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Sr HR Business Partner
Decatur, Il
Looking for an exciting career in Human Resources? Here is your opportunity to join a market a leader in ingredient manufacturing that is investing in people, plant, and technologies. This is a manufacturing-based HR role supporting Primient’s flagship plant in Decatur, Il and the team of 400 employees.
ABOUT PRIMIENT
Established yet entrepreneurial: Primient is an industry leader with proven products, six manufacturing plants, 1500+ employees and deep roots in corn wet milling. Yet we’re also a brand-new company that is ready to drive change and create impact.
Inspired by a meaningful purpose: we use renewable sources to produce plant-based ingredients for some of the world’s best-known brands. It feels good to produce safe, high-quality, sustainable products – that go into everything from sodas to hand cream and cardboard to clothing.
Poised for a new era of success: we’re investing in our plants to unlock our potential in the industrial and food sectors. Our HR partners will be key to leading projects and programs that help us to shape the future of our business – guided by our values of Safety, Excellence, Integrity, and Growth.
THE OPPORTUNITY
As Sr. HR Business Partner, you will work with site leadership to provide solutions and initiatives to meet business needs and goals. Specifically, be a proactive advisor to the business and customize deployment of function initiatives and tools for the needs of the site client groups. You will utilize a high level of business acumen and create value by understanding the business, strategically applying an enterprise mindset to the site’s business strategy, providing insightful challenge and supporting implantation of strategies, tools, and processes utilizing data analytics.
An HR Business Partner you will:
- Help senior leaders envision, develop and execute a site People Strategy.
- Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
- Develop local Key HR Metrics, drive collaborative delivery of KPIs, and partner with the local plant leadership team in reviewing and executing mitigation plans.
- Develop and support labor relations at the site. Serve as the SME on contract negotiations, arbitrations, contract interpretation, grievances, etc
- Lead employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.
- Partner with COE teams who will provide deep functional HR expertise to help deliver customer-centric solutions by identifying gaps, opportunities or project assignments.
- Participate in engagement, productivity, recognition, health and safety and training and development activities.
- Partner with local leadership to drive site diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives aligned with company goals.
ABOUT YOU
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources or Business-related field.
- Master’s Degree in HR or Business-related fields preferred.
- PHR or SHRM-CP Preferred
EXPERIENCE
- 7 – 10 years of relevant HR experience. Experience should be either in a generalist role or in multiple disciplines within the Human Resource function.
- Expertise in Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining.
- Experience working directly with manufacturing plants preferred.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Rewards & benefits
Competitive salary with performance linked enhancements/401 K matching and non-contingent matching plans/Healthcare/Medical insurance
Working with us in Decatur
Our Primient plant is the largest and most complex facility across our network and has been part of the Decatur community for over 100 years. It has been a hub of innovation and technology and will continue to be a flagship facility for Primient. Today, more than 400 people work at our plant and administration building. We are proud of our strong union relations, our excellent safety record, and our local community outreach and service. Our promising future makes it an exciting place to be.
Relocating to Decatur (or our region)
Located c. 180 miles south of Chicago, Decatur is home to around 70,000 people. Decatur scores well for livability, cost of living and schools – t his is a place to enjoy the Midwest lifestyle. Our central location means it’s easy to get to Springfield, Bloomington, and Champaign . Chicago, St Louis and Indianapolis are within a 2.5-3-hour drive .
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging
We are passionate believers in the power of difference. We strive to represent the communities in which we operate and to provide an inclusive, welcoming environment for all. We want Primient to be a place where every employee feels they belong and knows they are seen, heard, valued and safe to speak up. Our aspiration is to unlock the full potential in diverse perspectives, while offering everyone an equal chance to grow, thrive and progress.
Primient is an equal opportunity employer, committed to the strength of an inclusive workforce.
California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)
The Company is committed to complying with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and all data privacy and laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. We collect the following categories of personal information for the purpose of hiring the best qualified applicants and to comply with applicable employment laws: Name and contact information; Job preference and work availability; Social Security Number and/or other identification information; Education and qualifications; Employment history and experience; Military service; Reference and background check information, including relevant criminal history and credit history; Social media information; Pre-employment test results; Post-offer medical examination information and results, including drug test results; Voluntary self-disclosure information regarding minority, veteran, and disability status; and Information provided by you during the hiring process.
