Elgin Fastener Group Hiring for Human Resources Manager at Merrill, WI Full Time

About Northern Wire, EFG:

Northern Wire plays an important role in EFG’s suite of products, serving as a supplier to customers across multiple industries such as medical equipment makers, automotive companies, and agriculture. Northern Wire has grown rapidly over the past four decades and continues to grow after its acquisition by EFG in 2012. With approximately 100 employees, you’ll feel part of a close-knit team that works together to make Northern Wire a success. The company prides itself on its strong work ethic, integrity, and commitment to its customers.

Why work for Elgin Fastener Group?

• Enjoy performance-based annual bonuses.
• Competitive salary, between $70-90K based on skills and experience.
• Pay on Demand from Paylocity provides same-day pay to employees.
• Enjoy vacation and PTO benefits (pro-rated based on the date of hire).
• We offer 80 hours of paid holidays so that you can enjoy spending time with family and friends.
• Our monthly celebrations make you feel recognized and valued.
• Our medical, dental, and vision benefits provide comprehensive coverage at affordable rates.
• Our 401(k) plan and company-paid life insurance are great ways to protect your financial future.
• Take comfort in knowing that your company provides short-term and long-term disability insurance.
• Learn new skills and advance your career at the same time with company-paid tuition assistance.

What does a Human Resources Manager do?

The HR Manager will provide business-aligned support to EFG’s Northern Wire division in order to help them achieve organizational goals. Sitting within the corporate Human Resources team, this position reports directly to the Vice President of Human Resources, with a dotted line to the local Plant Manager. In addition to day-to-day generalist duties, this incumbent will serve as a subject matter expert and program lead for one or more functional areas supporting the family of plants within Elgin Fastener Group, likely Training and Development or Recruiting.

Primary Duties Include:

• Act as trusted advisor to the business; Build strategic business partner relationships and credibly lead organizational change initiatives.
• Drive employee engagement through facilitation of employee surveys, focus groups and impact planning processes.
• Conduct organizational needs analysis (facility-based) and identify ways to improve people processes and reengineer support systems; propose new Site-level HR best practices that support the business mission, goals of site and align with the HR Functional organization.
• Provide coaching and assistance to site management team on employee relations issues. Assist in the equitable resolution of issues. Insure that EFGs business ethics and values are maintained at all times.
• Lead all recruiting efforts to support timely hiring to support business requirements, with responsibility to ensure smooth onboarding to support success for the new-hire.
• Coordinate the administration of the performance review and pay-for-skills processes; monitor quality of reviews and counsel evaluating supervisors, while ensuring employees’ pay remains competitive as their skills and performance progresses.
• Maintain employee files, recruitment files, medical files, I9s, and other information as necessary to ensure compliance with all federal and state laws.
• Facilitate employee surveys, focus groups and impact planning processes to drive engagement within the business.
• Ensure that compliance with all federal and state employment and labor laws is maintained.

What makes an ideal candidate?

The ideal candidate will have a combination of generalist skills for an employee group in an industrial setting, with an emphasis on training & development or recruiting expertise. This individual will have the opportunity to work closely with senior management and is expected to provide strategic HR support and guidance. The position requires a high level of functional knowledge, as well as excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Job Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree (BS) in Business Management or HR is preferred, although will consider relevant experience in lieu of formal education.
• Five to seven years of progressively responsible experience leading training and development programs.
• SHRM or PHR certification is a plus, but not required.
• Certified Professional in Learning and Performance (CPLP) is a plus, but not required.
• Prior HR experience in a manufacturing setting is strongly preferred, but not required.
• Fluent and well-spoken in English with excellent technical writing skills.
• Ability to work in the U.S. without company sponsorship.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 – $90,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Application Question(s):

• We prefer a Bachelors Degree (BS) in Human Resources, Business Management or a related field. Do you possess this credential?
• In addition to day-to-day Generalist duties, this incumbent serves as a lead for Training & Development efforts across all of EFG. As such, this individual requires prior experience in this specialty. Please describe your past experience leading Training & Development programs at large scale.
• Please describe any applicable experience or credentials you have that might set you apart from other candidates
• What are your salary expectations for this position?

Work Location: One location