Sr. Human Resources Manager Manufacturing Aerospace

Henkel group; Bay Point (CA); On-site; USD 124,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Work-Life Balance

Financial: 401k matching and bonus

Job summary

Henkel is seeking a strategic HR leader to support a diverse workforce across the plant and corporate locations. You will lead HR initiatives on the production floor, oversee a team of HR business partners, and partner with centers of excellence to optimize Benefits, Compensation, and Talent Acquisition.

You will drive change, monitor HR KPIs, coach leaders, and ensure safe, inclusive, and compliant operations while leveraging AI tools for data-driven decisions. Travel up to 10% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Psychology, Business Administration or related field.
• Minimum 5 years professional HR experience.
• Prior experience leading, coaching, and developing HR professionals.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment; HR on production floor and prioritizing tasks to support.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Strong ability to handle complex HR concepts, practices, and procedures in areas such as dispute resolution, performance management, employment law, employee relations, recruiting/ Staffing, and communications.
• Demonstrated experience leading labor relations activities in a unionized manufacturing environment, including collective bargaining agreement administration, grievance resolution, union-management relations, and providing strategic guidance to plant leadership on labor matters.
• Comfort using AI tools to facilitate problem solving.
• Experience supporting employees in multiple locations is preferred.
• Ability to travel 10% time.

Responsibilities

• Lead, support and implement change management projects and manages HR related internal and external communication.
• Monitor relevant cultural & HR related KPI's such as turnover, drop off and engagement; work with local & regional teams to implement action plans.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to ensure best-in-class delivery of Benefits, Compensation, and Talent Acquisition resources to the plant.
• Frequently be present on manufacturing floor, interacting with employees to reinforce Henkel cultural values and address employee concerns.
• Act as a Champion of Henkel D&I commitment & steers diversity and integration management.
• Champion Henkel Safety Culture by modeling proper behavior and escalating recognized safety issues.
• Actively use storytelling using dashboards and visualization tools and uses data to make solid decisions.
• Comfort working in a union environment and able to interpret/administer collective bargaining agreement and provide appropriate guidance to leaders.

Skills

Change management

Labor relations

Employee relations

HR leadership

Communication

Data storytelling

Diversity & inclusion

Manufacturing HR

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

AI tools

Dashboards

Visualization tools

Job description

About this Position

AtHenkel, you’ll be part of an organization that’s shaping the future throughinnovation, sustainability and collaboration. With our trusted brands likePersil®, ‘all®, Loctite®, Snuggle®, and Schwarzkopf® and our cutting-edgetechnologies, you’ll have countless opportunities to explore new paths andgrow.

Dare to learn new skills, advance in your career andmake an impact at Henkel.

What you’ll do

• This role is responsible for supporting approximately 300employees from Leadership Team to Front-Line colleagues; delivers and executesHR processes, solutions and implements strategies to further our objectives.Further this role includes direct support of union & non-union staff anddirectly leads a team of HR Business partners.
• Lead, support and implement change management projects and manages HR related internal and external communication.
• Monitor relevant cultural & HR related KPI's such as turnover, drop off and engagement; work with local & regional teams to implement action plans.
• Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to ensure best-in-class delivery of Benefits, Compensation, and Talent Acquisition resources to the plant.
• Frequently be present on manufacturing floor, interacting with employees to reinforce Henkel cultural values and address employee concerns.
• Act as a Champion of Henkel D&I commitment & steers diversity and integration management.
• Champion Henkel Safety Culture by modeling proper behavior and escalating recognized safety issues.
• Actively use storytelling using dashboards and visualization tools and uses data to make solid decisions.
• Comfort working in a union environment and able to interpret/administer collective bargaining agreement and provide appropriate guidance to leaders.

What makes you a good fit

Education & Professional Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Psychology, Business Administrationor related field.
• Minimum 5 years professional HR experience.
• Prior experience leading, coaching, and developing HRprofessionals.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment; must understandthe value of HR being on the production floor and prioritize tasks to support.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, verbal and presentationcommunication skills.
• Strong ability to handle complex HR concepts, practices, andprocedures in areas such as dispute resolution, performance management,employment law, employee relations, recruiting/ staffing, and communications
• Demonstrated experience leading labor relations activitiesin a unionized manufacturing environment, including collective bargainingagreement administration, grievance resolution, union-management relations, andproviding strategic guidance to plant leadership on labor matters
• Comfort using Ai tools to facilitate problem solving.
• Experience supporting employees in multiple locations ispreferred.
• Ability to travel 10% time.

Physical requirements:

• Work around hazardous materials, chemicals, and equipment.
• Frequently sit, view a computer screen, and type on a keyboard for extended periods of times.
• Stand continuously and walk frequently during the shift.
• May rarely lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• Tool use including operations requiring dexterity in hands.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision. Corrective lenses are adequate for job requirements.

Some benefits of joining Henkel

• Health Insurance: affordableplans for medical, dental, vision and wellbeing starting on day 1
• Work-Life Balance: Paid time offincluding sick, vacation, holiday and volunteer time, flexible & hybridwork policies (depending on role), and vacation buy / sell program
• Financial: 401k matching,employee share plan with voluntary investment and Henkel matching shares,annual performance bonus, service awards and student loan reimbursement
• Family Support: 12-week genderneutral parental leave (up to 20 weeks for parents giving birth), fertilitysupport, adoption & surrogacy reimbursement, discounted child and elderlycare, and scholarships
• Career Growth: diverse nationaland international growth opportunities, access to thousands of skillsdevelopment courses, and tuition reimbursement

The salary range for this role is $124,000.00 and $180,000.00. This range represents the good‑faith minimumand maximum wages the Company reasonably expects to offer for this role at the time of posting. In addition to base salary, this position may be eligible for incentive pay or other forms of compensation, as applicable. The Company also offers a comprehensive benefits package as described above. Actual compensation will be based on factors such as the candidate’s skills, experience, education, training, and work location. This posting is intended to comply with all applicable state and local pay transparency laws.

Henkel does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or employment agencies. Unsolicited referrals and resumes are considered Henkel property and therefore, Henkel will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited referral.

At Henkel, we come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe the uniqueness of all our employees is the power in us. Henkel is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, and other legally protected categories.