Your Opportunity as the Human Resources Manager
The HR Manager is responsible for management, execution, and delivery of local HR support and services for the facility. Assures operations and deliverables meet or exceed plant objectives, follow corporate and operational strategies, and integrate as appropriate with other HR functions.
Location: Buffalo, NY
Work Arrangements: 100% Onsite
In this role you will:
Serve on the site leadership team; acts as a coach, advisor, and confidante to operations leaders
Manage plant HR activities such as hourly recruiting, performance management, employee/labor relations, and local talent management efforts
Help drive high performance work systems with a leadership role in driving organization capability
Leverage specialized knowledge about the unique plant’s practices, business needs, people, and procedures to execute HR tasks
Build strong labor management relationships through regular collaboration with union leadership while ensuring effective administration and interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement.
Support the functional strategy by designing programs, policies, and practices to attract, retain, and/or engage talent in alignment with the business strategy
Manage supplemental activities such as community outreach, employee events, etc.
Enhance the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources policies, programs, and practices.
Provide excellent service to ensure activities provide the intended experience for end users in an efficient and effective manner; manage tasks of self and team to assure deadlines are met according to established service levels/targets
The Right Place for You
We are bold, kind, strive to do the right thing, we play to win, and we believe in a strong community that thrives together. Our culture is rooted in our Basic Beliefs, and we believe in supporting every employee by meeting their physical, emotional, and financial needs.
What we are looking for:
Minimum Requirements:
Bachelor's degree
5+ years HR functional experience (e.g., employee relations, staffing, compensation, benefits, learning, employee data)
Experience leading in a unionized manufacturing environment, including administration and interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement
Previous management experience
Experience working at a manufacturing site
Experience leading and mentoring a team and helping to foster/create a “great place to work”
Experience delivering and improving HR plant processes to maximize efficiency & deliver quality services
Experience successfully managing multiple priorities & projects through successful delivery & implementation under time, budget, and political pressure
Experience working, monitoring, and interacting with third-party vendors
Strong people leadership skills and demonstrated track record of success leading initiatives
Significant business/operational knowledge with an understanding of risks, challenges, and advantages
Additional skills and experience that we think would make someone successful in this role (not required):
HR Generalist experience
Food manufacturing experience
Experience working in High Performance Organization work systems
PHR or SPHR certification
Compensation range: $103,500 - $150,700
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What We Do
Each generation of consumers leaves their mark on culture by establishing new expectations for food and the companies that make it. At The J.M. Smucker Co., it is our privilege to be at the heart of this dynamic with a portfolio that appeals to each generation of people and pets with products found in 90 percent of U.S. homes and countless restaurants. This includes a mix of iconic brands consumers have always loved such as Folgers®, Jif® and Milk-Bone® and new favorites like Café Bustelo®, Smucker’s® Uncrustables® and Rachael Ray® Nutrish®. By continuing to immerse ourselves in consumer and pet parent preferences for food, how it’s purchased and how the companies that make it should operate, we will maintain the important role we play in their lives. This will allow us to continue growing our business and the positive impact we have on all of those who count on us.
