Manager, Employee Relations

If you are looking to become part of a dynamic, capable Human Resources team and demonstrate your leadership skills, your search ends here. This team embraces our past and is committed to delivering our future, daily.

As part of the manufacturing Human Resources leadership team you will help us attract, retain and develop top talent to deliver our bold vision and future as an industry leader. You will play a vital role in advancing a winning, collaborative culture that engages and empowers diverse views to work together as a broad team of professionals to deliver extraordinary results.

We’re seeking change leaders, talent strategists, culture architects, and employee advocates who embrace each challenge as an opportunity to demonstrate human resources leadership effectiveness and business partnership to enable our teams to deliver and perform at their very best.

This role reports to the Director, Employee Relations, Windsor Site Operations, Ford of Canada Manufacturing, and will provide strategic Human Resources partnership to Operations leadership. You will work directly with senior leadership to develop and direct a Human Resources portfolio of services that enables delivery of the organization’s goals, foster a positive and ethical work environment, and you will partner with Human Resources leadership and peers to design and deliver solutions to optimize talent and the employee experience in your organization.

Responsibilities
The primary responsibilities for this position include but are not limited to:

Employee Relations and Business Partnership

Builds strong relationships with the leadership team within their customer group to identify solutions that drive sustainable cultural change and support the achievement of business objectives.

Creates development plans, provides recognition, coaching and mentoring, and managing performance documentation and evaluations to support organizational goals for their team.

Executes and consults on the talent management responsibilities within their customer group, including performance management, talent development, succession planning, Personnel Development Committee activities, compensation planning, disciplinary action, terminations, recruitment, pay decisions, and other personnel actions.

Executes programs and services within their customer group to positively impact both the hourly and salaried employee life cycles.

Fosters a positive and inclusive hourly and salary employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback through employee opinion surveys, suggestions, open-door policies.

Supports Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives to boost engagement and address areas for improvement. Executes a strategic people plan to drive employee recognition events, planning, etc.

Conducts daily floor walks in designated customer areas to build positive relationships with employees, ensure Human Resources availability, and enable a proactive response to early warning indicators.

Leverages lean methodology and tools for problem solving in collaboration with internal departments, external vendors, auditors, and consultants to make decisions and drive effective change management programs. Actively engage in plant Kaizen events and is Green Belt certified in Six Sigma practices.

Develops an understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on Human Resources matters aligned with business objectives.

Partners with local communications staff to implement an integrated communications strategy that creates an informed employee population and drives 2‑way communication across all shifts.

Ensures compliance with employment laws, regulations, and company policies.

Oversees interactions with local governmental agencies and coordinates charitable activities to support the plant's community engagement efforts.

Deeply understand the organizations’ structure and composition. Proactively monitors key workforce metrics to identify potential risks and mitigating actions. Develop compelling narratives and recommendations for operating leaders that drives deliberate people…