Human Resources Manager

We are seeking a HR Manager to lead our HR department and drive organizational success through innovative HR practices. You will oversee recruitment, policy development, employee engagement, learning & development, employee benefits, compliance, ensuring our company attracts, develops, and retains top talent. The position will provide leadership to all people processes by implementing action plans and standards at a country level, consistent with driving the business strategy.

Key duties & responsibilities:

General Management

• Function as a strategic business partner to the senior management teams across US regarding key organizational and management issues.
• Overall responsibility for driving the HR Agenda for the US Organization and implementing the overall Group HR strategy into all functions
• Manage and develop your HR team to support objectives, action plans and targets across departments
• Set clear and well-defined HR Metrics and KPI’s, linked with Group HR
• Ensure active commitment to Diversity & Inclusion

Attraction, Recruitment & Selection:

• Develop market leading employment branding and talent attraction strategies to attract and recruit top talent to support short and long-term business objectives and resource needs.
• Develop and maintain attractive/flexible retention and remuneration packages and career structures in line with Group guidelines, organizational objectives and market/industry benchmarks across US
• Maintain attractive compensation offering and employee benefit/reward programs utilizing industry sourced data
• Develop strong cross collaboration with all Managers on all recruitment processes and activities
• Track and report on recruiting statistics through utilization of systems and other appropriate tools
• Maintain and further develop our onboarding program

Talent Management

• Build organizational capability through ownership of talent management processes including talent review, succession planning, performance management, learning and development, and retention across US sites.
• Align and facilitate the Annual People Cycle process and systems across US sites.
• Lead and coordinate local performance management process to ensure effective and meaningful goals and measurements that drives employee performance and development
• Lead and coordinate local succession planning activities.
• Manage and support local engagement activities across the US sites with a view to increasing employee engagement.

Learning and Employee Development:

• Identify and facilitate learning and development activities that support and reinforce organizational goals and objects, to include but not limited to leadership development, sales training, customer service, health & safety and project management, to name a few.
• Train, lead and coach Managers to support an environment that encourages personal and professional development, through knowledge transfer and succession planning.
• Work with managers / leaders across all functions to identify skills and capabilities needed to meet future business objectives

Compensation & Benefits

• Oversee the management of the employee benefits and all payroll processing
• Review current systems to ensure compliance and update software and knowledge
• Ensure all policies and procedure, workforce agreements and contracts are all complaint and modified to suit legislative changes and requirements
• Ensure that all labor relations and employment legislation are maintained across US sites
• Oversee the analysis, maintenance and communication of records required by law or local governing bodies or other departments in the organization
• Oversee and co-ordinate compliance with company systems and external reporting
• Oversee all management of employee records and retention in line with local data protection requirements

Employee Relations:

• Drive positive relationships with all employees across the US
• Ensure collective agreements and legislation is followed and negotiate if requirements are needed
• Drive positive employee relations to provide and optimal work environment for all employees.
• Provide guidance and recommendations for problem resolution to employees and departmental management to maintain high levels of employee satisfaction.

Workplace Health, Safety & Environment:

• Drive a team and culture committed to maintaining strong Health & Safety standards
• Take part in regular HSE activities across the sites in the US
• Be a Health & Safety Ambassador together with the Leadership team

Internal Communications

• Create and manage internal communication plans at a local level related to organizational updates and changes, policy deployment, announcements, activities and events, etc.
• Manage local communications and postings through various channels across the US

Qualifications (Education and Experience): (job specific technical skills and behavioral competencies / capabilities needed)

• Relevant qualifications in Human Resource Management and/or Business Management
• A strong proven track record in Human Resource Management, with experience of working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment (or similar)
• Strong understanding of compensation and employee benefits
• Ability to align the HR function with the organizational direction and Group HR strategy
• Strong business acumen and a demonstrated ability to set and deliver upon HR programs, actions and plans in support of business objectives
• Proven expertise in the following areas of human resource management is required: consulting skills, organizational development, talent management / workforce planning, organization design and employee relations and process / talent attraction and retention / employee payroll & benefits / employee engagement
• A performance record of hands-on experience in creating and implementing solutions to improve organizational effectiveness
• Demonstrated capacity to skill fully communicate with all levels of employees, influence outcomes and establish credibility as a skilled HR manager
• Experience working with different key stakeholders across a business
• Experience of working with agency recruitment

Skills and Capabilities (Knowledge, Skills, Abilities):

• Excellent leadership and influencing skills, including an approachable, hands-on style and the ability to coach and inspire team members to perform at high levels.
• Solid knowledge and application of HR principles and best practices and employment law.
• Sound business judgment and a demonstrated ability to think strategically and execute objectives at a local level.
• Ability to assess individual team skills and capabilities, in addition to utilizing team building skills to provide effective communication, training and development.
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork, and presentation skills, in addition to strategic and tactical communication (verbal and written) skills.
• Strong initiative and the ability to be self-directed in completing tasks
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, including a demonstrated ability to synthesize, interpret, and communicate information and data
• Highly organised with a demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities simultaneously to meet critical deadlines in a fast-paced environment. Must have effective prioritisation and follow-through skills, as well as accuracy and attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible and adaptive to internal processes and change, delays or unexpected events
• Proficiency at the intermediate to experienced level in MS Office software applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), HRIS systems
• Results-oriented and the ability to work effectively under pressure and with a sense of urgency to meet deadlines, including working after normal business hours and weekends to accomplish objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality with sensitive employee information
• Ability to travel to our sites in USA
• Any other duties that are commensurate with your role and responsibilities

Reporting Relationship / Interfaces:

• Direct Report: 1 HR Coordinator, 1 Payroll & Employee Benefits
• Interfaces: US site Management Teams all functions, HR colleagues across Group, Finance team, local employment networks, legal or regulatory bodies

Budget responsibility:

• Direct responsibility and control
• In conjunction with (role) set yearly expenditure recommendations and budget, salary review recommendations, recruitment and training expenditure and cultural development expenditure, in line with Leadership teams requirements

EOE

Job Type: Full-time

Base Pay: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person