Senior HR Manager - Toledo, OR

About the role

The Toledo facility is an integrated mill that manufactures containerboard, including unbleached linerboard and corrugating medium, which is converted into corrugated boxes and packaging. The GP Toledo mill is the largest recycler of wastepaper in Oregon, recycling over 500,000 tons annually.

Responsibilities

• Build trust with the workforce and leaders to advance our culture and productivity.
• Ensure employees connect with how they create value for the company; identify talent gaps that are obstacles and coach supervisors on the development of gap closure plans.
• Understand, develop, apply, and coach employees on the application of Principle Based Management.
• Drive innovation in HR functions and processes to include continued automation of transaction work and leveraging shared capabilities across the business.
• Provide strategic guidance to leaders in areas of change management and employee development.
• Leverage data-driven solutions to support business and advance results.
• Partner with various capabilities teams to improve our talent position – selection, attraction, and retention.
• Identify HR Compliance risks and develop gap closure plans to address risks while implementing a systematic approach to maintaining compliance.
• Optimize risk to the Company by effectively interpreting current policies and practices while identifying opportunities to drive standardization and eliminate waste.
• Foster healthy Union relations.
• Foster knowledge-sharing culture to profitably improve efficiency and consistency for GP and to discover untapped value.
• Partner with other HR leaders across GP to share information and best practices.
• Be "forward thinking" to anticipate needs and issues before they arise.

Requirements

• Demonstrated strategic and critical thinking skills to influence positive outcomes, supported by customer and peer feedback.
• Strong individual willingness and capability to implement change in HR; manufacturing or commercial business efforts; and site or team-specific outcomes for key initiatives.
• Demonstrated the ability to build positive relationships and collaborate with key stakeholders, leveraged capabilities, and peers across the organization.
• Performance history of strong coaching skills, openly sharing knowledge, and flexibility.
• Located or willing to relocate near our Toledo, OR manufacturing plant.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with HR related processes that might include – Talent mobility, selection, performance management, talent planning, etc.
• Experience supporting site leadership teams directly.
• Located or willing to relocated near our Toledo, OR manufacturing plant.