Cargill · 12 hours ago
Senior Director, Employee Relations - North America
Wayzata, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$175K/yr - $240K/yr
8+ years expCargill is a global leader in food and agricultural solutions, committed to nourishing the world in a sustainable way. The Senior Director, Employee Relations - North America will drive the regional Employee Relations strategy, ensuring alignment with global practices while overseeing workforce trends, compliance issues, and providing support on employee matters.
AgricultureFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingMeat and Poultry
Hiring Manager
Amanda Hestick
Responsibilities
TEAM MANAGEMENT: Build ER delivery capabilities and expertise within teams you lead Manage team members to achieve the organization’s goals, by ensuring productivity, communicating performance expectations, creating goal alignment, giving and seeking feedback, providing coaching, measuring progress and holding people accountable, supporting employee development, recognizing achievement and lessons learned, and developing enabling conditions for talent to thrive in an inclusive team culture
TRAINING AND EDUCATION: Develop relevant know-how and capabilities of HR Business Partners, people managers and transformation project teams as applicable
INVESTIGATIONS: Oversee region-specific workforce issues and investigations (e.g., provide services to assist in prevention and resolution of workforce issues, investigate allegations of misconduct, and identify appropriate measures, etc.)
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS POLICY DEVELOPMENT: Define forward-looking Employee Relations strategies, regulatory compliance and reporting (both at a local and federal level), policies and procedures, ensuring alignment to Cargill’s global Employee Relations strategy and vision, to ensure work environments embody trust, fairness, and inclusion for employees in compliance with applicable legislation
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS POLICY IMPLEMENTATION: Oversee the establishment and implementation of policies for the organization, including providing consultation to human resources and management partners and ensuring the resolution of employee relations questions
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS POLICY IMPROVEMENT: Track, identify, and report on trends in employee relations and compliance topics and propose solutions for complex and/or contentious employee relations matters in collaboration with HRBPs and Business/Function leaders. Use data as a predictor
DISCIPLINE and SEPARATIONS: Directs and ensures the team to maintain and apply knowledge of separation legislation and processes in the assigned markets, including performing separation activities and mentoring human resources and managers on separations processes, crafting and overseeing applicable templates, and providing severance calculations and advice on options
TRANSFORMATION: Ensure seamless execution and deployment of complex initiatives, such as transformation projects, through proactive preparation, anticipation of roadblocks, and contingency planning as well as appropriate information and education of your partners in the business
RISK MITIGATION: Act as subject matter expert on employee relations and compliance, identify trends and risks landscape for the assigned region and suggest mitigating actions and proactive initiatives, aimed at prevention
CONSULTATION & SERVICE EXECUTION: Directs and guides the team on all employee relations issues and solutions, including performance management, organization policies and procedures, harassment, discrimination, retaliation, disability and background checks, to ensure successful service delivery and effective consultancy. Advise and consult with Business/Function leadership on topics such as equal opportunity and diversity (DEI) matters, and other employment focused acts and legislation
Qualification
Required
Minimum of eight years of relevant work experience, in Human Resources (ER, HRBP, Ethics & Compliance, etc.), of which five years of supervisory experience
Proven ability to balance a pragmatic drive for solutions whilst upholding the highest ethical and compliance standards
Analytical mindset and the ability to apply data-driven insights to inform decision-making and develop proactive strategies
Ability to anticipate and balance the needs of multiple stakeholders
Excellent verbal and written communication and strong presentation skills
Strong conflict resolution skills, with a track record of successfully resolving employee disputes
Knowledge of best practices in employee relations, including disciplinary procedures and separations, grievance handling, and workplace investigations
Ability to maintain confidentiality, handle sensitive information with discretion, and ensure compliance with data privacy regulations
Experience gained in a large, complex multi-location organization with both white and blue collar employees
Preferred
Experience in the field of Labor Relations
Experience in process optimization and simplification, driven by the client experience
Used to work in environment with central HR capability center / service center (back-office)
An interest in and initial experience with applying AI at the workplace
Benefits
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Medical, vision, and dental coverage
Flexible spending accounts
Life insurance
Disability insurance
Retirement savings
Employee and family assistance program (EAP)
Company
Cargill
Cargill provides agricultural, food, bioindustrial, and risk management solutions across global supply chains and manufacturing sectors.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.02MKey Investors
National Safety Council
2025-06-25Grant· $0.02M
Leadership Team
Brian Sikes
Board Chair and CEO
David MacLennan
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
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