Human Resources Benefits Manager

Summary

Provides US benefits leadership and analytical support for Celestica’s US operations and remote employees to the Senior Manager of Compensation & Benefits for the Americas and local HR teams.

Detailed Description

Provides overall leadership and oversees the delivery across the entire portfolio of US benefits and 401(k) programs and initiatives. Primary responsibilities include the following:

• Setup purchase orders and review/approve invoices.
• Act as a primary contact for HR Managers and employees for applicable benefits issues across multiple states. This includes all healthcare benefits, life and disability insurance, 401(k) plans wellness programs, and coordinating with vendors COBRA and leave policies.
• Manage the company’s relationship with all benefit and 401(k) related vendors, consultants and partners.
• Be involved in completing audit requirements in conjunction with finance, external auditors, related to HR benefit and 401(k) programs.
• Deal with urgent employee issues in a timely and professional manner.
• Partner and build relationships with key stakeholders in other teams including HR, Finance, Legal, Communications, Business Leaders and external vendors.
• Manage annual open enrollment process including evaluating competitiveness of offerings, communications and rollout to employees.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Able to effectively work with a wide variety of customers, cross-functional collaborations, as well as leveraging external vendors/partners.
• Ability to manage workload across various time zones.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills. Able to present and communicate ideas and facts in a clear and articulate manner
• Strong working knowledge of US benefit and 401(k) programs, policies and practices.
• In-depth knowledge of federal and local government regulations.
• Able to manage sensitive employee information in a confidential manner.
• Strong project management skills. Able to evaluate, manage and prioritize multiple highly complex and detailed tasks and projects at any given time.

Typical Experience

• Experience with programs utilizing United Healthcare, Kaiser and ADP an asset.
• Minimum of Five years of relevant experience managing benefits and 401(k).

Typical Education

• CBP, CEBS, PHR, or SPHR certification an asset.
• Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Finance or related field.

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud. Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.