Lignetics Group Hiring for Regional Human Resources Manager – Eastern Region at Brattleboro, Vermont Full Time

Regional Human Resources Manager

About us:

Lignetics, Inc. offers clean, renewable energy, animal care, and cooking solutions. We have 30 years of experience innovating eco-friendly essentials for everyday life. Lignetics manufactures a variety of consumer brands in several different categories including wood pellets for home heating, BBQ pellets for grilling, wood pellets and shavings for animal bedding, and wood fiber-based cat litter. Each of our products have unique features and benefits but are all linked with a wonderful recycled, renewable, sustainable, and carbon neutral story. We turn recycled sawdust into value-added, branded consumer products.

Human Resources Manager Job Summary

The Regional HR Manager is responsible for leading and directing, top to bottom, people initiatives and actions in a geographic area and reports to the Head of Human Resources with a strong relationship to the Regional Directors of Manufacturing and Plant Managers. This role is an integral part of the human resources team and works very closely with the HR centers of excellence to provide full HR solutions to assigned manufacturing plants.

Human Resources Manager Key Responsibilities

• Drive and support employee engagement through survey action planning activities, proactive plant visits, floor presence and establishing relationships with employees and managers.
• Collaborate with site leaders to understand skills and competency requirements for optimal productivity and efficiency.
• Provide safety and worker’s compensation administrative/general claim’s support.
• Onboard and integrate new employees into the plant, their role, and the overall company.
• Facilitate compensation practices to ensure continuous attention to fair, equitable and competitive total compensation packages are available based on local market conditions.
• Partner with operations leaders to solve complex business problems with innovative solutions.
• Act as a liaison for employees, ensuring management practices are in alignment with company policies and core values.
• Facilitate the performance management process for all job categories within region/plants.
• Ensure compliance with state/federal labor laws and regulations and internal company policy.
• Equip plant leadership with the knowledge and application of HR policies and procedures, including workplace safety, diversity/inclusivity, harassment, and discrimination.
• Support onboard/offboarding of benefits administration within region/plants.
• Develop strategies to both attract and retain talent for all job categories.
• Provide acquisition/integration support as needed.
• Lead and/or support key projects.
• Abstract and analyze KPI’s, month end, and yearend data/reports. Develop countermeasures and action plans associated with key metrics.

Human Resources Manager Requirements:

• Needs to be able to travel to the assigned manufacturing plants 50% of the time.
• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of human resource management experience in a manufacturing or industrial environment with multiple locations
• Ability to balance the tactical with the strategic workload.
• Strong analytical and problem solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, time management, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Needs to have a roll up your sleeves approach.
• Experience with HRIS maintenance/reporting.

Human Resources Manager Benefits:

• Annual Bonus
• Employee referral bonus program
• 2 weeks paid time off + 2 floating holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance (FSA & HSA options)
• Educational assistance
• Life insurance, short term & long-term disability
• 401(k) with employer match & immediate vesting
• Employee heating pellet program
• Lignetics SWAG gear to include an annual pair of work boots & other PPE

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