Position Overview

The Sr. Human Resources Manager serves as a direct consultative partner and manages core HR activities/processes for the Global R&D function. This role will serve as a trusted partner and will help implement HR solutions that enable high performing teams, support organizational culture, and improve employee engagement.

 

The opportunity is uniquely developed to enhance, support and delivery to the business and enable functions for organizational growth. The work will require the ability to lead activities independently while also staying connected with the broader HR teams to ensure business support is aligned with larger strategy for R&D.

Responsibilities

• High level of engagement with leadership and employees of the assigned business function
• Gain understanding of the strategy, goals and initiatives of the function and provide advisement on HR related activities; proactively identify, support and offer solutions to problems
• Establish regular connection points with leadership and all people managers, focusing on high-touch engagement
• Liaise with HR COEs to support business with HR processes, solutions, and implementation of projects/new processes
• Drive high performing culture

Talent Acquisition

• Active involvement with the business functions to support effective selection of talent
• Engage with talent acquisition/recruiters to enable their management of open requisitions
• Conduct interviews and support hiring managers with interviewing skills
• Connect internal talent to open roles as appropriate, managing communication with partners
• Identify needs for and manage programs for interns/co-ops

Talent Development & Capability Building

• Active engagement with leadership to gain detailed understanding talent landscape and partner with talent management colleagues to provide solutions
• Support talent review and succession planning processes by providing guidance to assigned business function leaders
• Identify capability building needs
• Support employees with individual development plans and career guidance; connecting them to talent management initiatives as needed (360s, DACs, learning sessions, etc)

Employee Relations, Engagement & Culture

• Provide guidance for managers on onboarding activities for new hires and develop support process for new hire engagement
• Conduct exit interviews, identify needed interventions with the goal of reducing turnover
• Handle employee complaints, issue resolution, mediation, and investigations; escalate to appropriate collaborators when needed
• Support employee engagement survey administration and coordinate with functions on action planning follow-up
• Employee point of contact for various employment matters such as payroll and benefits; connecting to appropriate CoE resources
• Active involvement as a member of the corporate Culture Champion team; plan and facilitate culture activities for new hires, interventions with teams as needed, and serve as a corporate liaison to the global culture champion team HR Operational Processes
• Guide managers in assigned business functions through HR processes, ensuring their understanding, and providing seamless support
• Complete performance management and compensation planning cycles, providing training, guidance, and facilitation of processes with managers and employees
• Ensure understanding of various HR systems and guide/direct employees and managers through self-service activities
• Identify and implement process improvements with the goal of improving speed of service
• Back-up (of HR Coordinator) for HR data administration; audit and review to ensure data quality

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in HR, Business, or other related field
• 5-8 years of experience in HR generalist or business partner capacity
• Experience partnering with business leaders across various functions or business units as a strategic partner
• Experience managing HR activities and processes including performance management, talent acquisition, compensation planning, etc
• Ability to communicate effectively with all organizational levels, including senior leadership
• Foundational knowledge of employment laws and other employment compliance practices
• Ability to balance tasks in a fast-paced environment across broad range of HR domains
• Strong facilitation/presentation skills
• Ability to manage tasks independently while still operating in a collaborative, team-based environment
• Consultative and problem-solving mentality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience as an HR partner to Corporate functions
• Exposure to global business
• HR certification(s)

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

What We Offer

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs

Location Profile

Novelis’ Global Corporate and North America Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta GA employing around 700 people. Supporting it’s 31 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.