The Site Human Resources Business Partner will support Operational goals, strategies, and to identify opportunities to increase organizational effectiveness and productivity. Under the general direction of the Human Resources Manager, the HRBP carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: recruitment/employment, affirmative action plans (US only) and employment law compliance, benefits administration, training, performance management, on-boarding, and policy implementation. This position will be based onsite at our Muncie, IN facility.

• Participates in planning, coordinating and execution of and supports employee engagement, employee and community events.
• Investigates employee concerns of compliance issues, working conditions, disciplinary actions, employee and applicant appeals, discrimination allegations and union grievances.
• Participates in developing department goals, objectives and systems.
• Performs employment/recruitment function including advertising, applicant screening, managing the interview process, checking references, extending offers, coordinating pre-employment physicals, maintaining applicant flow records and affirmative action recordkeeping.
• Conducts on-boarding process.
• Reviews benefits with prospective and current employees, assists employees with eligibility for benefits plans, with enrolment, cancellation or changes.
• Organizes and manages annual open enrollment communications and election process in coordination with the Division Benefits group (US Only)
• Conducts employee meetings and benefit seminars and arranges for enrollment of employees in plans. (US Only)
• Maintains compliance with local employment laws
• Supports any occupational health issues / workers comp claims or other local return to work / re-integration processes
• Enter updates to the HR systems, with employee change requests, creating reports, maintaining employment records as required by retention policies, run reports as needed and other functions.
• Conduct various research and/or special projects; present relevant metrics and insights to help drive the focus and execution of HR strategies.
• Identify gaps and actively participate/lead problem-solving and continuous improvement initiatives for the region as assigned
• Other duties as assigned by management

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HRM or related field
• 3+ years of full-time HR generalist experience, with an emphasis on employee relations
• HR experience supporting business lines in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• SHRM certification strongly preferred
• Expertise in one or more of the following functional areas of HR; compensation, employment law, talent acquisition
• Demonstrated experience leading HR initiative that support business strategies and create greater employee experiences
• Must be adept a problem-solving, including being able to anticipate issues and resolve problems in a timely manager
• Ability to work effectively in a complex and fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills and ability to articulate problems simply and effectively.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (incl. Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Ability to effectively work autonomously with the support of the site HR leadership team