Factory Human Resources Manager

Love ice cream? Come join the #1 ice cream company in the US, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream (DGIC)! DGIC is part of the global pure-play ice cream leader, Froneri, and we have begun a new chapter of accelerated growth. With nearly 100 years of winning experience in the U.S, a robust portfolio of powerhouse brands that consumers know and love such as Häagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Dreyer's, OREO®, and Outshine, and the backing and coaching of European-based ice cream experts, we know we have the winning recipe.

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA, our teams across our offices and factories are raising the bar on all things ice cream. We are investing in significant capital expansions to grow our Operations and Supply Chain and are transforming how we work at every level to become more agile, accelerate growth and elevate our quality. With a renewed focus on frozen treats, our tight-knit team of ambitious innovators are fully immersed in the business and encouraged to flex and make decisions quickly.

We are committed to pursuing every great idea and delivering the best ice cream experience for our consumers, when and where they want it.

Unleash your potential at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and discover what a sweet career we have in store for you.

The HR Manager will provide tactical and strategic guidance on people-related initiatives in support of Dreyer's Laurel manufacturing factory. This role operates reporting to the HR Director and Factory Manager, leads the HR function for the Manufacturing site, and partners closely with the headquarters HR team (Walnut Creek, CA) to deliver HR support to the Laurel factory.

Success in this role is the ability to balance strategic and tactical partnerships with the Factory Manager and Factory Department Managers while providing support to employee sand contributing to factory-wide initiatives in compliance, recruitment, performance, talent, and engagement.

• Lead Factory HR team to deliver tactical and strategic HR Operations programs related to compliance, employee engagement, performance management, and organizational effectiveness.
• Provide HR guidance and support to Factory Manager, factory department managers, and employees.
• Proactively consult with Factory Manager/factory department managers to assess business performance, identify gaps, and initiate partnerships to develop HR Operations solutions that promote organizational and employee effectiveness.
• Support the HR team with talent management initiatives including:designing skills-pay matrixes for various factory departments; developing and deploying frontline supervisor programs; and/or tools to support talent management and to meet organizational needs as necessary.
• Mediate and resolve employee relations issues. Additionally, conduct thorough and objective investigations, provide recommended follow up actions, and execute on any needed actions, as necessary.
• Research and develop policies, guidelines, and programs to proactively support factory compliance needs while also balancing the needs of the business.
• Transform short- and long-term operating goals into HR processes, projects, and assignments – integrate and initiate the work with key department managers and functional partners to ensure appropriate solutions are delivered in support of factory strategies.
• Propose and manage special projects, initiatives or programs that drive factory performance and/or positively impact employee experience.
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance including but not limited to federal, state and local wage and hour laws.

• This role may be a great fit if you are an experienced high touch business partner, a change agent who thrives in a fast-paced environment, self-motivated and highly accountable.
• A trusted advisor who has strong relationship-building skills combined with effective listening and communication skills.
• You thrive in a manufacturing environment and are comfortable on the manufacturing floor, close to our business and our people
• You can enable ateam to deliver high impact resultsby simplifying the agenda, setting clear priorities, andmanagingexpectations from multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

• Drive the alignment and execution of key people strategies that attract,trainand retain employees to…