Vice President HR/EHS

Position

Our first priorities at OMG are Safety and People – the keys to our success. Our goal is to offer employees a safe environment in which to grow and improve the quality of their lives and the lives of their families. The Vice President of Human Resources and Environmental Health & Safety (VP HR/EHS) has ultimate responsibility for executing strategies that deliver a culture that is safe, healthy, supportive, inclusive, open and creative.

The VP HR/EHS ensures that we recruit and retain a highly qualified team that represents our core values and deliver results. This resource ensures our ability to retain employees by helping them clearly understand their roles, impact on customers and how they bring value to our organization. Key to success will be the ability to communicate company objectives and performance regularly so employees feel connected and able to make better decisions at work.

Reporting to the President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the VP HR/EHS works with the senior management team to plan and execute business strategies and evaluate how to support these with strong Safety and People management. The VP HR/EHS consistently evaluates the current state of our HR/EHS structure, programs and processes and utilizes the continuous improvement tools to drive any improvement needed to support our people and business goals.

We require a commercially oriented HR/EHS business partner who can build relationships at all levels and maintain an exceptional culture and employee experience. The VP HR/EHS will develop and maintain a team that delivers guidance and credible solutions on Safety- and People-related challenges and objectives. The successful candidate will be an outstanding performance partner for the business: agile, connected, globally savvy and accountable for strategic delivery.

• Perform other tasks as assigned.
• Utilize Safety and workforce analytics/trends to measure progress and implement countermeasures to address performance gaps.
• Identify and address opportunities for greater efficiency, agility, and standardization consistent with company goals for continuous improvement.
• Employ ‘Respect, Reward, Develop, Challenge' as core competencies for leaders to motivate employees.
• Lead talent management process to effect positive change, deliver business results and achieve individual development.
• Inspire and lead with a sense of urgency, proactively solving problems, and embodying a commitment to high-performance.
• Inspire a culture where Safety is employee-driven and implement best practices to help EHS meet all laws, regulations and community expectations.
• Support CEO by integrating Safety and People into business strategies and advising as requested on people, organization and business issues and impacts.
• Partner with business leaders to effect organizational development that supports short- and long-term business needs and goals.
• Champion wellbeing at OMG and through the Steel Partners Wellness Council.
• Embed OMG Safety and People strategies into day-to-day work, ensuring that HR/EHS programs are translated into actions and results tangible to employees.
• Develop and execute talent plans with a focus on inclusion and diversity. Set standards for talent assessment, selection, deployment, capability development and cultural adoption.
• Provide thought leadership and insights into HR/EHS trends, ensuring that team utilizes best practices to drive success.
• Develop employee engagement to drive retention and loyalty, increase productivity and improve customer satisfaction.
• Drive Safety as the Number One Priority of all OMG Employees.
• Act as an organizational coach who builds organizational capabilities, reduces complexity, and partners with clients to maximize team performance.

• Demonstrated success and resiliency operating in an industry and/or organization facing rapid change.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organization Development or Business Administration.
• Master's degree preferred; SPHR and/or CEBS certifications highly preferred.
• 5-10 years of senior-level HR/EHS leadership/support as Business Partner. Demonstrated success required with organizational effectiveness, talent acquisition and management, and culture and change management.
• Evident ease and familiarity with hourly workers through corporate executive suite.
• Thorough and detail oriented; ability to handle a wide range of issues varying in complexity.
• Initiates and engages with senior business leaders as a peer, confidante and coach. Develops trust and credibility that leads to improved organizational effectiveness.
• Passion for brands and consumers. Demonstrated understanding and curiosity for the front end of the business and ability to support commercial strategies with strong Safety and People programs.
• Collaborative, down-to-earth, genuine, and considerate of others.
• Experience supporting M&A activity, with success integrating new businesses into the company.
• Contributes to business mindset, needs, and thinking of own function or other functions. Adds significant value beyond his/her own functional area.
• Unquestioned ethics, integrity, intellectual honesty and sound judgment.
• Demonstrated success building rapport and earning broad-based support for initiatives, negotiating with a genuine give-and-take approach.
• Highly self-aware and attuned
• Highly motivated, energetic, personable, comfortable working closely with a diverse and global leadership team.
• 10-plus years operating in a global and highly complex, customer-focused business. Experience in a manufacturing environment with multiple operations is ideal.