HR Manager

BENEFITS: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K

AHF Products has a great career opportunity for an HR Manager located at our flooring plant in Lancaster, Pa. As an HR Manager, you will be responsible for providing day-to-day, strategic and tactical HR leadership at our Lancaster plant and our plant in Beech Creek, PA with responsibility for staffing, employee development, and labor relations.

The HR Manager will partner closely with plant leaders and the headquarters HR team; ensuring the Human Resources strategies and initiatives are tightly linked to the objectives and key challenges of the plant and the business. This role will help drive the development and attainment of business strategies and plans through strategic HR planning, change management, building employee engagement, appropriate organizational design, and overall talent management. This position reports directly to the East Coast Regional HR Manager with a strong dotted line to the Plant Manager.

Job Duties

Qualified individuals must have the ability (with or without reasonable accommodation) to perform the following duties:

• Lead and direct plant HR activities to support the achievement of plant performance metrics in the areas of Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Productivity & People
• Partners closely with business leaders to provide strategic HR thought/organizational leadership; provides recommendations for the development of HR strategies in support of the business strategy
• Ensure the execution of key plant HR initiatives and processes to drive continuous improvement in all areas of Human Resources to include organization effectiveness, staffing, labor and employee relations, performance management, training and development, benefits, employment practices and compliance
• Lead labor relations activities, including CBA negotiation, administration of grievance process, interpretation of contract, and coaching supervision on consistent application of plant policies and practices
• Guide the Employee Relations strategy and manage overall culture at the plant to maintain a positive employee relations environment
• Support organization change and continuous improvement efforts and collaborate with plant leadership to ensure successful change management approaches through effective planning and analysis, communication of change initiatives, full and active leadership support, and employee involvement
• Provide counsel and coaching to leaders, managers, and employees on a wide range of personnel matters to promote teamwork and positive employee relations
• Track and analyze plant HR metrics to determine root cause and develop and execute action plans to address problem areas
• Lead the talent management efforts including plant level recruiting, talent reviews, succession planning, competency development, retention efforts, and development activities across the plant
• Leads performance management initiatives including annual goal setting, performance reviews, and compensation reviews
• Leads plant new hire onboarding and offboarding actions including new hire orientations, I9’s, system processing, leave payouts, IT tickets, etc.
• Partner with Supervisors in the administration of plant Time and Attendance system including auditing timecards and running reports prior to Payroll processing, tracking of attendance points, creating disciplines, providing disciplines to supervisors to issue, tracking that disciplines were issued and returned by supervisors, etc.
• Administers plant disability and leave benefits including assisting employees with leave paperwork, communicating start and end dates to plant leadership, following up on denials, coordinating return to work activities, etc.
• Analyzes, benchmarks and reacts, where applicable, to financial, operational and HR metrics to drive results.
• Leads the investigation process, analyzing organizational ethics and safety/health issues, consulting on solutions/follow up
• Administers plant data changes, plant-wide communication platform, reward & recognition, and processing of unemployment claims
• Understand and ensure compliance with local, state, and federal laws, rules, regulations, and statutes governing HR processes
• Ad hoc projects
• Other duties as assigned
  
  

Travel

Occasional travel to the Beech Creek plant, conferences, or similar activities may be required (

Job Qualifications

• Highschool diploma or GED equivalent
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or related field or equivalent experience
• 3 years of Human Resources experience preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work the occasional off shift to support manufacturing operations
• Ability to communicate effectively and influence at all levels of the organization
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to form and develop effective relationships at all organizational levels
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to be flexible and change directions when needed
• Strong organizational skills to handle high volumes of work in a fast-paced, rapidly changing environment while maintaining excellent delivery and quality performance
• Proven success working across organizational lines and at multiple levels and success achieving business objectives through personal initiative and energy
• Must be able to successfully complete and pass a background check, employment verification and drug screening
• Positive and Verifiable Work History
• Must follow safety guidelines and wear applicable safety equipment, e.g., safety glasses, side shields, approved safety shoes, and other PPE as needed
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a union environment
• PHR/SPHR/SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP certification
  
  

Physical Demands

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Occasionally push, pull, carry and lift 20 - 50lbs
• Frequent walking, stretching, bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, grasping and repetitive movements
• Must be able to communicate, hear, read, write and comprehend in English
  
  

Mental Demands

The demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Think analytically
• Make decisions
• Develop options and implement solutions
• Work with a team
• Maintain regular and punctual attendance (consistent with ADA and/or FMLA)
• Attention to detail
• Communicate effectively
• Multitask in a fast-paced environment
• Work with a Sense of Urgency
  
  

Ahf Products

AHF Products provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Our trusted brands have adorned American homes from over a century, since the late 1800s. With legacy spanning more than 150 years, AHF brands epitomize innovation and unparalleled excellence. With over a century of experience and hard surface solutions we have a long history of success and surpassing expectations as a valued partner for our products and superior customer service and sales support.