HR Business Partner – Manufacturing Position Available

HR Business Partner – Manufacturing

Owens Corning

Mount Vernon, OH

 

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Insulation Plant Human Resources (HR) Lead provides human resources functional expertise and business leadership to multiple plant sites and advises on all matters related to human capital. This is a key position on the Plant Leadership Team, responsible for managing and delivering people-related strategies and tactics to improve business results and elevate the talent and capacity of the team. The HR Lead is an effective change agent and a positive force in the effectiveness and engagement of the workforce focusing on the people side of change including changes to business processes, job roles, and organization structures.

The HR Lead is a key role within our HR talent pipeline aimed at developing future HR leaders within our progressive, people-focused work environment by creating opportunities to learn and grow. This position is intended to prepare individuals for promotional or expanded HR roles in the Company.

Join an organization that believes that every employee owns a piece of our bold growth goals and ultimate success. We are a market-leading innovator that has placed on the Fortune 500®. Owens Corning is devoted to delivering sustainable solutions across our three business segments while striving to ensure our people and products make the world a better place. We take pride in having an inclusive and diverse workplace with employees around the globe. A holistic sense of community exists across our entire organization as our talent grows globally. We are a company that fully recognizes the importance of paving a path to a sustainable and safe enterprise through investing in our people. Our desire to make an impactful difference in the world flows from top down to all levels of the organization. By being a company that instills pride within each and every employee, we aspire to build market-leading businesses; global in scope – human in scale.

Reports to: Regional Human Resources Leader (Building Insulation).

Span of Control: This position is a people leader with no direct reports.

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Developing and Executing HR Strategies: This role contributes to the development of HR Strategy, is accountable for implementing plans that elevate the talent capability of the supported organizations, and improves organizational results by measuring and assessing performance, effectively diagnosing root cause, and implementing innovative solutions. The role will be accountable to develop and share HR best practices across the businesses and function and create talent management strategies that put the right people in the right roles to drive results.

  • Partner with plant leadership teams to create the right culture by using the company’s talent management strategies and systems.
  • Lead teams to support improving employee relations and increasing employee morale.
  • Accelerate business outcomes by influencing leaders and employees to foster an inclusive environment. Drive a culture of appreciation to attract, develop and retain the most talented and diverse people who will support Owens Corning’s (OC) business needs of today and in the future.
  • Supports safety and engagement programs to ensure every people leader and employee are engaged and care for others, starting with safety.
  • Leads employee relations to ensure the team is performing at the highest level. This includes working with other field HR Leaders to ensure consistent execution of company policy and practices and compliance with all statutory regulations as required, to avoid litigation and third-party intervention.
  • Build, assess, and sustain a work environment that is safe, productive, and engaging that fully engages the all employees in desired outcomes.
  • Leverage expertise to guide and sustain organizational change, supporting an agile, global organization that continually evolves and capitalizes on the competitive landscape.
  • Contributes to general business strategy discussions outside of the HR arena.
  • Drives recruiting efforts within the plants to attract and retain top talent in the hourly and salaried roles.
  • Utilizes innovative strategies to adapt to an evolving labor market in the area.
  • Connects with key internal and external stakeholders for best practice sharing and utilization.

Business Partnership: The HR Lead is a trusted advisor and business partner to people leaders including senior leadership. The HR Lead contributes thought leadership to strategy discussions outside of the HR area and provides timely and meaningful coaching, with confidence and candor consistent with OC values. Apply business understanding to influence decisions that maximize key financial drivers, optimally leverage resources, promote manufacturing excellence, and leverage customer insights. This role will coach and educate leaders, so they are fully capable and accountable to own, improve and accelerate business results.

  • Adapts daily/weekly strategy to direct concerted effort towards supporting the plants’ operations goals.

Leading and Developing Talent: Leads, coaches and teaches leaders to create an environment where talent is developed through effective coaching, performance management and talent evaluation. Fills open positions with speed, and with fully capable talent, using the appropriate mix of internal promotions and external recruitment to meet near term performance and longer-term succession needs of the organization. Leverages and maximizes all tools, technology and resources to develop talent; including, OC Centers of Excellence and functional business team members. Is active in personal development and viewed as a model to peers and client groups.

