Regional Human Resources Manager jobs in New York

Regional Human Resources Manager – Northeast Region - recruiting for Lignetics Group (www.Lignetics.com)

Lignetics, Inc. (www.Lignetics.com) 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 a 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-add, branded consumer products.

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.

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
• 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 to key metrics.

Requirements

• Must 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
• have a “roll up your sleeves” approach
• with HRIS maintenance/reporting

What you get:

• Competitive base salary in the $120,000 to $125,000 range and annual incentive commensurate with experience.
• A full array of health benefits to include medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA as well as life insurance and both short and long term disability insurance plus an employee assistance program.
• A 401k plan with a 100% match up to 5% of employee contributions with 100% immediate vesting.
• Our Culture is one of inclusivity and opportunity where every voice matters - we religiously practice our Values of Safety, Integrity, Accountability, Adaptability, Respect, and Teamwork.
• We are scaling rapidly and there is abundant opportunity to grow for high performing go getters who want to “own their job” and make an impact in a company that cares about planet Earth.

At Lignetics, we work to build a culture that attracts a diverse mix of talented people who are committed and vibrant team members that bring determination and passion to work every day. We recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a broad and diverse candidate pool. We encourage you to apply!