Senior Human Resources Manager

Calling all HR leaders who are both strategic and tactical in building and developing HR processes, programs, policies and management practices! Do you believe HR has an active role is shaping and growing a company, by spending time on the floor with employees and creating a healthy and productive work environment? If this sounds like you, we’d like to discuss an exciting opportunity with our client, a leading food manufacturing company!

This HR leader role will cover the following areas. Please note that this is a planning and hands-on execution role, in an evolving environment:

Employee Relations, Culture & Communication:

• Is a trusted coach to employees and managers at all levels. Identifies opportunities to improve communication, role clarity or team effectiveness.
• Develops and executes employee relations and culture development plans and provides guidance and best practices.
• Is approachable and highly visible throughout the organization providing advice, support and coaching to management and employees at office and manufacturing location. This position involves a regular onsite presence at the manufacturing facility and office.
• Partner closely with management to actively foster a culture consistent with company values.

HR Process Management:

• Partner closely with department leaders on job design, organization structure, and capturing job descriptions, individual objectives, and expectations to ensure clear roles and responsibilities in all functions and across locations.
• Responsible for risk management as it relates to the employee population. This includes: developing and maintaining policies within the employee handbook, design relevant training. Manage unemployment and worker’s compensation claim processes.
• Develop salary-planning process, market competitive ranges, and coordinate annual merit pay review processes across all positions. Participate in the annual incentive plan design and communication across the organization.
• Partners with the Health and Safety Manager and Director of Operations to ensure a safety strategy.
• Partnering with the CHRO to design employee benefits and participate in the annual review and analysis of benefit design.
• Oversee worker’s compensation processes and continuous improvement.

Talent Management:

• Assist in the development of succession planning, talent review, and facility labor model reviews and planning.
• Identifies and addresses opportunities to create greater efficiencies such as measures to reduce turnover.
• Develops talent strategy, staffing plans and manages the execution of the recruiting process through onboarding.

Organizational Development:

• Support functional business unit training programs by assisting in development, delivering and maintaining documentation and record keeping
• Coordinates or delivers training to meet legislated requirements (Harassment Free Workplace, Bill 168 and Health &Safety)
• Maintains all records to ensure regulatory compliance and internal process management.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management or other Human Resource field preferred.
• Experience managing direct reports.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead and drive change in a manufacturing environment.
• Human resources Certification preferred; CHRP or similar designation is an asset.
• Human Resources management experience in a manufacturing environment required, Food Manufacturing highly preferred.
• 5+ years of proven Human Resources leadership