Plant HR Manager

Role Purpose

• Ensures plant has the right number and type of talent required to execute plant strategy and achieve desired business results
• Ensures plant realizes required levels of employee productivity and performance excellence required to execute plant strategy and achieve desired business results
• Ensures plant establishes and maintains a positive work environment and operates as “One Corning” in support of Corning’s Values
• Assists in achieving or beating plant budgetary objectives in support of top quartile cost performance objectives while maintaining appropriate levels of HR service delivery
• Ensures the successful implementation of global HR business processes within the plant
• Ensures plant compliance with HR-related legal and regulatory guidelines

Key Responsibilities

• Employee relations leader for the facility and the identified client groups.
• Leads and manages labor relations efforts for unionized workforce with coordination with the plant HR consultant, plant manager and operations leadership
• Site deployment of HR, ER, and LR strategies.
• Coordinate and calibrate efforts with HR colleagues and leadership across the business unit to build processes in support of the vision of "one complex".
• Develop and deploy people movement and recruiting strategies in collaboration with HR and operations leadership across the complex.
• Manage the site-specific selection, recruitment, and orientation processes with plant HR team.
• Develop site-specific policies, procedures, and guidelines aligned with applicable laws, regulations, and labor agreements.
• Partner with Division HR and plant leadership to identify and implement a compelling employee value proposition that enables recruitment and retention of needed talent.
• Effectively deploy HR shared service delivery model in support of HR transformational goals and required levels of client support
• Collaborate closely with Division HR to understand and implement HR programs that drive standardization across the division while ensuring plant business needs are met
• Function as the voice of the plant customer to HR to ensure that the type and level of services provided fully support achievement of plant business objectives.
• Lead and educate plant management in development and implementation of required programs and processes to drive a positive work environment through plant management and supervisors.

Experiences/Education - Required

• BS Degree in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development or Labor Relations or equivalent qualification/experience
• At least 5 years of HR experience (generalist/specialist) or equivalent
• Labor relations experience in unionized manufacturing facility
• Strong functional HR knowledge
• Expert communication (verbal and written) and documentation skills
• Effective at conflict resolution, negotiation, and investigationsAdvanced Microsoft Excel skills
• Results Oriented
• Organized, efficient
• Self-starter capable of developing creative solutions
• Strong leadership skills
• Process driven
• Team focused
• Process and performance Improvement focus
• Effective listener with strong coaching skills

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Master’s degree in related area and/or HR certifications
• First line supervision/experience
• Successful track record in the deployment of global HR business processes or programs
• PE Greenbelt certification
• Work experience in designing and implementing effective organization structures and work processes that improve plant ability to achieve desired results— product start up, expansion, or mature business optimization
• Knowledge of employment laws and policies