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People Behind Power – Are you ready to be that person for our Canadian organization that has also been a Great Place to Work® (GPTW) Certified™ organization for the second year in a row?!?
If you are looking to grow your career in People and Culture by digging your hands in various aspects of people and culture in a fun & diverse culture then this is the job for you.
A leader in technology and innovation, Southwire Company, LLC is one of North America’s largest wire and cable producers. Southwire and its subsidiaries manufacture building wire and cable, metal-clad cable, portable and electronic cord products, OEM wire products and engineered products. In addition, Southwire supplies assembled products, contractor equipment and hand tools. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, employee benefits, tuition reimbursement, and unlimited growth opportunities. Our nearly seven decades of progressive growth can be attributed to our determination to developing innovative systems and solutions, exercising environmental stewardship and enhancing the wellbeing of our communities. How will you power what’s possible?
Come join us, the largest wire & cable manufacturer in North America!
- Location: Canadian Distribution Centre Mississauga, ON
- External Job Title: Site/Plant, HR Advisor
- Internal Title: Site Senior People & Culture Specialist
- Report To: Senior Manager, People & Culture
Southwire Job Description
Position Summary
The Site (Distribution center) People and Culture Specialist will provide unrelenting customer service to 4 locations within Canada (Distribution center in Mississauga, Ontario and Calgary, Alberta, Head Office in Mississauga, and Services location in Vaughan, Ontario), perform a full range of People and Culture functions including administration of People and Culture policies, procedures, programs, maximize the value of employee communication and employee recognition/appreciation along with ensuring a positive work environment. In addition, they’ll build strong relationships with managers/supervisors to help them with their daily human resource needs.
The candidate must be willing to travel to site and different locations and must be willing to take on additional responsibilities in areas outside of traditional People and Culture functions.
Job Description
Description of Duties and Responsibilities
Site Advisor
- Responsible for supporting all human resource functions including providing support and guidance to the site management and team members ensuring a positive work environment that emphasizes safety, quality, continuous improvement, and high performance.
- Manage the tactical day-to-day Human Resources operations as well as providing oversight for initiatives such as scheduling/rosters, cross training, D&I initiatives such as forming and overseeing Employee Resource Groups to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace.
- Works with managers and employees to address employee relations issues of all types, ensuring that the interests of all parties are represented in a fair and balanced manner.
- Hosts, communicates, and/or supports company initiatives in one-on-one and/or group training sessions as appropriate.
- Influence Site management to enhance leadership skills.
Tactical Operational Tasks for all Canadian Locations
- Manage recruitment and onboarding efforts including conducting new hire orientation, ensuring alignment with corporate processes and working closely with the Corporate HRIS and Operations People & Culture team to make applicable updates to the process.
- System/Administrative and governance responsibilities such as: payroll, auditing, training, job evaluation, job requisitions/bid process, COVID tracking & reporting, new hire onboarding, terminations, disability leaves, employee records, benefits, performance, etc.
- Manage benefits and disability leave administration for all Canadian employees.
- Collaborate with our agent of record on benefits and disability leave program.
- Prepare, maintain, and update employee data (employee/job specific information including job changes, managing reports and dashboards and updating disciplinary records etc.) in the People and Culture information systems utilizing advanced computer skills including data entry.
- Performs tasks required to administer and execute People and Culture programs including but not limited to position and compensation changes, benefits, and leave; performance and talent management, and recognition.
- Lead the deployment of mid-year and annual performance management process with people leaders and employees and also partner with the Talent team on the deployment of the process.
- Be an employee resource and answering questions regarding benefits, pension plan, policy interpretation and application, corporate programs and practices, etc.;
- Explore training needs associated with the business and the new hire onboarding and ensure LMS is up to date by partnering with the corporate Talent Management team.
- In addition to remaining current with all applicable country, federal, provincial and municipal laws and regulations, this role requires the individual to adhere to and enforce all established Company policies and procedures.
Long Description
Special projects
- Lead and implement Coop program in the Canadian organization.
- Ensures compliance with company policies and Canadian legislation by reviewing and updating employee handbook and other policies periodically.
- Enhance People and Culture Canada SharePoint and Canada Employee Portal.
- Overhaul onboarding program.
- Other duties and special projects as assigned.
Qualifications and Experience Requirements
- Requires a Bachelors degree or an equivalent in Human Resources, Business Management or Industrial Engineering
- Experience with hourly workforce in a distribution, manufacturing or services environment is must.
- Functional knowledge of employment standards is required.
- Must have critical thinking and employee-customer service orientation.
- Must have exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- Must have strong analytics skill and PC skills/MS Office skills including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint required.
- Ability to work non-traditional hours or shifts.
- Able to work independently on broad variety of projects.
Competencies
Action Oriented
Balances Stakeholders
Collaborates
Customer Focus
Nimble Learning
Plans and Aligns
Southwire is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.