Senior HR Manager - Employee Relations

Factory Motor Parts; Eagan (MN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Factory Motor Parts in Minnesota is seeking an experienced HR leader to shape workforce strategy across our distributed network. You will advise regional and site leadership, lead a corporate HR Recruitment team, and own talent acquisition for high-volume hourly and frontline roles.

This role requires strong employee relations skills, investigations, and knowledge of employment laws across states. You’ll partner to rollout new HR tools and processes and help define the HR operating playbook from

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including 3+ years leading people.
• Experience supporting a multi-site, geographically distributed workforce from a corporate role, distribution, manufacturing, retail, or logistics backgrounds are a strong fit.
• Experience owning or closely partnering on talent acquisition, ideally for high-volume hourly/frontline hiring.
• Strong employee relations skillset, including investigations and complex case management.
• Working knowledge of employment law across multiple states.
• A track record of getting things done with a lean team and a lot of ground to cover.
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP a plus

Responsibilities

• Be a go-to HR advisor for regional and site leadership on workforce planning, performance, and employee relations.
• Lead and coach a corporate HR Recruitment team who support field locations.
• Own talent acquisition strategy for the network, including hiring plans for high-volume hourly roles and site leadership positions.
• Manage complex employee relations cases— investigations, terminations, accommodations, with consistency and sound judgment.
• Keep FMP compliant across multiple state and local employment laws.
• Spot patterns across sites and bring systemic issues back to HR leadership to fix at the root, not case by case.
• Support the rollout of new HR tools and processes, including manager self-service and training.

Skills

Leadership

Talent acquisition

Employee relations

Workforce planning

Employment law knowledge

Education

HR certification (PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP)

Job description

• Be a go-to HR advisor for regional and site leadership on workforce planning, performance, and employee relations
• Lead and coach a corporate HR Recruitment team who support field locations
• Own talent acquisition strategy for the network, including hiring plans for high-volume hourly roles and site leadership positions
• Manage complex employee relations cases- investigations, terminations, accommodations, with consistency and sound judgment
• Keep FMP compliant across multiple state and local employment laws
• Spot patterns across sites and bring systemic issues back to HR leadership to fix at the root, not case by case
• Support the rollout of new HR tools and processes, including manager self-service and training

What you bring:

8+ years of progressive HR experience, including 3+ years leading people

Experience supporting a multi-site, geographically distributed workforce from a corporate role, distribution, manufacturing, retail, or logistics backgrounds are a strong fit

Experience owning or closely partnering on talent acquisition, ideally for high-volume hourly/frontline hiring

Strong employee relations skillset, including investigations and complex case management

Working knowledge of employment law across multiple states

A track record of getting things done with a lean team and a lot of ground to cover

PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP a plus

Why this role:

You’ll have real influence over how HR operates across a growing, distributed network, not just executing an existing playbook, but helping build the one the company uses going forward, from a corporate seat with visibility across the whole organization.

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