  • Invests in growth and development of direct reports and other identified talent.
  • Evaluate the capabilities of an individual to determine their likelihood of success of performing a given role and their ability to develop within the organization.
  • Through active listening and robust questioning, help individuals learn rather than be told. Leverage trust, elevate self-awareness and co-develop pragmatic actions to maximize performance and accelerate growth.
  • Develops a reputation and operates as a trusted advisor and business partner to the business and functional leaders, functioning as the expert on people and organizational issues.
  • Knows, coaches, evaluates, and teaches OC Leadership Capabilities to the leadership of the business / functional areas.
  • Assists business / functional leaders with developing and delivering key communications to engage employees.
  • Inspires teamwork across staff functions and other business groups to maximize the performance of Owens Corning and the development of people. Communicates business/function strategy and performance to external customers effectively and engages them in the vision of the business.
  • Partners with the plant HR leaders to improve plant organizational results by measuring and assessing
  • Leverage Organization Design methodology to drive improvements in plant operational performance.
  • Evaluate and ensure clarity of strategic direction and choices, align capabilities and resources, create structures, processes, rewards, and metrics to effectively and efficiently operationalize the business strategy.
  • Partner with local technical college or other local resources to build relevant training programs to ensure a highly skilled technical workforce.

HR Functional Leadership

  • Provides insight into resources and investments required to achieve the talent needs of the business, focusing on work design, organizational structure and people requirements.
  • Partners with other leaders across the HR function to maximize performance, lead change, and grow talent.
  • Leads and supports safety and wellness strategy, initiatives, and processes and is fully committed to zero recordable injuries.
  • Functions as an effective member of the business teams. Provides leadership team with metrics and methods to address plant operations gaps on day to day basis.
  • Acts as a role model for employees’ growth, development, and fair treatment.
  • Supports leaders in effectively working with their employees to develop and measure progress against employee development plans, including growth assignments.
  • Utilizes capability modeling to identify skills needed in the future and use the information as a guide for development.
  • Is regarded by employees of Owens Corning as a role model for their growth, development, and conduct.
  • Supports leadership to ensure consistent application of policies, programs, and procedures focused on driving capability and performance to deliver on key business priorities, proven ability to conduct employee investigations ensuring effective review and follow-up.
  • Analyze HR and organizational data and extract insights to enable prioritization, risk management, continuous improvement, and productivity by enabling data-driven decision-making.
  • Owns accountability of all HR administrative functions including payroll, labor analytics, HRIS, administration of Variable Incentive Pay plan, employee records, and resolution of employee inquiries related to wages, benefits, work practices, and policies.
  • Facilitates training programs as needed throughout the year at various levels within organization: Primary, Supervisory, and Site Leadership.
  • Employee engagement – drives employee engagement and communication strategy/execution; leads engagement survey, data collection, communication, development, and implementation of resulting action plans.
  • Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) Support – supports the assessment, training, and implementation of TPM, especially in the Training and Development Pillar; partners with other OC Insulation sites to share best practices and elevate the performance of the business.
  • Leads T&D Pillar Leader team.
  • Leads Reward and Recognition programs, Wellness programs, and Community Involvement efforts for the plants.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or a related field. Master’s degree in business, human resources, or related field preferred.
  • 3 years of HR experience, with a significant percentage in a manufacturing environment

EXPERIENCE:

  • Proven track record of success in driving engaged organization by creating and implementing HR strategies.
  • Proven track record of success in serving as a business partner to other business leaders and driving strong business results

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

  • Role requires overnight travel up to 75%
  • HR Systems experience and understanding
  • Understanding of the applicable labor laws and regulations, able to effectively communicate to employees and leaders the process and requirements involved
  • Lead change and collectively influence an inclusive culture
  • Able to effectively achieve results through others
  • Able to attract, develop and retain outstanding diverse talent
  • Able to implement successful employee relations strategies and programs
  • Passionate about effectively developing, growing and retaining talent.
  • Able to implement successful employee relations strategies and programs.
  • Able to assess the environment and successfully identify opportunities and closing gaps to accelerate business performance.
  • Able to measure and assess performance including developing and implementing metrics and operational reporting.
  • Building and leading teams – All about talent, inspiration, performance management, self-knowledge.
  • Effectively leads change, action, and results
  • Demonstrates understanding of the financials and metrics of the business. Shows appreciation for, understands, and balances the needs of employees with the needs of the business
  • Possesses a current professional knowledge of best practice human resources processes and tools including in the areas of performance management, compensation, recruiting, and talent development, and succession management, for the ownership and implementation by leaders.
  • Excellent communicator – written and oral, including presentation skills.
  • Matrix master – Has the ability and confidence to work with senior executives across a highly-matrixed organization to drive solutions that result in impactful, measurable results.
  • Engages and cares for others, starting with safety.
  • Achieves results fast, individually and through teams – can synthesize data and multiple points of view quickly and creatively to arrive at balanced solutions. Has a strong bias for action.
  • Demonstrates high learning agility and continually strives to learn, grow, and improve
  • Intelligent and conducts themselves with the highest ethical and moral standards

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About Owens Corning

Owens Corning is a global building and construction materials leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our three integrated businesses – Composites, Insulation, and Roofing – provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique material science, manufacturing, and market knowledge to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with approximately 19,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders, and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2022 sales of $9.8 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com.

Owens Corning is an equal-opportunity employer.