Human Resources Manager/BP

This HR Manager / HR Business Partner role provides strategic HR leadership and hands-on operational support for a 500+ employee manufacturing division.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted advisor to divisional leadership on organizational design, workforce planning, change management, and execution of business strategy for a 500+ employee division.
• Coordinate human capital initiatives with manufacturing and corporate priorities to improve operational efficiency, safety, and productivity.
• Identify talent gaps and organizational design opportunities and develop solutions to support future business scale.
• Use data-driven HR metrics, KPIs, and predictive workforce analytics to inform decisions and provide recommendations to senior leaders.
• Provide divisional oversight of payroll compliance, partnering with a dedicated payroll specialist to support data integrity.
• Lead and develop internal HR staff by optimizing scheduling, setting performance goals, and balancing workloads across the HR department.
• Partner with the EH&S team to support strategic risk management and oversight for workers’ compensation administration.
• Support compensation and total rewards programs, including market benchmarking, salary surveys, job description architecture, and internal equity audits for promotions and new hires.
• Design talent acquisition and retention strategies to build a robust, diverse pipeline and strengthen long-term culture.
• Maintain visibility across production shifts to support fair and consistent employee relations and active management support.
• Address workplace dynamics, resolve grievances, and conduct objective investigations to bridge management and employee relations.
• Drive a high-performance continuous appraisal process, including calibration sessions, performance improvement plans (PIPs), and professional development pathways.
• Lead succession planning and leadership development, coaching and mentoring managers to build future leaders.
• Ensure legal compliance across federal and state employment laws in collaboration with the Legal Department.
• Maintain and modernize the employee handbook, personnel policies, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) with the Director of Human Resources and Legal.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (required).
• Master’s degree in HR Management, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, or an MBA (highly desirable).
• Professional HR certification (SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR) (strongly preferred).
• Minimum 10 years progressively responsible HR experience, including 3–5 years in a strategic HRBP or HR Manager role.
• Proven experience leading HR for a mid-to-large workforce (500+ employees) in a manufacturing or industrial environment (required).
• Strong payroll and compliance knowledge, including time and attendance workflows; ADP WorkforceNow proficiency preferred.
• Experience supporting mixed exempt (salaried) and non-exempt (hourly/hourly-compressed shift) workforces.
• Ability to interpret complex talent analytics, charts, and trends to build business cases.
• Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and written communication skills, with comfort presenting to C-suite executives.
• Capability to make objective, legally sound decisions in urgent or high-pressure circumstances.

Technologies

• ADP WorkforceNow

Physical Requirements

• Onsite work only
• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Ability to travel as needed up to 10%
• Must be able to access and navigate each department at organizations’ facilities

Equal Opportunity / Eligibility

• NHBB is an equal opportunity employer; applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.
• Due to U.S. export control laws, candidate must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, or have asylum/refugee status in the U.S.