This is a great leadership opportunity for someone seeking to lead a team, partner with business leaders, and use their HR and business expertise to create culture, build a winning team, and drive change. In this position you will work closely with the EWP senior leaders, providing strategic guidance on organizational issues and HR solutions to accelerate business performance and effectiveness. You will lead an HR team of four or five HR Business Partners, who support EWP manufacturing facilities located in the US and Canada. You will report to the HR Director, EWP, you must be within driving distance of one of the EWP mills that you will be supporting in the US.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Partner with HR leadership to align on HR approaches, policies, and programs to support organizational strategy and goals
• Utilize data and analytics to drive HR decisions and assess organizational effectiveness
• Proactively identify creative and strategic people solutions, and advise and influence EWP business leaders regarding employee engagement, strategic workforce capability, and organizational effectiveness
• Guide leaders through execution of HR programs, processes and strategic initiatives such as performance management, employee development, recruiting, selection and retention, inclusion, succession planning, safety, change management, hiring, compliance, and employee relations
• Evaluate, execute, and monitor salary action planning and annual incentive plans
• Lead and develop the EWP HR team to build a team that can succeed without you
• Work with leaders and the full EWP HR team to build strong work relationships, resulting in high morale, productivity, and retention
• Be seen as a subject matter expert for HR by business partners
• Collaborate with corporate HR partners, including the benefits and recruiting teams, to align and solve for business partner needs
• Interpret and advise on HR policy; maintain in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to the management of employees and unionized workplaces; and ensure compliance with all applicable company policies, safety guidelines, regulations and laws
• Perform additional duties as assigned

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of progressive HR experience, preferably within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting multiple locations and personnel over a diverse, multi-state or provincial region is a plus.
• Education: Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
• Must reside in a location within driving distance of the mills in: US: OR, WV, LA, AL, AR
• Core Skills:
  • HR proficiency
  • Leading organizational changes
  • Strong decision-making
  • Relationship building
  • Ability to influence others
  • Recruiting
  • Performance management
  • Passion for growing and developing people
  • Team leadership
  • Strong presentation, written, and verbal skills
  • An eye for detail and ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to prioritize and strategically plan work to be accomplished
• Technical Skills:
  • Prior PeopleSoft and Power BI experience a plus
  • Must be proficient using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
• Soft Skills:
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to influence
  • Sets the highest standard for integrity
  • Acts with urgency
  • Flexible and adaptable
  • Works as a team player
  • Exercises sound judgment
  • Strong listening skills
  • Positive attitude and a growth mindset
• Other:
  • Travel: up to 50% travel

What We Offer:

Compensation: This role is eligible for our annual merit-increase program, and we are targeting a salary range of $131,000-$196,700 based on your level of skills, qualifications and experience. You will also be eligible for our Annual Incentive Program, which offers a cash bonus targeting 20% of base pay. Potential plan funding may range from zero to two times that target.

Benefits: When you join our team, you and your dependents will be offered coverage under our comprehensive employee benefits plan, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. We offer a pre-tax Health Savings Account option which includes a company contribution. Other benefit options are also available such as voluntary Long-Term Care and Employee Assistance Programs. We also support personal volunteerism, sponsor a host of diversity networks, promote mentoring, and provide training and development opportunities to help you chart your path to a fulfilling career.

Retirement: Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan, which includes a paid company match in addition to our annual contribution equal to 5% of your base salary.

Paid Time Off or Vacation: We provide eligible employees who are scheduled to work 25 hours or more per week with 3-weeks of paid vacation to use during your first year of employment. In addition, after being employed for six months, eligible employees begin to accrue vacation for future use. We also recognize eleven paid holidays per year, providing a total of 88 holiday hours and paid parental leave for all full-time employees.