Landmark Plastic, a leading manufacturer of plastic products used in the horticulture industry, is looking for a Human Resources Manager for the succession planning of retiring manager. This position is a critical and impactful role in the success of Landmark Plastic. Overall experience in all aspects of Human Resources is required to be successful in this role. Below is a summary of the duties, expectations, requirements for this position.
Tasks (top 6)
- Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting, and administering policies, guidelines and company programs while helping resolve work-related problems.
- Advise leaders on organizational policy matters, such as equal employment opportunity, harassment, Workers Comp, Wage and Hour laws and recommend needed changes.
- Analyze, recommend compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.
- Perform staffing duties including dealing with recruitment and hiring of primarily hourly positions, refereeing disputes, termination and administering disciplinary procedures.
- Represent organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.
- Backup for HR Team during their absences.
Technology Skills
- Microsoft Office 365 Products: Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams
- SharePoint
- Payroll software – Paycom
- HRIS – To be selected and implemented in coming months.
- ERP/MRP software - QAD
- Presentation software – Microsoft Office 365
- Benefits software – EASE, Guardian, Health Equity, GIS
- Building Security Software – EntraPass
- Retirement software – Empower
- Workers Compensation software – Ohio BWC, Concentra
- Unemployment software – OMJ Website
Work Activities
- Communicating with Leaders, Peers, HR Team, Associates — Providing information by telephone, text, in written form, e-mail, or in person, chat.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others and maintaining them over time.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving issues/concerns and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Staffing Organizational Units — Salary Recruiting (1-3 hires per year), interviewing, selecting, hiring. Oversee hourly recruiting and management of promoting employees through LPC Career Path Program.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Detailed Work Activities
- Liaison between departments or other groups to improve function or communication.
- Advise others on legal or regulatory compliance matters.
- Recommend organizational process, policy changes or process improvement.
- Oversee and administer incentive compensation or benefits programs.
- Generate and analyze data for operational decisions or activities.
Work Context
- Location – onsite at 1331 Kelly Ave. Akron, OH 44306
- Telephone – company cell phone for text, calls
- Face-to-Face Interactions/Discussions
- Duration of Typical Work Week 45+ hrs Core Hours 8-5 Mon-Fri
Skills
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Management of HR Team/Projects — Motivating, developing, and directing team/leader as they complete activities/projects.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. Prepare and present information in a concise, effective manner to Sr. Leadership Team as requested.
- Reading/Writing Comprehension — Generating and understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Knowledge
- Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, safety, unemployment workers compensation.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Education
· 4-year Bachelor’s Degree required (in HR or related field)
· Certification preferred
Work Styles
- Emotional Intelligence – Job requires a high degree of Emotional Intelligence to be successful.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical. Extremely important.
- Self-Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Management of Team – Job requires management, direction of HR team consisting of HR Generalist and HR Coordinator.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.