Human Resources Manager

First Quality was founded in 1989 and has grown to be a global privately held company with over 4,000 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, and Canada. First Quality is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (print and packaging materials), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. First Quality focuses on private label and branded product lines.

We are seeking a Human Resources Manager for our First Quality Tissue Midwest, LLC located in Defiance, Ohio.  This position is responsible for partnering and supporting employees working in several functional areas (Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, Product Development/R&D, Sales/Marketing, Finance) and will work to develop and successfully implement people strategies to include talent management & development, succession planning, talent acquisition/retention and change management across all functional areas

Primary responsibilities include:

• Understand the key business fundamentals, the competitive forces, the business expansion opportunities, and drive the HR components that are key to success in this environment.
• Build and lead the HR team and build the capability to attract, train and retain an appropriately skilled and capable workforce.
• Develop and implement talent retention plans that support the business requirements.
• Develop / maintain employee engagement.
• Develop and implement talent management and development processes, training plans, and succession plans that create an internal capability to sustain growth.
• Build and maintain a succession planning model that not only ensures current growth needs are satisfied, but also our very ambitious mid and long term needs are also achieved.
• As part of the succession planning model establish a “high potential” candidate pool that insures we have individual development / growth plans in place for these future leaders.
• Expand the existing training and development program into a more robust and strategic part of our business.
• Partner with other HR colleagues to ensure that programs are in line with overall companywide vision.
• Provide HR metrics and analysis (dashboards) to provide the senior management team with timely and accurate data to support the business.
• Manage Key Performance Indicators (KPI-turnover, absenteeism, overtime, headcount, skill improvement and promotions).
• Responsible for HR continuous improvement activities that result in process changes, cost savings and/or cost reductions.
• Ensure that communication and change management programs support effective employee engagement towards excellent safety, quality, cost, and efficiency expectations. Provides change leadership to continuously improve culture.
• Serve as employee advocate while balancing role of internal business partner. Monitor employment practices and decisions to ensure fair and ethical practices that foster effective employee relations, reduce turnover, and promote and maintain a high level of employee morale and engagement.
• Ensure that programs, practices, and policies comply with applicable laws and regulations.
• Maintain an understanding and provide updates on legislative issues, rule making changes and interpretation of employment law requirements.
• Work with HR colleagues on programs related to HRIS, Compensation, Benefits, Recruiting, and Performance Management Process. Ensure that appraisals have been completed, that development plans are in place, goals and objectives are aligned with key business objectives and ratings are entered into HRIS.
• Conduct job and compensation analysis. Conduct FLSA audits. Work with line management to minimize if not eliminate off-cycle pay movements, provide input for salary surveys, keep job descriptions and organization charts up-to-date, provide input on significant (local) market changes that would impact our business.
• This position will be involved with a manufacturing greenfield startup and require flexibility in work location as well as training at other company locations.

The ideal candidate should possess the following:

• A Bachelor’s degree with 10 plus years of relevant experience is required. Master’s degree and/or SPHR certification is a plus.
• Must have strong business acumen with a proven track record of progressively increased HR roles, preferably in an industrial manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated leadership in high performing, team-based organizations
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills; business acumen; knowledge of applicable laws and regulations and interpersonal skills are required.
• Experience with greenfield startups preferred.
• Hands-on, detail oriented, results focused with the ability to operate in a fast paced environment.
• Highly collaborative, flexible with a bias for action
• Individual needs to value the concepts of a teamwork and collaboration.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.

Travel Requirements:

• Travel to other FQ sites will be required for training and team meetings
• Travel to attend local community meetings and events