[ref. s90568224] Plant HR Manager

About Us:

 T.  Marzetti Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation (NASDAQ: LANC), is a manufacturer and marketer of specialty food products for the retail and foodservice markets. Our retail brands include Marzetti^®, New York Bakery™ and Sister Schubert’s^®, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden^® dressings, Chick-fil-A^® sauces and Buffalo Wild Wings^® sauces. Our foodservice business supplies many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.

Overview:

This role reports into the Sr. HR Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Business Partner: Understand and anticipate business priorities and contribute to the development of the assigned business’ strategy
• Understand business context, issues, and challenges to provide coaching to leaders.
• Use business knowledge to provide effective solutions that align with business goals.
• Ensures execution of the people strategy.
• Partner with the designated business unit to understand key performance issues, objectives, and drivers and converts those needs into people management solutions.
• Proactively engages with employees to build and reinforce positive culture.
• Change Champion: Embrace change and understand strategies to address and reduce resistance.
• Champion new initiatives and act as a catalyst for change that drives continuous improvement in business performance.
• Act as a driver of organizational and cultural change.
• Coach leaders on leading change, engaging team members and effectively building capabilities.
• Support delivery of the people strategy within the business unit and drive business results through the identification and development of targeted HR/OD interventions to deliver performance.
• Talent Manager and Organizational Designer: Ensure the right talent is in the right role and the right time based on current and future business needs.
• Implement proactive and innovative talent management solutions to deliver business results.
• Understand and analyze organizational capabilities to proactively develop and implement organizational design and structure improvements to support delivery of the business strategy.
• Coach, challenge, and support managers in their role on people development and organizational related processes.
• Assesses, builds and delivers training.
• Operational Support: Implementation of initiatives, understand common frameworks, share best practices, maintain flexibility to meet assigned business unit’s needs.
• Support the roll out of HR solutions to the business unit, acting as a champion, engaging stakeholders, challenging and coaching leaders to gain buy-in.
• Develop tools in collaboration with Communities of Excellence and Shared Service groups to maximize opportunities for economies of scale, company wide consistency, and shared learning.
• Guide and support leaders on performance management, including interim coaching, counseling, career development, and disciplinary guidance.
• Manage and partner with direct leader and Legal to resolve complex employee relations issues by conducting effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
• Advise and coach Leaders of others on compensation program, including annual merit and compensation processes.
• Manages all labor relations issues including grievances, steward/business agent meetings and contract negotiations for the location.
• Oversees the hourly recruiting function for the location. Responsible for ensuring labor metrics are met in partnership with functional departments.
• Oversees payroll reconciliation, ensuring accuracy of employee pay.
• Oversee the hourly training program. Training department management.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required.
• Minimum five (5) years of relevant experience in a manufacturing unionized environment as an HR Business Partner.
• Labor Negotiations experience required. 1st Chair Negotiations experience preferred.
• Previous people leadership experience required.
• Breadth of knowledge on HR practices, procedures and HR laws and regulations
• Excellent interpersonal, facilitation and coaching skills; engages and builds effective relationships across the organization
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization
• Action-oriented with a focus on results
• Operates with the utmost integrity and trust
• High levels of resourcefulness, influence/organizational savvy, execution skills (strategy through implementation)
• Ability to balance the strategic and the practical with strong implementation and drive for execution
• Sound judgement and decision making
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to show leadership, empathy, and flourish in a change environment
• Ability to empower the business to implement policies and procedures to meet the business needs
• Ability to demonstrate respect, confidence, care and courage in talent development and management decisions

Competencies:

• Manages Complexity
• Business Insight
• Communicates Effectively
• Ensures Accountability
• Drives Engagement
• Plans and Aligns
• Strategic Mindset
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Nimble Learning
• Build Effective Teams
• Cultivates Innovation

Working Conditions/Environment:

The noise level in the office is quiet and moderate in the plant. Hairnets and other personal protective equipment are required in the plant in accordance with GMP and safety standards.

Cultivate Your Career:

It is our goal to provide opportunities that nourish the growth of each individual team member.