Senior Human Resources Manager

Johns Manville is a leading manufacturer and marketer of premium‑quality insulation and commercial roofing, along with glass fibers and nonwovens for commercial, industrial and residential applications. Our products are used in a wide variety of industries including building products, aerospace, automotive and transportation, filtration, commercial interiors, waterproofing and wind energy. A proud member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies, we serve customers in more than 80 countries around the globe and are committed to delivering positive and powerful experiences for our employees and customers.

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The Senior Human Resources Manager role is to design, implement and administer human resources programs for our Penbryn and Edison, NJ facilities, both unionized plants. The role works with plant leadership teams to meet annual goals, operates under minimal supervision, reports to the Business HR Director, and generally has responsibility for 300+ employees.

• Develop and maintain employee relations and engagement practices and programs that promote a positive employee relations environment, including:
  • Maintaining an "open door" policy at the plant
  • Actively listening to and engaging with employees on the plant floor
  • Coordinating community events and employee programs
  • Creating communications
  • Championing diversity and inclusion efforts
• Investigate and ensure fair and consistent responses to harassment and discrimination claims, ethics hotline calls, EEOC or state charges.
• Coaching and counseling plant leadership and supervisors regarding employee relations issues and discipline.
• Facilitate annual HR processes including compensation planning, economic packages, open enrollment, succession planning, and others.
• Develop and align HR initiatives to the business strategy, identifying, analyzing, understanding and articulating business goals and objectives at the company, plant and business unit level.
• Partner with plant leadership to ensure all people’s needs of the business are met, including:
  • Driving the hourly employee staffing process from sourcing strategy to onboarding
  • Developing crew models (providing data to support labor decisions)
  • Partnering with EH&S to improve safety performance
  • Creating communication plans
  • Determining training needs and managing training logistics
  • Planning and executing layoffs and curtailments
• Ensure compliance with state and federal employment regulations and company policies.
• Lead or participate in company‑wide HR projects that deliver results across businesses and geographies.
• Administer the collective bargaining agreement (CBA), participate in the development of labor strategy, and engage in contract negotiations, addressing union‑related issues through grievance resolution or arbitration.
• Directly supervise the HR services specialist.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 8 years in an HR role (no bachelor’s degree may be considered if minimum of 12 years in an HR role).
• Experience in manufacturing or a similar environment.
• Union experience required.
• Bilingual preferred (Spanish, Polish).
• Strong ability to communicate efficiently both orally and in writing with all levels of management and employees.
• Familiarity with using human capital management systems for employee‑related processes; experience with Workday HCM preferred.
• Working knowledge of employment and labor laws such as wage and hour, EEOC, FMLA, FLSA, Basic OSHA, etc.
• Proven ability to influence.
• Ability to network and collaborate across functions and levels.
• Ability to assess talent for purposes of selection, retention, and development.
• Ability to manage conflict situations.
• Strong investigation and discipline skills.
• Ability to research issues, propose strategies/solutions and make independent decisions.
• Experience with policy interpretation and application.
• Ability to interpret verbal and…