Blue Diamond Growers Hiring for Senior Human Resources Manager, Plant Operations at Sacramento, CA Full Time

Job Summary:
The Senior Human Resources Manager, Plant Operations is a vital role in leading culture and workplace practices at one of Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) manufacturing & distribution facilities within California. Operating in a matrixed organization, this role reports to the Director, Operations HR while working closely with the Site Director and serving as a member of the site leadership team. Supports winning in our key focus areas of safety, quality, service, and performance, all supported by our people. Leads with a continuous improvement approach that transforms our workplaces, processes, and people resulting in increased team member engagement while sustainably improving our results.

Job Description:

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Drive local implementation and execution of Global Supply (GS) goals, objectives, strategies and tactics in alignment with HR functional priorities.
• Operate as a trusted advisor to the site leadership, strengthening the team effectiveness, and ensuring BDG Leadership Principles and Values are adhered to at all times.
• Provide balanced leadership as a member of management as well as an employee advocate.
• Lead the development of culture and workplace practices
• Coach site leadership on the effective use of positive employee relations approaches and practices. Provide visible presence on the shop floor.
• Lead and develop site HR team members; accomplish work through the extended HR team.
• Lead processes and activities that foster BDGs team-based and continuous improvement culture, ensuring that team members are actively engaged, trust their leadership, feel listened to, recognized and have challenging work.
• Anticipate and proactively address potential issues at the site level, managing expectations throughout.
• Conduct or oversee investigations and develop Company position statements as needed.
• Build capability in Managers, Frontline Leaders, and Frontline Team Members through coaching, mentoring, and training.
• Provide day-to-day guidance on performance management (career development, coaching, counseling, and progressive discipline) to all levels across the site.
• Determine when and how to intervene at the individual, team, and site level.
• Design appropriate change interventions taking into consideration background, environment, and historical practices.
• Partner with Recruitment ensuring the site has appropriate talent depth and a robust pipeline of future talent.
• Drive the hiring, on-boarding, and maintaining of top quartile talent for all site positions.
• Drive best practice sharing with peer HR Managers across the BDG sites; ensure a one-team approach across the enterprise.
• Effectively lead HR processes ensuring leaders are prepared, team members understand linkages between processes and culture, and the processes are executed flawlessly.
• Lead HR initiatives / projects, and/or serve as a Center of Expertise leader, to expand HR capability across the enterprise.
• Lead assigned projects to include change management principles that foster engagement and sustainability of change.
• This job description reflects managements assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8 years of progressive Human Resources experience with a track record of successfully delivering results
• Strong leader with high interpersonal and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Capable of communicating effectively and widely to all levels of the organization.
• A pattern of collaboration and proactive business partnering to achieve results.
• Experience effectively managing in a matrixed structure.
• Ability to work varying shifts as needed in order to support a 24/7 workforce.
• HR certification preferred (PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP)

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCES

• Knowledge and experience with Federal and California employment law ” CA/Fed leaves of absence, ADA, EEO, FLSA, etc.
• Prior supervisory and/or Employee Relations/Industrial Relations experience.
• Experience in the food manufacturing or Consumer Packaged Goods industry.
• Experience enabling Lean Manufacturing / Total Productive Manufacturing (TPM) practices
• Passion and experience for engaging employees at all levels to drive business results.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• 1-5

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Able to sit/work at a desk for extended periods of time.
• Able to physically move throughout industrial facility, including climbing multiple flights of stairs, ladders, and tight access areas.
• Able to make occasional trips throughout Central Valley of California.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Work is conducted in an industrial office setting.
• Must be able to work in a plant environment being exposed to dust, high noise levels, extreme temperature and humidity fluctuations, fumes and odors from welding and other maintenance processes.

Blue Diamond Growers is an Equal Opportunity and E-Verify Employer

Education:
Bachelors (Required)

Other Job Details:

Work Shift:
Day

Pay Type:
Salary

Hourly Rate (if applicable):
N/A

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Blue Diamond Growers (BDG) is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. BDG provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information. BDG also complies with all provisions of the U.S. Government’s Executive Order 11246 dated September 24, 1965 and the rules, regulations and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.