturing

Henkel group • Bay Point, CA

23h • $124,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Sr. Human Resources Manager supports approximately 300 employees, from the Leadership Team to front-line colleagues, by delivering and executing HR processes and solutions and implementing strategies that advance organizational objectives. The role supports both union and non-union staff and directly leads a team of HR Business Partners.

The manager leads change-management projects and HR communications; monitors cultural and HR metrics and works with local and regional teams on action plans; and partners with HR Centers of Excellence on benefits, compensation, and talent acquisition. This role maintains a frequent presence on the manufacturing floor, supports employee concerns, champions diversity and inclusion and safety, and uses dashboards, visualization tools, and data to inform decisions. It also provides guidance on collective bargaining agreements and labor matters.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of professional HR experience.
• Experience leading, coaching, and developing HR professionals.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment and ability to prioritize HR support on the production floor.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal, and presentation communication skills.
• Ability to handle complex HR concepts, practices, and procedures in dispute resolution, performance management, employment law, employee relations, recruiting and staffing, and communications.
• Demonstrated experience leading labor-relations activities in a unionized manufacturing environment, including collective bargaining agreement administration, grievance resolution, union-management relations, and strategic guidance to plant leadership on labor matters.
• Comfort using AI tools to facilitate problem solving.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.
• Ability to work around hazardous materials, chemicals, and equipment; sit, view a computer screen, and type for extended periods; stand continuously and walk frequently during the shift; and use tools requiring hand dexterity. May rarely need to lift or move up to 50 pounds. Close and distance vision are required; corrective lenses are adequate.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting employees in multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support, and implement change-management projects and manage HR-related internal and external communications.
• Monitor cultural and HR-related KPIs, including turnover, drop-off, and engagement, and work with local and regional teams to implement action plans.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver benefits, compensation, and talent acquisition resources to the plant.
• Maintain an effective and frequent presence on the manufacturing floor, interacting with employees, reinforcing Henkel cultural values, and addressing employee concerns.
• Champion Henkel’s diversity and inclusion commitment and steer diversity and integration management.
• Champion Henkel’s safety culture by modeling appropriate behavior and escalating recognized safety issues.
• Use storytelling, dashboards, visualization tools, and data to support sound decisions.
• Guide leaders on collective bargaining agreement interpretation and administration in a union environment.
• Lead, coach, and develop HR professionals.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, vision, and wellbeing plans starting on day one.
• Paid time off, including sick, vacation, holiday, and volunteer time.
• Flexible and hybrid work policies, depending on role, and a vacation buy/sell program.
• 401(k) matching.
• Employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares.
• Annual performance bonus and service awards.
• Student loan reimbursement.
• 12-week gender-neutral parental leave, with up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth.
• Fertility support and adoption and surrogacy reimbursement.
• Discounted child and elderly care and scholarships.
• National and international career growth opportunities and access to skills development courses.
• Tuition reimbursement.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior