Plant Hr Manager Jobs

Lactalis Hungária Kft. is currently seeking candidates to join our team in Wausau, WI.

Lactalis Hungária Kft. the world leader in dairy, is a family-owned business with more than 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals worldwide, committed to providing healthy and delicious dairy products that bring people together every day. At Lactalis, our core values of AMBITION, ENGAGEMENT, and SIMPLICITY are at the heart of everything we do.

Lactalis Hungária Kft.: inviting you to share with us your STORY, your PASSION, and your EXPERTISE.

From yourPASSIONto ours

The Plant HR Manager partners with the local plant management team and employees to drive business strategy and achieve breakthrough results. S/he serves as a consultant to management on HR related issues and proactively assesses and anticipates people related needs, with a strong emphasis on Safety, Quality, Resource Deployment and Continuous Improvement. The HR Manager formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value added service to management and employees that reflect LHD’s business objectives.

From yourEXPERTISEto ours

• Partners with LHD Corporate HR to enhance employee and management performance by identifying training and development needs, offering, and evaluating appropriate training programs, and ensuring effective utilization of performance management feedback systems and processes.
• Manages and enhances a productive work environment by resolving conflicts between management and associates, coaching management on effective management and coaching techniques and maintaining open communication with employees and managers.
• Partners with management to implement tools and processes designed to improve the organization’s overall effectiveness, change management initiatives, performance management processes and succession planning.
• Key responsibilities for this position include:
• Understands, follows, and enforces all safety, health, quality GMP and Company policies, procedures and recognized practices.
• Oversees the plant orientation/onboarding program for newly hired employees in partnership with the plant management team.
• Advise and counsel managers on a variety of topics to optimize employee engagement, team development and organizational effectiveness. Provide counsel and training to managers and supervisors regarding positive employee relations and engagement efforts.
• Partners with Plant Director and USA Compensation team to administer annual hourly wage increase program.
• Conducts investigations into employee complaints. Provides direction to plant management team by providing coaching and interpretation to complex employee relations issues to develop problem resolution solutions and improved teammate performance. Coaches and guides HR Generalist on less complex employee relations issues.
• Oversees and participates in the recruitment, selection, and retention of all plant employees. Partners with Plant Leadership to maintain staffing levels according to business needs and the annual operating budget.

Requirements:

From yourSTORYto ours

Qualified applicants will contribute the following:

• 3+ years HR experience in a manufacturing environment is required; food industry preferred.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions in a manner consistent with company values.
• Demonstrated capability to interface and maintain effective relationships with all functions and levels of the organization; demonstrated listening skills.
• Strong understanding of HR practices in recruitment, organization development, policy administration, training and employee relations.
• High level of proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and HRIS systems (Paylocity and UKG/Kronos preferred).
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Administration, Business, or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required.
• 7+ years broad based HR generalist experience required.
• Knowledge of Federal and State employment laws, investigation skills, HR technical knowledge in EEO, FMLA, ADA, unemployment and worker’s compensation.
• 3+ years experience leading direct reporting team members is required.

Lactalis Hungária Kft. is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities.

If you’re looking for a unique experience with a company that offers strong brands, professional expertise, and a dynamic work environment that champions entrepreneurial spirit, hands-on responsibility, and real opportunity for career development, we want to hear from you!