HR Manager

Client is currently in a high-growth state, and our culture of ACTIONS drives our team members forward to maximize their potential. We are a team of hardworking, passionate leaders who persevere through challenges, collaborate with one another to problem solve and achieve desired outcomes, and work to bring out the best in our employees as we service our customers. At client, we welcome individuals from all backgrounds and abilities to apply and make employment decisions based on merit.

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) is responsible for ensuring alignment between the Tracy manufacturing site business operations and the HR practices and objectives with a keen understanding of the company's strategy. The HRBP will demonstrate an understanding of the business objectives and translate those objectives into HR priorities and be accountable for leading projects, contributing to and improving HR processes and programs and ensuring integration across functions within client. The HRBP aligns talent strategy, enhancing staff performance, supporting employee development, enhancing recruitment efforts and planning strategic HR initiatives to enable their site to achieve KPIs and drive continuous improvement. The HRBP provides consulting and coaching to departmental leaders and managers to support Client vision, mission, and overall objectives.

Key Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Sr. Director HR, the Site HRBP provides a broad range of expert services: recruitment and succession planning; employee development and training; labor-management relations; employment law and policy interpretation, and employee rewards/recognition; and regulatory compliance guidance and HR reporting.
Aid in execution of the client People Strategy processes that attract, develop, recognize, and retain employees to support the organization's short- and long-term strategic business needs.
Support client initiatives such as our ACTIONS values recognition program and Continuous Improvement methodology while executing workforce planning processes for the organization such as talent development, organizational planning, and organizational change management.
Ensure the culture & working environment is open, empowering, fair, and equitable.
Manage special projects in workforce management, strategic planning, quarterly/monthly people data reports and other ad-hoc works in progress.
Responsible for salaried and hourly staffing through onboarding and retention of the right talent with alignment to the sites' staffing strategy.
Collaborate with talent management teams in recruitment, new hire processing, posts announcements, job descriptions, diversity recruitment strategies, interviewing candidates and other related tasks.
Drive site performance, talent, and organizational planning to help support the achievement of company goals through objective and development plan setting, performance calibration, and talent development.
Provide support to People Managers through the tools available in assisting individual and team performance improvement.
Mentor site Leadership on people management and development issues.
Serve as liaison between employees and site leadership, as needed.
Build and maintain relations with employees at the manufacturing site, to promote and foster an environment of open communication and transparent, candid feedback.
Conduct investigations, provide coaching, and document findings, when required.
Support a holistic safety focus by driving people related to safety goals and business initiatives.
Perform planned/impromptu investigations and audits to ensure and/or maintain EEO/AA/OFCC or Federal/State employment law compliance in practice as it related to hiring, training, transfers, or promotions of people assets.
Partner with site leaders to support office needs (i.e. ordering supplies, mail and shipping, vendor management for site repairs and other related needs).
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Skills and Requirements

Perform a variety of duties and activities of a general and specialized nature in support of the Human Resources Department.
Provide technical human resources management services.
Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Proficient in HRIS software and Microsoft Office Suite.
Ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
Ability to perform multiple tasks with minimal supervision.
Attention to detail and accuracy, timely delivery of projects and highly organized.
Willingness to take initiative and drive results.
Can work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
Available for occasional overtime or weekend work.
Experience / Education

Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required and 6 plus years human resource experience; a Masters degree in Human Resource Management and five years experience in the HR field; or ten years of experience in the HR field, or any similar combination of education and experience.
Working knowledge of human resources functions and procedures.
Thorough understanding of Federal/State employment laws (e.g., EEO, AA, FMLA, ADA, Unemployment Insurance Administration, and Worker's Compensation).
Experience in Classification & Compensation, Benefits Administration, and Recruitment.
Project Management experience (I.e., such as conducting a wage survey or helping with revising handbook policies).
Experience with project management and delivery of HR projects and initiatives.
Experience with managing complex employee relations issues.
Experience synthesizing data and providing effective solutions for employee retention and other HR interventions.
Bi-lingual/fluent Spanish speaker required

Key Competencies

Learning Agility - the willingness and ability to learn from experience and subsequently apply that learning to perform successfully under new or first-time conditions.
Drive for Results- Can be counted on to deliver on what is required to advance the company; takes ownership of work from start to 100% finished work, brings others along with focused intensity.

Functional Skills- Possesses top level relevant, usable, experience and knowledge with the ability to establish themself as the best performer in the industry, at their role and level.

Skills/Experience:
Ideal candidate will come with a background in manufacturing, retail, hospitality, etc...