As the world leader in nutrition, health and wellness for children from birth to toddler, Gerber Products Company is committed to creating a strong future. We joined the Nestlé Nutrition family in 2007, and have been a partner in parenthood ever since. Our Anything for Baby team works closely with experts to create products that enrich and establish healthy habits for children and are good for the planet as well. A career at Gerber provides meaningful opportunities to develop professionally, and nurture generations to come. Now is the time to define your future, and ours too. 
POSITION  SUMMARY:
Responsible for the overall operation of the Human Resource function within the factory. This includes responsibility for human relations, strategic planning, salary administration, labor relations, training and development, budget guidelines, legal updates and compliance issues, plant wide communication coordination, coordination of HR services at facilities, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, workforce planning, and Nestlé HR initiatives.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
•Human Relations: Communicates with all levels of associates regarding plant policies and practices, benefit and compensation programs, contract interpretation, etc.  Problem resolution is an important part of this function.  Proactively establish strong working relationships across the entire organization at all levels.  Understand and influence plant culture to support business direction
•Labor Relations: Facilitates Labor Management communication meetings, grievance administration, contract interpretation, compliance, contract negotiations
•Leadership Development: Works closely with the Management and Leadership teams to coach and develop their skills and facilitate teamwork.  Drive and utilize the Talent Management and Succession Planning processes to ensure that the right people are prepared with the right skills for the right roles (or future roles) at the right time.  Partners with management in drafting and reviewing corrective action and performance improvement plans
•Training & Development: Leads the development of sound Training and Development practices; including needs analysis and training design work that enhances the operations along with the individual talents of associates ensuring that talents are being utilized to the best of abilities.  Sets an annual training plan and ensures the successful orientation of new associates.  Leverages support from Corporate Learning Management Team
•Budgets:  Ensures budgets are developed and adhered to in all HR and Training & Development areas
•Salary Administration: Manages the compensation system and structure. Oversees the Staffing function as it relates to Affirmative Action, Compensation (including Unemployment compensation) and compliance issues.  Administers both the Performance Development Plan/Annual merit increase and bonus processes
•Strategic Planning: Analyzes and forecasts both Human Resource & Training needs along with Plant Operations needs to provide direction for the facilities.  Understands business challenges and provides input to business strategy.  Tracks corrective action plans and exit interview data to determine trends and recommend possible solutions to reduce organizational risk and improve employee engagement
•Legal Updates & Compliance Issues: Key contact for all legal issues regarding employment.  Leads harassment and discrimination investigations.  Maintains compliance for the site and answers legal charges
•Benefits: Oversees the administration of benefits communication, compliance and information on all programs
•Staffing: Oversees the Talent Acquisition process for the site ensuring opportunities for diversity while meeting the needs of the plant within budget constraints.   Work with Plant Leadership to create a succession plan for the operations and periodically review and revise as the needs of the facility change along with employment levels
•Plant Communication Coordination: Plans and facilitates communication throughout facility including Plant wide meeting functions, leadership meetings, and white board communication
•Performs other duties as assigned