What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior HR Manager position at Asahi Kasei?

The Asahi Kasei Group operates with a commitment of creating for tomorrow. Our business sectors, Material, Homes, and Health Care, contribute to the development of society by anticipating the changing needs of those around the world. We look for candidates that offer a fresh perspective and a variety of skills to help us achieve our commitment.

We are currently seeking applications to fill the following job opening at Celgard where we develop and manufacture membrane battery separators that are critical components used in lithium-ion batteries for electric drive vehicles (EDVs) and energy storage systems (ESS).

Company : Celgard, LLC

Job Description : About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Human Resources Manager to be a part of the Celgard HR team based in Charlotte, NC. The Senior HR Manager delivers HR leadership, programs, systems, processes, and support for Celgard corporate functions and the Charlotte manufacturing facility.

The incumbent will be working in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment, and will play a key role in the expansion of the manufacturing facility. The successful incumbent will be a strategic partner to the business and operations leaders in a cross-functional environment. The Senior HR Manager acts as a strong and proactive business partner to business leaders, with accountability for identifying, developing and deploying business-driven HR strategies designed to attract, manage, develop, motivate and retain key people. This position is responsible for creating a high-performance, sustainable organization capable of achieving business objectives, action plans and aggressive targets.

Reporting Relationships

This position directly reports to the Global Director of Human Resources and supervises a Senior HR Generalist.

Asahi Kasei and Celgard Values

Sincerity - Being sincere with everyone
Challenge - Bolding taking challenges, continually seeking change
Creativity - Creating new value through unity and synergy

Key Accountabilities

Provide HR leadership, coaching and partnering with the Plant Manager and his / her direct reports and functional leaders providing site support to ensure HR strategies and tactics align with the Company's growth strategy.

Partner with talent acquisition to ensure that the organization is staffed with the highest caliber of talent by driving rigorous recruitment and selection processes.

In collaboration with Talent Acquisition, engage with the community to attract talent and establish community-based partnerships to support ongoing hiring and outreach needs.

Partner with COEs to deliver talent planning, HRIS, and learning programs.

Collaborate with cross functional teams to develop and deploy an onboarding, training systems and programs for new employees.

Serve as a member of the HR leadership team with responsibility for developing a team culture that drives high performance.

Lead core HR programs including but not limited to objective setting, performance evaluations, compensation planning, talent assessment and succession planning.

Lead proactive employee relations and labor initiatives to ensure high levels of employee engagement and productivity by building strong, collaborative relationships with employees at all levels; champion positive relations between management and labor in order to effectively achieve plant safety, culture and performance targets.

Develop and execute annual staffing and communications plans.

Partner with corporate leadership to plan and execute strategies that ensure maximum engagement of employees.

Plan and conduct new employee orientation and training to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.

Advise managers on organizational policy matters such as equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment, as well as recommend needed changes.

Coach and counsel employees and leaders on HR policies, procedures, and performance.

Ensure confidentiality and privacy standards are met with both business and personnel matters.

Qualifications

Education Background :

Bachelor's degree is required, preferably in Human Resources, Business, Communications or related; master's degree is preferred.

Professional human resource certification is preferred.

Knowledge & Experience :

7 years of HR generalist experience with a combination of 5 years of HR leadership experience in corporate and manufacturing environments.

Must possess strong understanding of employee relations, employment laws, and culture.

Demonstrated experience managing expansion projects is preferred.

Experience in leading human resources in employee relations responsibility is required.

Experience working for a global matrixed organization with cross cultural interaction is strongly preferred.

Familiarity with HRIS systems is required.

Key Attributes :

Must be operationally astute and demonstrate a high level of business acumen.

Ability to adapt to changing situations is required.

Must demonstrate executive maturity, be collaborative, and work well with others.

Must be able to execute against agreed upon commitments, providing solutions and timely results.

Must possess a continual learning mindset.

Travel :

Must be able and willing to travel up to 5% for domestically and abroad for training and visiting other company locations.

Schedule :

Must be able and willing to work a flexible schedule to oversee project work, engage with various shifts, for emergencies, and to attend in-person meetings and conference calls outside of normal business hours. The incumbent can flex working hours to accommodate.

Working Environment

This position is in a manufacturing plant setting that would require working in a production environment around chemicals.

Celgard manufacturing sites are IATF 16949 and ISO 9001 certified.

About Us

For more than 50 years, Celgard has proven itself as a global leader in the development and production of high-performance membrane technology. Celgard specializes in solvent-free, dry-process, microporous membranes used as separators that are a major component of lithium-ion batteries that power a broad range of electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage systems (ESS). Celgard® membrane is also used in specialty applications such as satellites and military installations as well as other barrier-type applications like technical textiles for waterproof and breathable apparel. Headquartered in the United States, we operate manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and China and have sales and technical service staff located strategically throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.

Celgard, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polypore International, LP, an Asahi Kasei Company. With manufacturing facilities or sales offices in nine countries serving six continents, Polypore brings advanced development and manufacturing know-how as well as unique problem-solving capabilities to customers' lithium-ion and lead-acid battery development teams. The Asahi Kasei Group is a diversified group of companies led by holding company Asahi Kasei Corp., with operations in the material, homes, and health care business sectors. With more than 46,000 employees around the world, the Asahi Kasei Group serves customers in more than 100 countries. We are Creating for Tomorrow!

Location Information

Charlotte, NC, known as the Queen City, is a thriving metropolitan area of over 2.6 million people across 15 counties. It is situated just north of the South Carolina border and is close enough to drive to the mountains and the beach in two-three hours. Charlotte brings diversity in people, industries and living, from urban to rural. It is ranked second among 25 largest cities for most desirable place to purchase a home by Nerdwallet.com and is ranked eighth among the top 10 big booming cities by CNNmoney.com. Charlotte is home of one of North Carolina's largest college campuses, UNC Charlotte. Along with a friendly southern culture, Charlotte offers dining, arts, museums, major league basketball, a national football team, a soccer team, a minor league baseball team, NASCAR, shopping, festivals, a variety of amenities and quick access to several parks for people who love to get outdoors.

Perks & Benefits

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits, effective 1st day of the month

Flexible Spending Account & Health Savings Account

Vacation 8 Paid Holidays 3 Floating Holidays

401K Safe Harbor Contribution Matching

Paid Parental Leave after a Year of Employment

Employee Assistance Program

Life & Disability Insurances

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As an equal opportunity employer, Asahi Kasei believes a diverse workforce will provide us with the ability to continuously support the changes in the economy, society, and environment.

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