Area Human Resources Manager

Area Human Resources Manager (Open)

Location : Independence, OH - Rockside Woods Blvd - Cust. installationsCarnegie, PA - Filling industrial, Columbus, OH - Retail shop, Export, PA - Filling industrial, Oakwood Village, OH - Filling industrial, Pittsburgh, PA - Roswell Dr - Filling industrial, Youngstown, OH - Retail shop

How Will You Contribute and Grow?

Locations : Cleveland, Columbus, Pittsburgh areas

25% travel locally / regionally on a weekly basis, covering OH and W PA

Based at an Airgas facility, hybrid flexibility.

The HR Manager is responsible for partnering with regional leadership teams and providing Human Resource leadership and execution in talent acquisition, compensation, benefits administration, positive employee relations, labor relations, training, talent management, organizational development, HR Compliance and special projects. The HR Manager is responsible for the coordination of activities with HR specialists in Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Employee Relations, Labor, Benefits, Talent Management, Payroll and HRIS. The HR Manager leads and executes change initiatives across business related to talent and HR strategy.

Develops strong trusted partnerships with business leaders, acting as advisor and partner in the areas of organizational effectiveness, talent management, employee relations, performance and development coaching & counseling.

Leads associate onboarding process, ensuring effective execution by managers; work closely with hiring managers and Talent Management with a focus on successfully integrating and retaining associates.

Partners with leaders to manage success of immersion process for new sales and operations associates with a focus on quickly developing and onboarding them, ensuring successful contributions early on.

Partners with Payroll and HR Coordinators for accurate and efficient processing of all new hires, terminations and personnel changes, in a timely manner.

Administers salary actions for assigned client groups under the Division Compensation guidance. Ensure fair and competitive wage structure and actions. Lead annual salary review process with respective client groups. Coordinate recommendations and activities with the HR Compensation group to ensure organizational consistency and provide feedback on employee satisfaction and market issues.

Develops and facilitates performance calibration process with regional management teams to ensure effective and consistent performance management systems in place.

Actively leads and engages employees in evaluation of the employee relations climate and implement solutions to issues that arise. Counsel employees and managers on career planning, conflict resolution and work related challenges. Conduct stay and exit interviews to evaluate work climates and morale. Conduct investigations as needed in an objective and professional manner to determine corrective action.

Advises managers on performance management including appropriate corrective counseling, training and development, and progressive discipline techniques and processes. Review documentation to ensure consistency with Airgas policies, procedures, and guiding principles. Involve the Legal department or senior HR leadership at the appropriate time. Lead the performance appraisal process for the assigned client group.

Administers all other HR policies and programs. Recommend and implement revisions to policies, programs and practices as needed. Ensure compliance with all state and federal statutes, laws and regulations including but not limited to all applicable wage and hour laws, and regulations related to FMLA, OSHA, EEO and ADA.

Contributes actively to the development and implementation of overall HR strategy. Act as change agent in identifying opportunities to improve workforce and HR process effectiveness to enable business strategy and results.

In conjunction with the HR group, develops and delivers talent development and training assessments and programs to assigned customer groups.

The above job functions are illustrative of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position and are not intended to be all inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Are You a Match?

A Bachelor's degree in Business, HR or related field.

A minimum of 3 years of related experience supporting a production, distribution, industrial, or retail workforce at multiple sites.

Organized labor experience is preferred.

An HR related certification i.e. PHR, SPHR is preferred.

Demonstrated understanding of HR principles and practices, employment laws and regulations, and effectively leading comprehensive ER Investigations

Demonstrated ability to be : personable, professional, responsive, knowledgeable, credible, trusted and drive value to an organization.

Demonstrated understanding of HRIS and other HR related systems.

Must have excellent organizational, written and oral communication, listening and presentation skills including the ability to effectively present and discuss information and respond to questions from employees and managers.

Intermediate knowledge of MS Office and / or Google Applications.

May require occasional overnight travel; approximately 25%.

Lives by Airgas safety programs, OSHA, and all related rules, regulations, procedures which are applicable to this position's responsibilities.

We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.

We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.

Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.

Your differences enhance our performance

At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

Equal Employment Opportunity Information

We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and / or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.

Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com.