Senior HR Business Partner, Plants - Protein.

Cargill; Guelph; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Cargill is seeking a Senior HR Business Partner for its Protein plants in Guelph, Ontario. This on-site role focuses on Labour & Employee Relations within a unionized environment, requiring strong leadership and problem-solving skills. The position involves implementing HR processes, managing union relationships, and enhancing employee engagement and compliance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience, typically 5+ years.
• Experience in union environments and managing grievance processes.
• Strong relationship-building and client-focused solutions.

Responsibilities

• Implement complex HR operational processes in a unionized environment.
• Partner with stakeholders to improve Labour and Employee Relations.
• Leverage reports to analyze HR performance metrics.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Investigation Skills

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.

We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Senior HR Business Partner, Plants – Protein is an on-site position that executes and delivers complex people processes with a strong focus on Labour & Employee Relations and compliance in a unionized environment. Additional responsibilities include implementation of complex solutions to improve performance and engagement, workforce plans and talent activities. This role partners with key stakeholders, analyzes metrics at plant locations and identifies sensitive matters.

Key Accountabilities

• SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION : Partners to develop and implement complex solutions to improve Labour and Employee Relations, performance, engagement, and retention to increase productivity and mitigate people risks while also building an inclusive culture.
• HR SUPPORT : Responds to employee and manager inquiries received on site and identifies themes, triages everyday grievance & union matters, partners with essential teams to investigate serious and sensitive matters and manages on site audits.
• OPERATIONAL PROCESSES : Implements complex plant HR operational processes in a unionized environment including time and attendance, employee and labor relations to support the overall compliance and effectiveness of the HR operational processes of the plant.
• PROGRAM EXECUTION : Deploys workforce plans, delivers compliance training, manages location union relationship, and delivers on projects at the location.
• METRICS & ANALYSIS : Leverages complex reports and dashboards to measure, manage and analyze human resources and business performance metrics at plant locations.
• DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION : Communicates and adopts complex diversity, equity and inclusion policies and practices in plant locations.
• ACTIVITY DEPLOYMENT : Serves as location lead to drive local deployment of related activities and partners across the teams to best serve the client.
• BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP : Partners with key leaders on the execution of complex local people and culture plans.

Qualifications

MINIMUM & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years or more of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and implement HR processes and client focused solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and lead by influence.
• Experience conducting investigations, anticipating issues, problem solving and implementing solutions.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Five years of experience working in a union environment, and managing grievance processes.
• Experience designing and delivering training / education sessions for employees.
• Experience in working with HR partners outside of the business location.
• Working knowledge of Canadian provincial legislation.

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Additional Position Information

This is an on-site position and is not open to a remote work option. Relocation assistance will not be provided.

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.