Human Resources Manager

Company Overview Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including food service, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Summary:

The Human Resource Manager is responsible for serving as the strategic “people” partner in a fast paced, high volume manufacturing facility. The Human Resource Manager is responsible for all HR functional areas within the facility to include Talent Acquisition, Employee/Labor Relations, Training & Development, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits, Communications, Change Management, Workforce Planning and Employee Engagement.

The Human Resource Manager will report directly to the Operational Unit HR Director.

Essential Job Functions:

• Lead the Talent Acquisition effort at the plant level including the plant hiring process for both hourly and salaried positions, onboarding and orientation of new hires at the plant and executing effective talent acquisition strategies for the short and long-term success of the plant.
• Lead the Talent Management effort at the plant level through the development and implementation of new leader assimilations (including coaching and mentoring) of new plant leadership talent, the execution of learning and development programs designed to prepare plant based employees for additional responsibilities and career opportunities as future leaders, the implementation of plant succession plans designed to ensure the right talent is available for the future staffing needs of the plant, and by providing day to day employee performance guidance to line management;
• Provide coaching and feedback to direct reports to support their growth and development and position them for career advancement within Novolex;
• Collaborate with the local business agent, union membership, and Labor Relations to ensure the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement are properly enforced. Support the Company’s efforts during the union contract negotiation process.
• Build a high performing, values led culture inside the plant by developing and executing programs that improve plant employee engagement levels, and by applying change management expertise to influence the creation of a diverse and inclusive plant work environment/culture.
• Administer best in class HR programs, processes and solutions at the plant level:
• Ensure full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and company policies/procedures;
• Analyze people based data trends and metrics, and identify opportunities to create trends that would improve manufacturing productivity, product quality, employee safety and/or employee retention;
• Collaborate with plant management team to develop and implement people programs, processes and tools that support manufacturing productivity, product quality, employee safety and employee retention;
• Partner closely with the COE’s (Centers of Excellence) and build strong working relationships to facilitate information exchange and collaborative problem solving.
• Complete investigations in a…