Director, Human Resources

Job Summary

As the site HR Director, you will serve as a strategic HR Business Partner (HRBP) and the Employee Relations leader for your site. This is a high-impact role that balances long-term organizational strategy with hands-on execution, fostering performance culture with focus on Winning Behaviours.

You will act as a trusted advisor to VP & Site Head and Site Leadership Team (SLT) while ensuring a positive, productive, and compliant employee experience.

This is a senior, hands-on leadership position that is not just supporting change, but actively driving and front-ending the crucial early phase of all people-related projects and initiatives, encompassing planning, consultation, strategic development, and key decision-making.

Job Responsibilities

• Partner with site leadership to align people strategies with business objectives. Oversee performance management, succession planning, and talent development cycles at the site level.
• With tight collaboration with SLT, develop strategic workforce plan to support site’s long-term strategy, identify current and future skills requirements, and develop organization capabilities.
• Drive GPTW actions, stay informed of employee opinions, monitor the effect of business decisions on people, advise and make recommendations to Leadership on possible solutions.
• Act as the bridge between the site and HR COEs (Total Rewards, Talent & Culture) to ensure corporate programs are effectively rolled out and tailored to site needs.
• Analyze HR metrics (attrition, engagement, absenteeism) to identify trends and propose proactive solutions.
• Design and lead the site’s Positive Employee Relations (PER) strategy, ensuring a culture of transparency and mutual respect. Manage employee relations matters, serving as the escalation point for site-level grievances.
• Act as a strategic advisor to the SLT team on workplace trends and vulnerability gaps that could impact the direct-relationship model. Develop and execute plan to enhance capabilities of frontline supervisors, focusing on active listening, empathy, and fair treatment. Ensure total consistency in the application of policies to prevent perceptions of inequity or favoritism.
• Ensure all site operations adhere to various employment laws, working closely with the Senior Director of Canada Employee Relations for alignment on policy interpretation.
• Participate and lead performance conversations with employees, including monthly one on ones, to connect on performance; check in on employee’s progress toward achieving Objectives, offer support and remove barriers; and, communicate and revisit performance expectations to reinforce and encourage high performance culture and a safe working environment for all employees.
• Utilize open, honest, two way communication to build trust-based relationships with employees, business partners and direct leader while continuously improving leadership capabilities by personally seeking feedback and development.
• Create a culture which values trust and provides the opportunity for Employee development and growth in pursuit of our purpose and demonstrating our core Values – Integrity, Teamwork, Courage and Innovation.
• Utilize your networks to attract and hire talent in a comprehensive, differentiated and consistent manner essential to our continued growth; then, onboard new employees by providing a consistent experience that reflects the values and commitments made to candidates during the hiring process.
• Ensure adherence of team members (direct reports) with all compliance programs and company policies and procedures.
• Provide mentorship and career guidance to one HR direct report, fostering his/her growth and ensuring high-quality HR service delivery.
• All other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Proven experience of partnering with senior executives
• Extensive experience in aligning and prioritizing human resources and positive employee relations strategies with the organizational business plan.
• Expertise of managing cross-functional projects. Flexibility in adapting to a rapidly changing high paced environment to work with others in a professional and effective way.
• Experience in leading change management to drive positive culture and employee engagement.
• High energy, self-starting professional with strong strategic thinking and exceptional ethics and integrity.
• Display professional maturity and responsiveness in dealing with complex people related items
• Take ownership of the people agenda and be a change agent
• Be tenacious to drive through complex situations with sensitivity
• Possess organizational savvy and bring strong relationship skills to build consensus or take tough decisions

• Education
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, or Law. CHRP/CHRL designation is highly preferred.

• Experience
  

  • 15+ years of progressive HR and ER experience, with at least 3–5 years in a senior HRBP or HR Director capacity, leading HR and Employee Relations within a labour intensive manufacturing or industrial environment.

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