We are seeking an HR Business Partner for a northcentral Wisconsin (near Wausau) 24 / 7 Dairy Plant. Our client is a Fortune 250 company.

Responsibilities include :

• Proactively recommend ideas and solutions to effectively address the needs of the organization.
• Effectively teach, coach, and influence others to motivate and gain appropriate buy-in to drive results.
• Educate leaders to ensure consistent application of policies, union contract language, while promoting positive employee relations.
• Conduct investigations and make corrective action recommendations, with appropriate level of management intervention.
• Interpret complex and ambiguous situations while consistently applying company policy, union contract language and great employee relations to understand challenges and mitigate risk.
• Work with the HR Leader to ensure compliance, and claim response in coordination with Legal for EEOC, FMLA, Code of Conduct, Discrimination, Harassment, and other legal / policy issues.

Experience Education :

Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field along with 2 years of HR Generalist / Business Partner experience.

Candidates with an associate’s degree with 4 years of related experience may be considered.

• Experience working in a union environment highly desired.
• Manufacturing HR experience highly desired.

Competencies-Skills :

• Inspire trust and respect, bring people together, and get the most important things done.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead and drive change in a manufacturing environment.
• Comfortable with Management by Walking Around.
• Communicates and administers HR related policies / procedures fairly and consistently.
• Handles all HR matters confidentially and with great tact and professionalism.
• Handles multiple demands and balances competing priorities, with a sense of urgency.

Reports to Human Resources Manager in this 400 employee plant.