Manager, HR Plant Operations

About the position

Leads the development of culture and workplace practices. Drives the management and implementation of Human Resources strategies and initiatives in a matrixed organization; working closely with the Site Director and serving as a member of the site leadership team.

Responsibilities

• Drives local implementation and execution of Global Supply (GS) goals, objectives, strategies and tactics in alignment with HR functional priorities.
• Operates as a trusted advisor to the site leadership.
• Provides balanced leadership as a member of management as well as an employee advocate.
• Coaches site leadership on the effective use of positive employee relations approaches and practices.
• Provide visible presence on the production floor.
• Leads processes and activities that foster BDG's team-based culture, ensuring that team members are actively engaged, trust their leadership, feel listened to, recognized and have challenging work.
• Anticipates and proactively addresses potential issues at the site level, managing expectations throughout.
• Conducts investigations and develop Company position statements as needed.
• Builds capability in both Frontline Leaders and Frontline Team Members through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Provides day-to-day guidance on performance management (career development, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline) to all levels across the site.
• Determines when and how to intervene at the individual, team, and site level.
• Designs appropriate change interventions taking into consideration background, environment, and historical practices.
• Partners with the Talent team ensuring the site has appropriate talent depth and a robust pipeline of future talent.
• Drives the hiring, on-boarding, and maintaining of top quartile talent for all site positions.
• Drives best practice sharing with peer HR Managers across the BDG sites; ensure a 'one-team' approach across the site, Global Supply, and HR.
• Effectively leads HR processes at the site ensuring leaders are prepared, team members understand linkages between processes and culture, and the processes are executed flawlessly.
• Leads HR initiatives / projects, and/or serve as a Center of Expertise leader, to expand HR capability across the enterprise.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5 years of human resources management experience.
• Strong communication and listening skills.
• A pattern of collaboration and business partnering to achieve results.
• Experience effectively managing in a matrixed structure.
• Required to work varying shifts as needed to support a 24/7 workforce.

Nice-to-haves

• HR certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP).
• Knowledge and experience with Federal and California employment law - CA/Fed leaves of absence, ADA, EEO, FLSA, etc.
• Prior supervisory and/or Employee Relations/Industrial Relations experience.
• Experience in the food manufacturing or Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
• Experience enabling Lean Manufacturing / Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) practices.