HR Business Partner

Objective:

Manages Human Resources Department activities as business partner in the plants’ organization. Executes HR operations and deliverables.

Primary Responsibilities include the following, other duties may be assigned:

• Strategy: Contribute to the development, execution, and communication of winning strategies. Use foundation in business knowledge to facilitate strategy discussions for the future of NDS’ business. Work with management team to formulate unique business strategies and develop the organizational capabilities that serve as a competitive advantage.
• Innovate: Continually develop HR practices, policies and processes that link directly to the business strategy and create measurable business results.
• Achieve Costs and Efficiencies: Improve the efficiency of HR administrative work. Facilitate greater transaction processing at lower costs. Promote efficiencies by transferring transactional work out. Eliminates nice-to-have but unnecessary activities.
• Create Value: With focus on internal and external customers, creates value. Involve customers in the design of HR practices (i.e., performance management, rewards, training, recruitment, etc.).
• Community Representation: Represent NDS in our communities and accounts for community requirements in NORMA Group’s value proposition. Lead issues of corporate social responsibility (CSR) including Compliance.
• Culture and Change Steward: Support NDS in identifying and facilitating important change that improves eNPS of the plant/site. Turn what is known (data or information) into action.
• Credible Activist: Acts as voice for the plant to Business, Region, and HQ HR. Builds relationships of trust based on business knowledge. Offers point-of-view not just about HR issues, but business issues.
• Manage Talent: Provide support and counsel in building individual and organization capability. Creates human abilities and organizational capabilities that are better than those of the competitors.
• Achieve Results: Measures & is transparent about HR activities.
• Execute HR Programs, Processes, and Procedures: In alignment with Business, Region, and HQ, these include and are not limited to, Employee relations, employment, compensation administration, training and development, benefits, safety and health, records administration, and compliance.

Reporting & Leader Responsibilities: Matrix. To Director of HR, NDS.

FLSA Status: Exempt / Salary Non-Exempt / Hourly

Location/Department: Plant Operations & Human Resources

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, labor relations, business or related required. Master’s degree in HR, labor relations, related preferred.
• Eight (8)+ years of generalist manufacturing experience (of which at least five (5) years in a management capacity).
• Lead HR roles in manufacturing; including positions at more than one manufacturing plant.
• Expertise in recruiting, labor & employee relations, conducting investigations, managing LOA’s and employee development.
• Business proficient English skills required.

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to connect HR work directly to the business.
• Adaptability and versatility to recognize business situations that require different HR interventions.
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with line managers as contributors to the business agenda.
• Ability to conduct talent and organization audits to facilitate or drive change.
• Expert knowledge in one or two functional HR areas.
• Ability to work in a virtual, global organization in terms of HR practices.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word). SharePoint skills preferred.

• Ability to relocate necessary for career growth. Ability to participate in temporary assignments at other facilities.

Physical and Mental Requirements:

• Occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, fumes, machine lubricants, airborne particles, vibration, and risk of electrical shock. The plant noise level is typically loud. Personal protective equipment (vision and hearing) used frequently.
• Ability to maintain considerable levels of concentration while working under time pressures and interruptions.
• Ability to frequently sit for extended periods. Ability to occasionally stand for extended periods.
• Ability to travel occasionally overnight (domestic and international) for meetings or projects.
• Ability to work on all shifts (day, swing, night) when required for business needs.

All employees will receive training in our ISO management systems, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001: 2015 and ISO 9001: 2015; as well as all OSHA & Safety required trainings in accordance with their job duties/department.

All employees are required to adhere to the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) requirements on production floor set forth by the EHS & Management Team. Employees are required to wear 3 forms of PPE when entering production:

• Safety Glasses-ANSI Z87
• Ear Plugs
• Safety Shoes-steel toe, Composite, Alloy -Shoe covers are meant for visitors only and are not acceptable as safety shoes for employees unless approved by safety.

Dependent on the station/department that the employee works, more PPE can be required.