Manager, Employee Relations
- Windsor, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Builds strong relationships with the leadership team within their customer group to identify solutions that drive sustainable cultural change and support the achievement of business objectives.
- Creates development plans, provides recognition, coaching and mentoring, and managing performance documentation and evaluations to support organizational goals for their team.
- Executes and consults on the talent management responsibilities within their customer group, including performance management, talent development, succession planning, Personnel Development Committee activities, compensation planning, disciplinary action, terminations, recruitment, pay decisions, and other personnel actions.
- Executes programs and services within their customer group to positively impact both the hourly and salaried employee life cycles.
- Fosters a positive and inclusive hourly and salary employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback through employee opinion surveys, suggestions, open-door policies.
- Supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives to boost engagement and address areas for improvement. Executes a strategic people plan to drive employee recognition events, planning, etc.
- Conducts daily floor walks in designated customer areas to build positive relationships with employees, ensure Human Resources availability, and enable a proactive response to early warning indicators.
- Leverages lean methodology and tools for problem solving in collaboration with internal departments, external vendors, auditors, and consultants to make decisions and drive effective change management programs. Actively engage in plant Kaizen events and is Green Belt certified in Six Sigma practices.
- Develops an understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on Human Resources matters aligned with business objectives.
- Partners with local communications staff to implement an integrated communications strategy that creates an informed employee population and drives 2-way communication across all shifts.
- Ensures compliance with employment laws, regulations, and company policies.
- Oversees interactions with local governmental agencies and coordinates charitable activities to support the plant's community engagement efforts.
- Deeply understand the organizations' structure and composition. Proactively monitors key workforce metrics to identify potential risks and mitigating actions. Develop compelling narratives and recommendations for operating leaders that drives deliberate people decisions.
- Collaborates closely with customer group and relevant union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the collective agreement terms, addressing inquiries, grievances, and other union-related issues for consistent application. Oversees the resolution of employee union issues, such as conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters, ensuring fairness, consistency, and timeliness.
- Conducts investigations within their assigned customer group, ensuring that all disciplinary issues, grievances, and arbitration matters are handled in a timely and effective manner.
- Works closely with safety and occupational health team to address employee health and wellness concerns, conduct safety audits, implement wellness programs, and continuously improve safety performance for a healthy and safe work environment.
- Manages resolution of employee union issues such as conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters, with fairness and consistency in a timely manner. Actively participates in preparing collective bargaining agreements and in associated negotiations with employee unions.
- Distributes and assigns all casework and grievances to the team and guides the team on investigations/responses to ethics and compliance hotline.
- Oversees payroll and attendance tracking processes by the team. Root causes payroll and attendance concerns to identify sustainable solutions. Comprehensive understanding of leaves of absences policies, Employment Standards Act, and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.
- Drives the talent management process for hourly employees within their customer group to support skill trades hiring, internal and external hourly hiring strategies, upskilling, transferring, and retirement management.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline ((Successful candidates will be required to provide proof of degree completion for the highest level of education attained. If the degree was obtained from a school outside of Canada, an Education Credential Assessment report showing Canadian equivalency is also required.)
- Five (5) + years of experience in a Human Resources management role. Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to travel outside of Canada.
- Master's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development or any other related discipline
- Eight (8) + years of experience in a Human Resources management role in a manufacturing Human Resources/Labour Relations setting.
- CHRP/CHRL Professional Human Resources Certification
- Ability to effectively engage with all employees in the organization.
- In-depth experience in manufacturing processes.
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, including Six Sigma.
- Demonstrated ability to work as a team.
- Demonstrated ability to lead, empower and develop employees.
- Demonstrated conflict management skills.
- Proven analytical, problem solving, and organization skills.