HR Business Partner/Manager

Purpose: This is 100% on-site, in person position in a friendly, growing manufacturing environment in Buford, GA. Bilingual Spanish.
Responsible for hands-on HR including business partner to leadership, business acumen, balance of strategic outlook with tactical day-today. Focus areas: HRIS maintenance, benefits, staffing/recruitment, onboarding/offboarding, salary administration, employee relations, business partnership, performance management, recordkeeping and training. Provide hands-on day-to-day management of all human resources functions Partners with General Manager to solve organizational and people issues.

Accountabilities:

• Communicate with employees and vendors to resolve any compensation or benefits issues
• Oversee benefits and leave administration including enrollment, change reporting, claims and vendor management and renewal
• Manage staffing and recruiting process, ensuring positive and efficient experience to meet business needs
• Draft and communicate key messages to employees and is a company ambassador
• Coordinate new employee onboarding and maintain training records and offboarding and exit interviews
• Complete compensation and market surveys and ad-hoc reporting as required
• Lead employee investigations related to code of conduct
• Organize training, development and teambuilding of local staff

Shared accountabilities:

• Participate actively in safety program, maintain training matrix, assist with investigations, file claims and assist employees
• Partner with employees and managers to resolve employee relations issues, provide coaching to middle management and employees
• Administer OHI and work together with key stakeholders on communication, action plan and follow up
• Coordinate employee relations and company-sponsored functions including employee events and wellness activities Key linkages & interfaces / most important stakeholders
• Provide recommendations that enhance performance and business opportunities to business and HR team
• Key stakeholders VP HR - Americas, General Manager AB Buford MU, Synthetics Operations Director

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in HR Management, Business Administration or equivalent preferred
• Excellent communication, project management and organizational skills
• Minimum 5 years in HR generalist role in manufacturing
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders in matrix organization
• Excellent computer and analytical skills - MS Word, Excel, PPT
• Prior experience with HRIS and report writing

Physical Demands

• * The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• * While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, walk, talk or hear; uses hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls. Duties include data entry 80% of the time. The employee may lift, push or pull up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
• Able to work in the US and travel 25%