Employee Relations Manager

Illinois Tool Works; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 87,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Illinois Tool Works in Springdale, AR is seeking an Employee Relations Manager to own projects, coach teams, and optimize stakeholder engagements. The role emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and ongoing process improvement within a full-time schedule.

The position offers a path to grow with a team that values practical results and coaching culture, with a focus on turning stakeholder insights into tangible outcomes.

Qualifications

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to document processes and outcomes clearly.
• Experience teaching or mentoring others.

Responsibilities

• Apply stakeholder management and continuous learning to solve day-to-day operational challenges.
• Turn pattern recognition into faster general calls.
• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered.
• Read and improve a conflict resolution system.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Continuous learning

Documentation

Conflict resolution

Process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Empathy

Job description

Behind every great general team is an Employee Relations Manager who sweats the details, and Illinois Tool Works is looking for exactly that in Springdale, AR. Own your projects, earn $87,000 - $131,000, and grow with a team that turns 8 years of Stakeholder Management into real results.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply Stakeholder Management and Continuous Learning to solve day-to-day operational challenges
• Turn 7 of pattern recognition into faster general calls
• Maintain clear documentation of work performed and outcomes delivered
• Read a Conflict Resolution system you didn't build and improve it anyway
• Identify gaps in current procedures and recommend workable fixes
• Keep showing up for the Springdale, AR work after the launch buzz fades
• Build the Continuous Learning habits a manager role can lean on for years

What You'll Bring

• Comfort owning the unglamorous middle of a full-time project
• Demonstrated ability to teach what you know to someone greener
• A collaborator who makes the manager review feel less like an exam
• Fluency in Empathy earned the hard way, not just from a tutorial

At Illinois Tool Works, a tinker-friendly Springdale-based studio, the whole mission boils down to making Coaching feel effortless for everyone downstream. We pair junior and senior folks on purpose so Cross-Functional Collaboration knowledge stops hoarding in one head.

We answer the money question first with $87,000 - $131,000, then keep going with growth budgets, mentorship, and a flexible full-time schedule.

Fresh as of this morning, Illinois Tool Works marked the manager seat available.

Pair your Continuous Learning with our Stress Management-heavy team and watch what Illinois Tool Works can build.