Sr. Human Resources Manager

Job Title: Senior Manager, Human Resources (Carlstadt, NJ)



Summary: Provides Human Resources support and leadership to C.H. Guenther’s manufacturing plant, in Carlstadt, NJ. Acts as the Human Resources business partner reporting to the Regional Director, Human Resources with a strong dotted-line to the Director of Operations.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

 

• Utilize standard processes and best practices to align human resource initiatives with operational objectives. 

• Drive improvement to human capital programs at the plant through key performance indicators and problem solving. 

• Partners with site operations leaders to ensure proactive positive employee relations programs are implemented and positive plant morale is realized. 

• Create and implement innovative and cost effective strategies and tactics to attract and retain top talent at all levels of the plant.  

• Leads staffing and recruitment activities for hourly and salaried positions, including manpower planning .  

• Maintain all electronic data as necessary. 

• Manage all employee leaves of absences and responds to unemployment claims as appropriate. 

• Conduct employee investigations and advise management regarding appropriate resolution of issues. 

• Participates in developing and responsible for maintaining employee policies, procedures, and practices. 

• Oversees company and employee recognition events and activities. 

• Conducts new hire orientation and partners with Operations to ensure a successful onboarding for all new hires. 

• Oversee tracking of attendance management program. 

• Responsible for leading the training and development of the site, including on-boarding, managing the performance review process, managing succession development for the local exempt staff, and partners with operations ensuring skilled training programs are implemented for the maintenance staff.  Partners with the Corporate Director of L&OD to ensure leadership development programs are managed effectively. 

• Manages the corrective action process ensuring the company’s values are upheld and that a fair & consistent approach to employee relations issues is realized. 

• Responsible for partnering with corporate human resources to ensure positive two-way communications programs are implemented and maintained. 

• Partners with the Corporate Director of Compensation and Benefits to administer the local compensation program by ensuring quality performance appraisals are completed, communicating with department heads regarding annual increase recommendations and management of local hourly wage rates. 

• Supports the Corporate Director of Compensation and Benefits by being responsive to employee benefit inquiries and assisting staff and supervisors with various benefits issues. 

• Supports the Corporate office in the development and implementation of Human Resources policies and programs as required.