Plant Human Resources Manager

The Clorox Company; Amherst (VA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The Clorox Company is seeking a Plant Human Manager to lead the HR function at our Amherst, VA manufacturing site. You will drive talent strategy, partner with plant leadership, and oversee recruiting, compensation, benefits, and policy administration to support the plant's growth and compliance.

In this hands-on leadership role, you will create development programs, manage disciplinary actions, and ensure an inclusive, high-performance culture aligned with Clorox values. Onsite work is required.

Qualifications

• 6+ years progressively responsible experience in HR, and/or Operations in an Manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Strategic leadership: you set the agenda, not just partner. You are a business leader first. You are sought out as a thought leader by plant leadership and play in the broader business agenda NOT just the People agenda.
• Enables an inclusive and high-performance culture with an unwavering commitment to our code of conduct (what and how).
• Works with agility; identifies process improvements and iterates to continuously improve on the employee experience at the plant.
• Builds the best teams; demonstrates competence on hiring, developing, assessing and retaining talent with the goal of building ready-now succession for all key plant roles.
• Innovates with an eye toward digitally enabled solutions as a way of working.
• Embraces and facilitates sustainable change through identifying where change is needed and leveraging the right stakeholders and tools to effectively lead change.
• Takes personal ownership; takes full ownership of People agenda and strategy as part of the broader plant strategy (You are the Chief People Officer for your plant).
• Leadership courage: comfortable pushing back and offering alternative solutions that will drive better outcomes across all employee and leadership levels; presents opposing views with credibility and confidence.
• Builds trust and strong relationships across the plant and People& function to positively influence and drive results within your plant.
• Utilizes effective problem solving drawn by data insights; proactively identifies solutions, acts decisively, evaluates effectiveness, pivots and evolves.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and guidance to leadership team and advise on organizational policy matters and recommend needed changes.
• Partner with the leadership team to understand and execute the plant’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future Business and talent needs, recruiting, and retention.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering policies and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Maintain records and compiles statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, turnover and absenteeism.
• Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of plant’s policies and practices.
• Manage the end-to-end recruiting process for production workers, which may include sourcing, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings; prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
• Advise leadership team on non-production recruiting; participate in interviews for non-production plant roles.
• Plan, direct, supervise and coordinate work activities of subordinate staff.
• Create learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees; analyze training needs to design employee development programs.
• Handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; review policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Strategic leadership

People leadership

Talent management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant field

Job description

Clorox is the place that’s committed to growth – for our people and our brands. Guided by our purpose and values, and with people at the center of everything we do, we believe every one of us can make a positive impact on consumers, communities, and teammates. Join our team. #CloroxIsThePlace

Your role at Clorox

The Plant Human Manager Leads and directs the main responsibilities of the Human Resource (HR) department including employee engagement, talent strategy, plant leadership support, recruiting, administering pay, benefits, and leave, and managing company policies and practices

In this role, you will

• Provide support and guidance to leadership team and advise on organizational policy matters and recommend needed changes.
• Partner with the leadership team to understand and execute the plant’s human resource and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future Business and talent needs, recruiting, and retention.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting and administering policies and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Maintain records and compiles statistical reports concerning personnel-related data such as hires, turnover and absenteeism.
• Analyze statistical data and reports to identify and determine causes of personnel problems and develop recommendations for improvement of plant’s policies and practices.
• Manage the end-to-end recruiting process for production workers, which may include sourcing, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings; prepare personnel forecast to project employment needs.
• Advise leadership team on non-production recruiting; participate in interviews for non-production plant roles.
• Plan, direct, supervise and coordinate work activities of subordinate staff.
• Create learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal development opportunities for employees; analyze training needs to design employee development programs.
• Handle discipline and termination of employees in accordance with company policy.
• Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; review policies and practices to maintain compliance.
• Maintain knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What we look for

• 6+ years progressively responsible experience in HR, and/or Operations in an Manufacturing environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field, or equivalent experience.
• Strategic leadership: you set the agenda, not just partner. You are a business leader first. You are sought out as a thought leader by plant leadership and play in the broader business agenda NOT just the People agenda.
• Enables an inclusive and high-performance culture with an unwavering commitment to our code of conduct (what and how).
• Works with agility; identifies process improvements and iterates to continuously improve on the employee experience at the plant.
• Builds the best teams; demonstrates competence on hiring, developing, assessing and retaining talent with the goal of building ready-now succession for all key plant roles.
• Innovates with an eye toward digitally enabled solutions as a way of working.
• Embraces and facilitates sustainable change through identifying where change is needed and leveraging the right stakeholders and tools to effectively lead change.
• Takes personal ownership; takes full ownership of People agenda and strategy as part of the broader plant strategy (You are the Chief People Officer for your plant).
• Leadership courage: comfortable pushing back and offering alternative solutions that will drive better outcomes across all employee and leadership levels; presents opposing views with credibility and confidence.
• Builds trust and strong relationships across the plant and People& function to positively influence and drive results within your plant.
• Utilizes effective problem solving drawn by data insights; proactively identifies solutions, acts decisively, evaluates effectiveness, pivots and evolves.

Workplace type

Onsite

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.