Croda · 1 day ago
Regional HR Business Partner - Supply Chain
New Castle, DE
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expCroda is a FTSE100 organization focused on sustainable raw materials for Life Sciences and Consumer Care sectors. They are seeking a Regional HR Business Partner to lead employee relations and engagement strategies across manufacturing sites in the US, driving a culture of engagement and operational excellence.
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Responsibilities
Lead a team of HR Business Partners and generalists across 5 sites to drive a consistent, transparent and compliant best in class culture
Lead the labor relations strategy for 2 union sites, including managing escalated grievances, ongoing relationship building and ensuring compliance of appropriate policies, procedures, laws, regulations and labor contracts at both manufacturing sites
Lead the employee relations strategy for 3 non-union sites
Support site based global teams including Research and Development, PSRA, Quality, partnering with Global HR and Functional leadership on an ongoing basis
Design and deliver positive employee relations training to all site leadership teams, HR teams, and other stakeholders to support a culture of development, transparency and fairness with a strong focus on leadership behavior and expectations
Drive engagement strategy at all sites, using multiple data sources, and establishes critical KPI targets to drive accountability and success. Regularly conducts roundtables at multiple levels, follows up on team inputs to achieve desired outcomes
Provide oversight of and/or conducts formal investigations as required
Provide recommendations to managers for employee discipline, performance management and people development
Develop and delivers site specific programs
Identify opportunities for simplification on HR related processes, programs and policies
Apply Organizational Design and Development thinking to recommend, support and/or implement key organizational initiatives in partnership with regional and/or global leaders
Support the overall regional and/or global talent strategy including recruitment of key roles, succession planning and identifying capability gaps
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 10 years of experience directly in Human Resources, including a minimum of 3 years in labor/union relations, and 3 years leading HR Business Partners
Bachelor's Degree in a related field, with additional education and or training preferred
Proven breadth of knowledge across HR functional areas
Particularly in employee engagement strategies, leadership coaching and development
Generalist mindset
Aware of and able to adapt current HR trends across the employee life cycle
Strong data skills and mindset
Experienced in building and using HR data and applications for effective business case and performance measurement
Strong understanding of Supply Chain/Operational KPI's
Experience coaching, assessing and developing site and regional leadership and operations teams
Experience in leading through periods of significant change at a manufacturing site
Experience with a Labor Union required
Experience using MS Office required
Benefits
Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, available immediately.
Generous PTO
401K Match
Wellness Reimbursement
Parental Leave
Career Development
Company paid and voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Short and long term disability
Paid Holidays
Company
Croda
Since 1925 we have been the name behind sustainable, high-performance ingredients and technologies in some of the world’s most successful brands: creating, making and selling speciality chemicals that are relied on by industries and consumers everywhere.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$20.9MKey Investors
UK Government
2022-03-31Grant· $20.9M
1964-06-10IPO
Leadership Team
Micheal D. Patterson
Human Resources Partner
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