Head of Human Resources Operations

Head of Human Resources Operations

As the Director of Human Resources, you will lead and manage the people strategy as a key member of the business unit and human resources leadership teams. At CONMED, HR is the “keeper of the culture,” offering an independent perspective and playing a pivotal role in organizational communication. In this role, you are more than a consultant - you share the accountability for talent, goals and results for the business unit and the company.

Our Talent Strategy Includes

• Partnering with Talent Acquisition to ensure a robust, diverse, talent pipeline
• Succession planning for key leadership roles
• Developing emerging leaders and talent in the organization
• Driving the key principles of Engagement
• Partnering with HR Shared Services to drive engaging benefits, processes and systems for employees and managers
• Participate in the recruitment, engagement and development of HR talent across the organization

Responsibilities/Duties

• Acts as a strategic business partner to the business leader. The position will design, build and execute strategic talent objectives that drive exceptional business performance.
• Embed a performance management culture within the business area as a means of driving business improvement by ensuring clear objectives, feedback and the improvement of outcomes through behaviors.
• Identify and develop key learning programs that will drive best demonstrated practices in performance management processes.
• Partners to develop and drive aggressive talent acquisition programs, supports the onboarding process.
• Acts as the performance improvement driver and provokes positive changes in people management.
• Challenges the organizational structure and proposes changes as appropriate.
• Implement comp/commission plans and propose sales incentive, compensation and benefits strategies.
• Provide support on the research, design and development of HR initiatives in support of the HR strategy, using expert knowledge of the Advanced Surgical business. Substantively contributes to the development of the wider HR strategy and work closely with Human Resource Leadership to ensure cohesive and coordinated functional, global roadmap.
• Substantively contributes to the development of the wider HR strategy and work closely with Human Resource Leadership to ensure cohesive and coordinated functional, global roadmap.

Specific Knowledge And Skills

• Excellent influencing skills, challenge status quo, utilizes independent judgment
• Strong business acumen and conflict management skills
• Ability to develop strong trusting relationships in order to gain support and achieve results.
• Effectively envision, develop and implement new strategies to address competitive, complex business issues.
• Be flexible and available to interact with employees at all levels.
• Analytical and problem solving skills
• Fluency in financial and HR systems as well as an attention to detail and a passion for making the complex simple are key attributes.
• Knowledgeable about how the business and organization work; knowledgeable in current and possible future policies, practices, trends, and information affecting the business and organization; understands the competition; is aware of how tactics work in the marketplace.
• Understands how to accomplish tasks both through formal channels and the informal network; understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies; practices and procedures; understand the cultures of the organization.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's in related field
• Master's preferred

Experience Requirements

• 10 years of related experience, including Human Resource, Employee Relations, Performance Coaching & Talent development and management experience.
• Business Travel of 25-40%

Benefits

CONMED offers a wide array of benefits to fit your unique needs. Visit our Benefits Page for more information.

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent healthcare including medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage
• Short & long term disability plus life insurance -- cost paid fully by CONMED
• Retirement Savings Plan (401K) -- CONMED matches your contributions dollar for dollar, with the potential for up to 7% per pay period
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan -- allows stock purchases at discounted price
• Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate level courses

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CONMED is an Equal Opportunity Employer & an Affirmative Action Employer. CONMED is a strong advocate of workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, citizenship status, or veteran status. The Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal Poster and Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Provision reaffirm this commitment.

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