Human Resources Business Partner

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On-Site (5 days)

Human Resource Business Partner is responsible for a focused factory team within the business with responsibility for employee relations, workforce management activities, driving continuous improvement, talent management, employee engagement, and communications, with total factory workforce at approximately 550 employees.

• Functions as HR Strategic Business Partner providing HR guidance to business management teams; responsible for execution of HR strategies and programs that support a focused factory team structure.
• Develop and execute HR plans, processes, policies and programs aligned with business objectives for a focused factory team, talent management/acquisition, goal alignment, continuous improvement, employee engagement and communications.
• Provide guidance to focused factory leadership on talent management/development to ensure the right talent capabilities and bench strength are developed to support the business. Address questions and help business partners to navigate the process through the use of internal Talent Management System, including Career Progress.
• Partner with talent acquisition and focused factory leadership in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding employees; provide tools/resources to new employees on culture, company, and other business teams.
• Liaison with staffing service to evaluate outcomes and drive continuous improvement. Rotate hourly staffing responsibilities with other team members to ensure appropriate staffing to meet the market-driven production needs.
• Develop, analyze, and report on metrics that drive continuous improvement in the business, including absenteeism, overtime, staffing to standard, engagement, and others as business dictates. Utilize the metrics to develop strategies for continuous improvement through 9-step problem solving and Lean methodologies. Gather, analyze, and interpret HR related data for report generation and management decision making; link HR action plans with business needs.
• Conduct HR training as required, including annual compliance training such as code of conduct, anit-harassment training, and other related topics as required.
• Work with focused factory leadership in delivering to the local communication plan establishing consistent messages and improving employee communications processes. Facilitate two-way communications between focused factory leadership, production leaders, salaried employees and production employees through OEDP communication standard work. Set measurable communications goals and establish measurement tools to determine the effectiveness of communications channels; obtain regular feedback regarding continuous process improvement.
• Conduct investigations and provide leadership for all investigations related to workplace violations of policy, work rules and EHS rules including harassment, ethics or discrimination complaints within the focused factory team.
• Work with legal team and focused factory leadership in matters of termination of employees; address employee relations issues, such as allegations, complaints, or other concerns brought up from employees.
• Provide guidance in establishing and leading a sustainable strategic workforce plan for the focused factory team, including appropriate interpretation and administration of applicable contractual provisions.
• Create positive change through coaching, counseling, and influencing skills.
• Monitor employee climate to identify issues/trends; counsel focused factory leadership on identifying issues and implementing corrective actions, while also identifying opportunities to increase engagement.
• Provide leadership, guidance and support in creating an employee engagement strategy that facilitates organizational performance and enables…