Manufacturing People Partner (Murrysville, PA)

Job Title

Manufacturing People Partner (Murrysville, PA)

Job Description

The Manufacturing People Partner is responsible for all People Function needs for their assigned Manufacturing site, helping to drive overall plant performance and creating an inclusive and safe work environment. Responsible for delivering professional guidance to employees and managers on HR related topics, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and organizational policies. Focuses on delivering consistent and high-quality human resource service for the manufacturing organization and you act as a key driver of employee and labor relations strategies, contributing to organizational stability and a positive employee experience.

Primarily based in Murrysville, PA, you will also support the New Kensington and Mt. Pleasant, PA locations.

Your role:

• Provide professional guidance and support for performance improvement plans (PIP), ensuring adherence to local policies and best practices. Oversee and manage cases of absence and sick leave, collaborating with People Leaders to ensure compliance with legal and organizational requirements. Engage with authorities and experts (internal or external) on sick leave-related cases when required.  Handle disciplinary and grievance cases, ensuring accurate documentation and timely resolution with fairness and consistency. Conduct and support investigations related to the General Business Principles.

• Address and provide advisory support on rewards-related questions ensuring alignment with local guidelines and internal equity. May represent the employer in the country in legally required councils such as Social Fund, Health & Safety, Pension etc. May lead negotiations with unions and works councils, ensuring outcomes align with organizational goals while maintaining constructive relationships. May provide expert advice on specific labor relations domains, workforce transition and implications and execution of Collective Labor Agreements (CLA) ensuring compliance with agreements, regional labor laws and in alignment with organizational goals. Ensure consistent application of HR and labor relations policies and practices across the organization.

• Monitor adherence to local labor laws, escalating potential risks to appropriate stakeholders. Ensure compliance and monitor holiday balances to ensure timely use. Organize for government funding support where applicable on people functions initiatives (training, diversity, etc.). Drive merit-based hiring and inclusive practices and ensure compliance with local employment legislation including equal employment opportunity where applicable. Obtain legal and works council approval to enable local implementation of sales incentives. Structure local grading based on collective contract and WC negotiation. Consult on merit adjustments during ACR and salary increases.

You're the right fit if:

• You’ve acquired 3+ years of experience with a Bachelor's in People Management, Change Management, HR Processes, or equivalent; or a Master's in a related field with no experience required.

• Your skills include leading organizational change, business transformation, and people initiatives that deliver measurable impact. Strong understanding of employment and labor laws in manufacturing, ensuring compliance with local regulations and collective labor agreements (where applicable), and handling performance improvement plans (PIPs), disciplinary actions, and grievances.

• You have a Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, People Management, Change Management, HR Processes or equivalent. 

• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.  

• You will utilize your strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with employees, People Leaders and People Business Partners. Must be detail-oriented with solid documentation and case management skills.

How we work together 

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations. 

This is an Office role.   

About Philips 

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