Bilingual Human Resource Manager

About the role

The HR Manager is accountable for driving the human capital agenda within the Londonderry, NH, Dartmouth, MA & Southington, CT plants. The role reports directly to the HR Director for the Operations client group and leads a small team. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, accountable with strong critical-thinking skills and has a strong HR Business Partner background with strengths in Employee & Labor Relations & experience leading a multi-site operation. Can sit in either Londonderry, NH or Dartmouth, MA.

Responsibilities

• Create and/or deploy systematic and sustainable human capital solutions aligned to the business strategy that helps drive profitable growth.
• Act as a trusted business partner by providing coaching and direction on human capital matters.
• Deliver on core HR processes within client group, supporting managers and team members to deliver timely and effective solutions and outcomes.
• Proactively advise clients on company policies, practices, and other pertinent matters.
• Build capability within client group via delivering on talent acquisition plans and needs.
• Identify talent and capability gaps and solutions with the end goal of having a sustainable and generative pipeline of high-quality talent.
• Lead effective performance management processes that differentiate talent based on performance.
• Support the professional development of team members via tools such as new hire induction, individual development plans, career management tools, and leadership development programs.
• Ensure employee relations practices are sound, compliant, and mitigate company risk.
• Manage and effectively support union relations including but not limited to proactive communication with union officials, proactive coaching of managers union matters, and complaint resolution.
• Ensure necessary company policies are in-place, updated, communicated, and enforced effectively.
• Conduct workplace investigations in accordance with company practices.
• Lead initiatives that shape the organization’s culture consistent with the company’s aspiration.
• Develop and deliver actions to improve culture based on employee engagement survey data.
• Provide leadership to managers and local HR to proactively address issues and concerns; shape and cultivate leadership practices that drive a high performing and highly engaged team/culture.
• Execute on compensation administration activity in line with company pay-for-performance philosophy and practices.
• Guide, manage, mentor, and coach the HR team to ensure success and professional development.
• Track, analyze, and report human capital data, providing insight and perspective.
• Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of HR within client group.
• Lead or participate in special projects, as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level degree in Organizational Development, HR, Business or related degree is required.
• Minimum 7 years professional HR experience required.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in leading teams required.
• Broad-based functional experience in HR and track record of accomplishment in areas of talent management, compensation, and employee & labor relations.
• Will need to travel to all locations as business needs. Up to 25%.