HR Business Partner

Lindt and Sprungli

$93K — $122K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in human resources or related field preferred.
  • 5+ years of progressive HR experience, including 3 years in an exempt-level role.
  • 2+ years of experience with collective bargaining agreements (CBA).
  • Manufacturing or production HR background preferred; consumer packaged goods (CPG) experience is a plus.
  • Bilingual in Spanish preferred, with strong critical thinking skills.
  • Excellent client management skills and understanding of business literacy.

Responsibilities

  • Administer and enforce labor relations policies and collective bargaining agreements.
  • Support resolutions for employee grievances and facilitate union negotiations.
  • Collaborate with HR leadership to manage attendance policy and compliance issues.
  • Guide operations leadership in resolving employee concerns aligned with company values.
  • Attend meetings to gather employee perspectives and foster relationships within the Plant.
  • Investigate and manage worker compensation claims, ensuring proper documentation and compliance.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to collaborate with plant operations for employee engagement.
  • Involvement in performance management and talent retention strategies.
  • Support with employee onboarding and offboarding processes.
  • Exposure to regulatory compliance and legal risk management through partnership with legal department.
  • Usage of HR tools like Workday to facilitate process improvements.
Full Job Description

Job Summary
  • Administer labor relations policies and agreements, ensuring adherence to work rules and practices.
  • Support escalated employee relations concerns, including grievances and union negotiations.
  • Partner with HR leadership to deploy solutions in labor/union relations, attendance policy management (ADP), compliance, and investigations.
  • Provide guidance and coaching to Plant/Operations leadership and employees to resolve employee concerns in compliance with company policies and values.
  • Stay connected with the Plant to understand employee perspectives by attending meetings and events.
  • Enforce labor relations policies and agreements, ensuring adherence to business and union rules related to collective bargaining agreements (CBA) and attendance policy.
  • Ensure HR practices comply with regulatory and legal requirements.
  • Investigate and administer worker compensation claims, manage record retention, approve invoices, and create documentation. Collaborate with corporate EH&S and HR on worker's compensation case management.
  • Assist in planning and organizing employee onboarding and offboarding.
  • Help leaders attract and retain talent to achieve business and growth objectives.
  • Support HR Manager with performance management and employee engagement initiatives for assigned group
  • Maintain knowledge of legal requirements related to employee management, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partner with the legal department as needed.
  • Perform other duties as assigned, including special projects.

Minimum Education & Experience Required
  • Bachelor's degree required in human resources or related field a plus.
  • Minimum 5 years of progressive HR experience, including 3 years in exempt-level HR role work.
  • Minimum 2 years applying/administering a CBA.
  • Preferred HR experience in manufacturing or production; CPG industry experience a plus.
  • Bilingual fluency a plus, Spanish preferred.
  • Strong critical thinking skills for process improvement and resolving complex matters.
  • Excellent client management and business literacy skills to interpret business objectives and recommend people-centric solutions.
  • Strong organizational skills to manage multiple projects with attention to detail.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality of work-related issues and company information.
  • Able to develop tools and programs to support positive change in the client organization.
  • Assist with experience with Workday preferred
  • Current knowledge of state and federal employment law, with emphasis on California labor law.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.


Physical, Mental and Environmental Requirements
  • Must be able to work off shift hours to support 3rd shift once per week
  • Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
  • Required to regularly sit
  • Must be able to work seated or standing for at least 8 hours
  • Must be able to concentrate for extended periods of time paying close attention to detail.
  • Works in a regular office environment
  • Experience with Workday preferred
  • Must be able to comply with GMPs for plant walks/visits on weekly basis
  • In support of the operations team, working in the field is occasionally required. Conditions in the field include:
    • Ability to climb stairs and ladders,
    • Will be exposed to heat, cold, water, dust, confined spaces, elevated areas, dirt, ash particles and fuel particles
    • Exposure to vibration, moving mechanical parts and loud noise
    • Capable of using protective equipment such as hard hats, safety glasses/goggles, safety shoes, hearing protection, masks, etc.


Salary Range: $93,873 - $122,057

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