At Gentherm, we say, “It’s about the person.” We’re with you on a cold winter day when you turn on your heated seat and steering wheel or helping manage patient body temperature in the operating room, recovering room or intensive care units. We take a human approach with everything we do.

As the global market leader of innovative thermal management and pneumatic comfort technologies for the automotive industry we embrace the opportunity to create and deliver extraordinary solutions that make meaningful differences in everyday life. We do this by improving health, wellness, comfort and energy efficiency.

We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit and combine that with our global leadership to deliver results. Working at Gentherm provides you the opportunity to not only shape the future of the automotive and medical industries, but also influence your career throughout the company. You will be engaged, challenged and inspired by our team to deliver leading thermal technologies that positively impact lives around the world.

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER

IMPACT and OPPORTUNITY

The HR manager will act as the primary HR partner for site operations, reporting to the HR director. This position plays an integral role in enabling a positive employee experience by owning and continuously improving people's operational practices related to the complete employee experience. The human resources manager is directly responsible for the day-to-day human resources operations of the site.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

- 10+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources
- Excellent writing, editing, communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to perform problem-solving and present conceptual information to all levels of stakeholders.
- Ability to negotiate and influence with operations, the union, and business stakeholders.
- Effectively manage time and workload.
- Ability to provide guidance and coaching to team members and stakeholders
- Have more than 7 years of HR experience in a manufacturing or automotive environment.

Preferred Qualifications

- Great leadership and emotional intelligence to manage a group of diverse team and make it possible to accomplish the objectives.

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

- Work closely with the management team to align HR activities with strategic and annual operational plans.
- Provide human resources leadership, training, and support to a small team of human resources professionals in the execution of the human resources plan.
- Develop and implement operational and strategic HR practices to enable the best employee experience.
- Research union contract proposals to determine feasibility, cost, effects on operations, and relationship to prevailing trends in the industry and geographic area.
- Propose new contract language, draft agreements, and proposed HR policies/procedures.
- Serve as a focal point for communication with plant operations and union representatives, as needed.
- Ensure the effective and timely execution of all human resources processes and programs; including, but not limited to, talent reviews, performance management and coaching, compensation planning, employee relations, etc.
- Assist with the coordination and implementation of training and coaching of employees and/or managers.
- Lead workforce planning through close partnership with the site operations team.
- Lead engagement activities to focus on organizational culture and retention.
- Support the development of departmental budgets, including personnel costs.
- Guide HR generalists in the development of department KPIs, process improvement projects.
- Take an active role in the talent development process, including for their own personal development.
- Implementation and annual updates of HR Programs
- Job descriptions and makes recommendations as needed.
- Participate in and respond to local salary surveys and analyze compensation.
- Oversees the performance appraisal program and coaches as needed.
- Oversees the reports, decisions, and outcomes of the department's initiatives in relation to the objectives.
- Establishes and maintains department records and reports required by HRD.
- Develops, recommends, and implements personnel policies and procedures.
- Maintains and updates the policy and procedures manual, and reports on the annual re-evaluation of policies to determine their effectiveness.
- Drive recruitment locally, working with the Talent Acquisition COE and HR Director on the hourly and salaried recruitment strategy.
- Partners with supervisors and managers to interview candidates and select candidates.
- Conduct orientations for new employees when necessary.
- Oversees career guidance programs and employee relations counseling; Ensure effective onboarding processes.
- Ensures organizational charts and control of open positions and replacements.
- Manage community relations.
- Manage employee relations/union relationship to ensure progressive partnership
- Compensation administration.
- Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local labor laws within the scope of the role.

NICE TO KNOW

TRAVEL: Occasional travel may be required,

COMPETENCIES

- Delivery of Results: o Understand your team's mission and results to establish SMART goals and achieve them.
- Driving Change: o Focus on agility and commitment to continuous improvement to understand and act correctly on internal and external drivers of change.
- Ability to Create: o Foster a culture of learning, development, and support individual growth through continuous feedback to achieve personal and professional goals.
- Implementing Innovation: o Understand, create, implement, and openly support new and innovative ideas, processes, and technology that deliver business results.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT

All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. In order to best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation.

Gentherm is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.

Gentherm is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.