Responsibilities:

• Provide coaching and guidance to associates and managers.
• Working closely with the wider People Team to provide support across other functional teams and geographies.
• Develop positive working relationships across the organization in order to anticipate people-related needs, proactively address pain points, and ensure a workplace where everyone can contribute and thrive.
• Leverage data and analytics to drive project, interventions, solutions and continuous improvement efforts.
• Work on a wide range of strategic people-related initiatives and projects including team structure and optimization, employee engagement and retention, organizational culture and change management.
• Facilitate a learning and growth environment; share best practices, stay up to date with current organizational research and roll out centralized/localized learning and development initiatives.
• Lead resolution of employee relations issues, both formal and informal, consulting with internal legal partners.
• Collaborate with the broader internal People team to research and advise on salary benchmarking, pay bandings and other rewards and recognition mechanisms.
• Provide pragmatic advice to managers on the implementation of all people policies; collaborate with the entire People team to design relevant policies.
• Oversee flawless execution of annual people processes.
• Collaborate with People team to drive DEI plans.

Requirements:

• Deep functional expertise in talent management, employee relations, compliance, organizational development, total rewards, training and coaching.
• Strong working knowledge of labor employment laws and local requirements.
• Comfortable solving problems and delivering projects autonomously as part of an agile, small people team.
• Accustomed to working closely with mid-level managers and frontline supervisors as a strategic thought partner, with the ability to influence and challenge when needed.
• Adept at working with data, assessing findings and determining insights to translate into action.
• Preferred manufacturing or similar industry experience.
• Tech saavy: including Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, Human Resources Information Systems, and Applicant Tracking Systems.
• HR related certification(s) a plus.
• Challenging the Expected: Display curiosity and creativity and use these qualities to develop innovative ideas, solve complex problems and identify unique solutions.
• Integrity and Respect: You treat people with respect and empathy to build an open and trusting environment.
• Dedicated to Quality & Safety: Take ownership of maintaining and promoting high standards. Work proactively to ensure and contribute to a safe and healthy working environment for all.
• Building Relationships: Think “team first”, developing and strengthening collaborative partnerships with all teammates – internal and external – to get things done quicker, smarter and better.
• Customer Service Skills