Senior Manufacturing HR Lead

Company Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

As the Sr. Human Resources (HR) Lead for the greenfield startup in Russellville, AR, responsibility will include partnering with the Plant Leader to hire approximately 50 people, including the plant leadership team, production operators, maintenance technicians and salaried support roles. In collaboration with the Plant Leader accountable to implement an inclusive culture, organizational strategies, standards, practices, leading business changes and the continuous growth and development of the Russellville Plant.  The HR Lead will provide human resources functional expertise and business leadership to the site and advises on all matters related to human capital.  This is a key position on the Plant Leadership Team, responsible for managing and delivering people related strategies and tactics to deliver business results and elevate the talent and capacity of the team.

Reports to:  Regional Human Resources Leader with a dotted line to the Russellville Plant Leader

Span of Control: This position will be physically located in the Russellville Foam XPS facility and will have responsibility over the following temporary positions during greenfield startup: Training Coordinator and HR Administrator.

*This is not a remote role.

Job Description

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing and Executing HR Strategies

• This role contributes to the development of HR Strategy, is accountable for implementing plans that elevate the talent capability of the supported organizations, and improves organizational results by measuring and assessing performance, effectively diagnosing root cause and implementing innovative solutions.  The role will be accountable to develop and share HR best practices across the businesses and function and create talent management strategies that put the right people in the right roles to drive results.
• Partner with plant leadership team to create “complete” jobs with strong accountability and development opportunities.
• Execute and ensure a pay for performance culture by using the company’s talent management strategies and systems.
• Builds collaborative and engaged teams through shared goals, open communication, and celebration of team success.
• Supports safety and engagement programs to ensure every people leader and employee are engaged and care for others, starting with safety.  Leads with the OC Safety Brand “Safer Together” and leads with all accidents are preventable, safety is everyone’s responsibility, working safely is condition of employment
• Leads employee relations to ensure the team is performing at the highest level. This includes working with field HR Leaders to ensure consistent execution of company policy and practices and compliance with all statutory regulations as required, to avoid litigation and third-party intervention.
• Improves organizational results by measuring and assessing performance, diagnosing opportunities and implementing solutions.
• Contributes to general business strategy discussions outside of the HR arena.

Leading, Engaging and Developing Talent 

• Leads, coaches and teaches leaders to create an environment where talent is developed through effective coaching, performance management and talent evaluation.  Fills open positions with speed, and with fully capable talent, using the appropriate mix of internal promotions and external recruitment to meet near term performance and longer-term succession needs of the organization.  Leverages and maximizes all tools, technology and resources to develop talent, including, OC Centers of Excellence and functional business team members.
• Leads recruitment strategy resulting in positive employee branding and candidate experience.
• Creates an inclusive environment where employees understand their unique contributions and feel empowered to unlock their full potential.
• Leading training and development pillar as part of TPM operating system.
• Develops and leads onboarding experience of all new employees.
• Oversight of new hire training process during the start-up and beyond. In start-up phase will be responsible for coordinating and tracking training of new hires learning off site at other Owens Corning facilities.
• Partner with Arkansas Tech or other local resources to build and maintain relevant training programs to ensure a highly skilled technical workforce.
• Invests in growth and development of direct reports and other identified talent.
• Develops a reputation and operates as a trusted advisor and business partner to the business and functional leaders, functioning as the expert on people and organizational issues.
• Knows, coaches, evaluates and teaches OC Leadership