Human Resources Manager

ALPLA Group; Bethlehem (Northampton County); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid vacation and holidays

Tuition reimbursement and educational

Job summary

ALPLA's Bethlehem, PA site is seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager to partner with Plant Leadership and drive talent development across the organization. You will lead recruitment, onboarding, employee relations, training, performance management, HR systems, and workforce planning to build a high-performance culture.

You will ensure compliance with employment regulations, coach managers, and promote a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information.
• Solid understanding of employment practices, laws and regulations.
• Ability to coach managers and employees through complex issues.
• Knowledge of HR processes and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Plant Leadership to drive talent development and organizational growth.
• Oversee recruitment, onboarding, testing, and documentation for employees.
• Administer compensation, performance, and merit review processes.
• Maintain HR systems and timekeeping, payroll data, and reporting.

Skills

Communication skills

Confidentiality

Judgment and problem solving

Coaching employees

Employment laws knowledge

Education

Associate degree in related field

Job description

ALPLA's Bethlehem, PA manufacturing site is looking for a Human Resources Manager.

Build a Career, Not Just a Job

Join ALPLA, a global leader in sustainable packaging solutions serving some of the world's most recognized brands, including P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, PepsiCo, and many more.

As a family-owned company with locations around the world, ALPLA offers stable careers, hands-on training, competitive benefits, and opportunities for growth. Whether you're an experienced manufacturing professional or looking to start a new career, we provide the support and development you need to succeed.

At ALPLA, we invest in our people, promote from within, and foster a culture focused on safety, teamwork, innovation, and continuous improvement. From apprenticeship programs and technical training to leadership development opportunities, ALPLA is committed to helping employees build long-term careers.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Competitive pay and comprehensive benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) with company match
• Childcare and dependent care savings programs
• Paid vacation and holidays
• Company-paid life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and educational assistance programs
• Career growth and advancement opportunities
• Employee recognition programs
• Hands-on training and professional development
• A stable, growing company committed to sustainability

What You Will Enjoy Doing

The Human Resources Manager serves as a strategic business partner to Plant Leadership, supporting organizational growth through a comprehensive talent development strategy while safeguarding both company and employee interests. This role fosters a culture of accountability and pride grounded in transparent communication, fairness, consistency, and firm adherence to organizational principles and business objectives. As a key member of the Plant Leadership Team, the HR Manager helps establish the site as a benchmark for attracting, developing, and retaining high-caliber talent aligned with ALPLA’s culture of excellence. The HR Manager is responsible for delivering comprehensive HR leadership that strengthens organizational capability, enhances employee engagement, and ensures full compliance with company policies and employment regulations. This position oversees talent acquisition, employee relations, training and development, performance management, HR systems, and workforce planning to build and sustain a high-performance culture.

• Conducts recruitment effort for exempt and nonexempt personnel; conducts new-employee orientations; writes and places advertisements
• Coordinates all employment testing and background checks
• Prepares all required employment documentation

Employee Maintenance

• Maintains personnel files in compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment
• Administers compensation program
• Leads performance review and merit review processes to ensure consistency and appropriate rigor for talent calibration and succession planning
• Maintains and updates HR and timekeeping system
• Submits accurate information to Payroll

Employee Relations

• Coaches and trains managers to properly apply human resources policies and procedures, laws, standards and government regulations
• Responds to employee relations issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations, and civil rights complaints
• Coordinates employee activities to ensure that all programs comply with company guidelines
• Participates in administrative staff meetings and attends other meetings and seminars
• Maintains company organization charts and employee directory
• Assists in evaluation of reports, decisions, and results of department in relation to established goals. Recommends new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of department and services performed

Terminations

• Processes terminations
• Conducts exit interviews, analyzes data and makes recommendations to the management team for corrective action and continuous improvement
• Represents the company for any unemployment claims

Safety

• Participates and supports management with safety program to evaluate effectiveness of safety processes
• Conducts continuous safety training

Training

• Develops and administers onsite training programs to assure maximum effectiveness of staff
• Manages training; identifies training needs, supports organizing training, ensures that training is performed, maintains training files
• Coordinates external trainings with employees, supervisors and management

What Makes You Great

• 2 year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent
• 5 years of experience preferred
• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulations and employment law
• Ability to objectively coach employees and management through complex, difficult, and emotional issues
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and behave in a professional manner
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with superiors, co-workers, and individuals inside and outside the Company
• Substantial knowledge of employment practices, laws and regulations

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

• Immigration sponsorship is not eligible for this role