Labor Relations Supervisor

Requisition Number: 73473

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Our Optical Communications segment has recently evolved from being a manufacturer of optical fiber and cable, hardware and equipment to being a comprehensive provider of industry-leading optical solutions across the broader communications industry.This segment is classified into two main product groupings – carrier network and enterprise network. The carrier network product group consists primarily of products and solutions for optical-based communications infrastructure for services such as video, data and voice communications. The enterprise network product group consists primarily of optical-based communication networks sold to businesses, governments and individuals for their own use.

Purpose of Position    

Mainly involved in labor-management relations, propose and monitor the company's labor relations policies, including collective bargaining agreement. Ensure compliance with HR-related legal and regulatory guidelines from local labor law and/or corporate. Responsible for administering grievance procedures. Encompasses union relationships in plant. Monitor, create and deploy practices to maintain a healthy labor environment for both salaried and union employees. Oversees plant labor relations team according to HR Manager and/or HR Director. Assists in achieving or beating budgetary objectives in support of top quartile performance objectives while maintaining appropriate levels of HR delivery service. Contributes to the completion of organizational projects and goals.

Major responsibilities and tasks of the position

• Educates plant leadership on union contracts and local and state employment law to ensure compliance with contracts and applicable personnel management laws.
• Manages and mitigates employee grievances by ensuring supervisors and leadership are creating an open forum for discussion and resolution of work issues.
• Coaches and counsels plant management in development and demonstration of leadership and management practices required to establish and maintain a positive work environment.
• Resolves employee relations issues in a fair and consistent manner that protects the needs of the plant to operate in an effective and efficient manner.
• Takes ownership for specific HR initiatives that support the effective operations of the organization by developing and/or delivering HR programs (e.g., attendance tracking, discipline, overtime).
• Identifies employee value proposition issues affecting turnover and works with Plant HR Manager to identify actions for improvement.
• Establishes and maintains a presence on the plant floor to keep a read on the pulse of the organization.
• Implements appropriate risk management policies and procedures to ensure plant compliance with safety requirements and local, state, and federal employment laws.
• Monitor employee services at plant location.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, industrial/labor/law relations preferred, or related field.
• Basic proficiency in verbal & written English language skills.

Work Experience

• +3 years of HR labor relations experience (generalist/specialist) or equivalent.
• Traceable experience organizing and deploying HR labor relation actions.
• Traceable experience managing/coordinating labor relations teams.
• Demonstrate expertise managing HR metrics such as absenteeism, disciplinary action, turnover, etc.
• Experience working with employee services vendors (Cafeteria / Transportation, Security, Medical department).

Competencies

• Effective communication skills.
• Critical thinking and dealing with ambiguity.
• Emotional Management / Emotional Self-Management.
• Labor relations framework expert.
• Navigating through organization.

Additional Skills

• Master’s degree in related area and/or HR certification.
• High proficiency at Excel, Power Point, Word.