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TekniPlex is a globally integrated company that provides innovative solutions through materials science and manufacturing technologies. A global leader in the Healthcare and Consumer Product markets, TekniPlex provides medical device components and a multitude of material science solutions that lead to a healthier and more sustainable world. Its solutions are found in some of the most well-known names in the Healthcare, Personal Care, Household, and Food and Beverage markets.
SUMMARY:
As part of the Human Resources Team, you'll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our vision. You'll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining our winning culture that empowers our employees the opportunity to stretch, grow, and succeed every day. We are seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners and business do our best and support our customers. The HR Manager is responsible for supporting the HR function across multiple manufacturing plants. This position carries out a balance of strategic and tactical responsibilities (like approving payroll) in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment, and employment law compliance.
You'll lead all HR functions within multiple plants, ensuring they are aligned with strategic business objectives and company commitments. This key role involves close collaboration with Plant leadership and centralized HR services to elevate the manufacturing employee experience by delivering impactful HR solutions for both the hourly and salaried workforce and maintaining strong positive culture. You will help drive business success, oversee staffing, performance management, employee relations, (local contract negotiations) all while ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations. Reporting the Head of HR for Compounds, this role will:
Business Strategy:

• Implement monthly people metrics within the sites, proactively monitoring and collaborating with the Head of

HR and Plant leadership to identify and address gaps.

• Develops a deep understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on HR matters aligned with business objectives.
• Fosters a productive and inclusive employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback and identified initiatives.
• Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Plant leadership, supervisors, and local employees to identify solutions that drive safety, sustainable cultural change and supporting business success.
• Drives local ownership of People Leader activities ensuring creation of development plans, leveraging skills matrix, providing recognition, coaching and mentoring and managing performance documentation and evaluations to support organizational goals

For Unionized Locations:

• Collaborate with Plant Leadership and union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the contract terms, addressing inquiries, grievances, and other union-related issues for consistent application.
• Lead the development of local collective bargaining agreements and associated negotiations with employee unions.

HR Operations:

• Lead the recruitment and selection process, ensuring quality and diversity of talent acquisition
• Responsible for new hire orientation and employee documentation control at the site
• Supports the administration of benefits programs that enhance the well-being and retention.
• Manage the local payroll process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of employee compensation
• Comply with labor laws and regulations, and handle employment contracts, terminations and employee relations effectively.
• Support the implementation of policies assisting with communication and local, state and federal compliance
• Implement performance management process that fosters employee growth and accountability
• Conduct exit interviews and monitor HR trends to implement retention best practices
• Partner with leaders to implement employee engagement and community initiatives that cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment
• Other duties and projects as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.*
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Must have experience with human resources information systems (HRIS). Ability to be responsive and persuasive at all levels of the organization. Ability to travel to other sites as needed. Be knowledgeable of general human resource concepts and legal requirements. Ability to exercise good judgment within defined practices and policies. Demonstrate a high level of confidentiality. A bachelors or masters degree in human resources or related discipline with 3-5 years human resources experience. Union experience when applicable.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents in English. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from employees, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policies. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or employees.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.*
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This role requires onsite presence at manufacturing plants to fulfill the job responsibilities.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to the usual office environmental conditions with occasional exposure to Plant environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
*The job duties, physical demands and work environment characteristics described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Where possible, reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions where it does not cause undue hardship or safety risks to the company and/or the employee.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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