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Senior HR People Operations and Labor Leader

Friendly, WV · $100,000 to $125,000
OPEN JOB: Senior HR People Operations and Labor Leader
LOCATION: Friendly, West Virginia
  • The hiring team prefers a local candidate but relocation benefits are available. 
SALARY: $100,000 to $125,000
BENEFITS: Full
INDUSTRY: Manufacturing & Production
JOB CATEGORY: HR Management - Employee Relations / Org Development
 
  • The People Operations and Labor Leader is a pivotal on-site role within our organization. This leader focuses on enhancing the employee experience and optimizing workforce performance.
  • This leader is responsible for developing and implementing human resources and labor relations strategies that align with the company's goals and core values, foster a high-performance culture, and ensure compliance with employment laws to support local business objectives. 
  • Strategic planning, hands-on management, and a focus on continuous improvement in HR practices are essential for a People Operations and Labor Leader to create a supportive and productive work environment.
  • Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, talent acquisition/recruiting, managing the employee lifecycle, employee/labor relations, collective bargaining, performance management, coaching, training, compensation, and benefits.
  • This leader is responsible for 400+ employees at the West Virginia plant and 25+ at the Texas manufacturing facility and will require travel as needed.
HR Advising / Coaching / Business Partnering
  • Advise leaders and first-level supervisors regarding managing employees.
  • Participate in cross-functional collaborative discussions and working sessions.
  • Facilitate team sessions and develop content based on needs.
  • Lead local leadership and strategic workforce planning.
  • Union interface on all contractual and policy issues, collective bargaining, grievances, and arbitration – internal and external
  • Design community relationships to brand the company and ensure Sustainability goals are met.
Employee Life Cycle Management
  • Design new employee site-specific orientation.
  • Advice on changes in employee activities such as adjustments, promotions, compensation, benefits, rewards, and recognition.
Employee Relations / Labor Relations:
  • Lead conversations with employees and managers.
  • Address employee concerns, issues, and investigations promptly, escalating risks and solution patterns.
  • Lead local labor relations, grievance process steps, union avoidance, and union activity.
  • Implement, design, and drive local HR programs, policies, practices, and tools locally, including performance management, Goals, and Objectives, Development Planning, Change Management, Corrective Action, Relocation, etc. – partner with Center of Excellence (COE)
  • Advocate for employees by resolving conflict and seeking win-win solutions, promoting positive and effective associate relations and influencing a focus on human issues in the organization
Talent Acquisition and Development
  • Lead local recruiting efforts, including workforce planning, attraction initiatives or partnerships, and preparing hiring managers & teams.
  • Partner with the Talent Acquisition team to develop a strategy to fill vacancies.
  • Participate in the interviewing and selection process to facilitate the selection of qualified and diverse candidates.
  • Employee Development: Identify high potentials, successors & development opportunities.
  • Training: Facilitate training on key company processes to ensure leaders, managers, and employees have a solid understanding and drive common practices throughout the company.
Compliance and Policy
  • Stay current on legal and compliance requirements within the state, country, and employee population.
  • Local policy upkeep, changes, and implementation
HR Skillset Development
  • Advanced HR Acumen
  • Build/maintain external market knowledge to support local needs.
  • Initiate continuous improvement to HR processes to eliminate waste and raise service levels, including process documentation, workflow optimization, and reassessing the value of work tasks.

REQUIREMENTS:
  • 7+ years’ experience with hands-on labor relations/union activities at a manufacturing site
  • Experience managing core Human Resources activities such as recruiting, employee relations management, employee life cycle activities, performance management, employee development, compensation & benefits, etc.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or a related discipline.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and HRIS technology (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, SharePoint)
  • Knowledge of Federal and State labor laws, specifically West Virginia and Texas states (NLRB, preferred).
  • Experience with union grievance process and serving /managing grievance activities.
  • Demonstrated ability to coach managers and leaders in employee and labor relations.

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability
 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.

JASON DENMARK
Recruiting Manager

INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: jdenmark@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasondenmark


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