Human Resources Manager

Pixelle Specialty Solutions™ is the largest specialty paper company in North America, with fully integrated pulp and paper operations in Spring Grove, Pennsylvania, and a coating operation in Fremont, Ohio. Supported by an experienced product development team, Pixelle excels in designing customized solutions that help customers bring new products to market. With a long history of leadership in the paper industry, Pixelle delivers the most comprehensive portfolio of specialty papers to help you meet today’s challenging demands.

The Human Resources Manager leads, organizes, and directs the Spring Grove Human Resources department to deliver human resources programs, services, and activities of the Spring Grove operating mill, including Labor Relations, organizational development and staffing.

• Coordinates, develops, and ensures a sound labor relations program, serving as a lead representative with union officials pertaining to management's decisions regarding disciplinary actions, promotions, demotions, transfers, separations, layoffs, grievances, contract administration, and other related matters.  Develops strategic initiatives to improve labor relations by partnering with mill leadership (both management and union).  
• Serve as resource to leaders and employees to address performance issues, benefit and compensation issues, policy interpretation, organizational structure changes, and other human resource matters.
• Advises leadership on human resources issues such as discipline, grievances, training, staffing, promotions, transfers and other similar matters.
• Serves on the Spring Grove Mill negotiating team and as administrator of the labor agreement and work rules at all steps of the grievance procedure, including arbitration of labor disputes. Coordinates labor relations activities with legal counsel. Trains all levels of management and supervision on the application and interpretation of labor agreement.
• Oversees the talent review and succession planning process for the Spring Grove operations. Communicates regularly with leaders to ensure implementation of established gap closure and related talent recommendations. Develops and utilizes effective outside training resources that supplement or otherwise enhance in-house developed programs.
• Oversees the administration of the hourly job evaluation program and salaried performance management program. Ensures accurate, fair, and consistent employee evaluations. Assesses performance evaluation results, identify trends/gaps, and develop/implement communications and training programs to continuously improve.
• Active participant and partner in the development and implementation of Mill Improvement initiatives. Serves on the mill’s improvement steering committee.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or similar related field; Master's degree preferred. PHR/SPHR/SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP certification preferred.

• 10+ years of experience in Human Resource functions including but not limited to: employee relations, employee services, employment/recruiting, training/organizational design, compensation and communications; 5+ years managerial/supervisory experience with demonstrated leadership ability.       

EOE. 401k, Health Benefits