Labor Relations Sr Manager

General Motors South America; São Caetano do Sul; Hybrid; BRL 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors South America is seeking a Labor Relations professional based in São Caetano do Sul to partner with operations, HR and legal. The role focuses on maintaining constructive labor relationships, supporting business performance, and ensuring compliance with applicable agreements and employment requirements.

You will analyze workforce data, advise on collective bargaining, and drive negotiations and renewals while coaching leaders and developing the labor-relations team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Labor Relations, Industrial Relations, Business, Law, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Fluency in English.
• Solid labor-relations experience.
• Experience in automotive, manufacturing, or another complex industrial environment would be value added.
• Experience supporting unionized, represented, or highly regulated workforces.
• Experience with collective bargaining, agreement administration, grievance resolution, and negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of applicable labor and employment principles.
• Willingness to travel to supported sites.

Responsibilities

• Develop and leverage labor-relations analytics and workforce insights to identify trends, anticipate risks, and support business decisions.
• Advise leaders on collective bargaining agreements, employee relations, organizational changes, and labor risk.
• Lead or support negotiations, consultations, and agreement renewals.
• Build strong relationships with unions, employee representatives, and key stakeholders.
• Partner with legal counsel to ensure compliance with labor and employment requirements.
• Monitor workforce indicators, including grievances, absenteeism, turnover, and overtime, to identify risks and opportunities.
• Prepare executive reports, recommendations, and labor-relations briefings.
• Coach leaders and strengthen labor-relations capabilities across the organization.
• Lead and develop labor-relations team members.

Skills

English fluency

Labor-relations experience

Collective bargaining

Negotiation

Willingness to travel

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Labor/Industrial Relations, Business or Law

Job description

Job Description

Hybrid

This position requires you to work on-site 3 times a week (Tue to Thu)

Role Overview

This role partners with operations, HR, legal and finance to maintain constructive labor relationships, support business performance, manage labor risk, and ensure compliance with applicable agreements and employment requirements.

What you will do (responsabilities)

• Develop and leverage labor-relations analytics and workforce insights to identify trends, anticipate risks, and support business decisions.
• Advise leaders on collective bargaining agreements, employee relations, organizational changes, and labor risk.
• Lead or support negotiations, consultations, and agreement renewals.
• Build strong relationships with unions, employee representatives, and key stakeholders.
• Partner with legal counsel to ensure compliance with labor and employment requirements.
• Monitor workforce indicators, including grievances, absenteeism, turnover, and overtime, to identify risks and opportunities.
• Prepare executive reports, recommendations, and labor-relations briefings.
• Coach leaders and strengthen labor-relations capabilities across the organization.
• Lead and develop labor-relations team members.

Location

São Caetano do Sul/SP

Your skills and abilities (required qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Industrial Relations, Business, Law, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
• Fluency in English.
• Solid labor-relations experience.
• Experience in automotive, manufacturing, or another complex industrial environment would be value added.
• Experience supporting unionized, represented, or highly regulated workforces.
• Experience with collective bargaining, agreement administration, grievance resolution, and negotiations.
• Strong knowledge of applicable labor and employment principles.
• Willingness to travel to supported sites.

What may give you a competitive advantage (preferred qualifications)

• Experience supporting multiple sites, regions, countries, or employee-representation models.
• Master’s degree, law degree, or HR/labor-relations certification.
• Data-driven labor-relations strategies and decisions supported by accurate analytics, actionable insights, and predictive workforce indicators.
• Strong judgment, communication, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, protect confidentiality, and manage sensitive matters.
• Effective negotiations and consistent agreement administration.

About GM

Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.

Why Join Us

We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team.

Non-Discrimination and Equal Employment Opportunities

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