Regional Human Resources Manager - Great PlainsSaint-Gobain

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

The Regional HR Operations Manager is a key leadership role within the HR Operations organization providing support and guidance across the region, including direct leadership responsibilities for assigned sites within the region. This is an operational and technical human resources leader responsible for supporting and executing human resource strategies across a large, geographical network inclusive of Saint-Gobain sites (Region Business Units, including former HPS, and Industrial Solutions Business Units).

This role partners closely with site HR teams, operations leaders, and central HR functions to ensure consistent application of HR policies, systems, and compliance practices across North America. This role requires strong technical HR knowledge, process discipline, effective change management, continuous improvement passion and the ability to influence without direct authority.

Field HR Support & Partnership:

• Function as a liaison between HR central functions and field HR teams to ensure alignment and execution of Saint-Gobain initiatives.
• Build relationships across the region with all stakeholders through a TEC approach.
• Provide guidance and technical support to sites' HR and Operation teams on complex HR issues.
• Support HR succession planning efforts through coaching, mentoring, and teaching.

HR Operational Excellence:

• Standardize and optimize HR processes across all locations in collaboration with HR central functions and the Employee Value Proposition (EVP) initiatives.
• Monitor practices to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws and internal policies.
• Ensure consistent execution of HRIS, payroll, relocation, immigration processes, etc. across the geographic region.
• Support and train project/system execution across assigned region and ensure competencies are consistently demonstrated by trained stakeholders.
• Champion the People Development pillar within the World Class Manufacturing framework for continuous improvement projects.
• Monitor and improve key HR metrics.
• Support and report on project milestones and deliverables.
• Support audits and corrective actions to mitigate risk.

Technical HR Systems & Reporting:

• Serve as a subject matter expert on HR systems.
• Analyze HR reports and dashboards to identify trends and support decision making.
• Collaborate with the HRIS and analytics team to improve data accuracy.
• Employee Relations & Engagement:
• Execute regional support for employee relations investigations, compliance adherence and performance and/or change management support.
• Lead engagement initiatives and action planning tailored to specific Saint-Gobain sites.
• Deliver consistency across leave of absence management, workforce transitions, and site closures.
• Promote a safe, positive, and inclusive culture.

Community Relations:

• Lead community engagement activities and outreach through program execution.
• Build partnerships with universities, colleges, technical and vocational schools.
• Represent the organization in industry and community engagement efforts to strengthen employe brand and pipelines.
• Support Learning & Development initiatives and well as Workforce Planning across the region.

• Must reside in a state within the designated region
  • LA, TX, OK, NM, CO, KS, NE, WY, MT, ND, SD, MN, IA
• Ability to travel 50%-75% within designated region to Saint-Gobain sites
• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field preferred/equivalent experience considered
• 7+ years progressive HR experience in manufacturing operations and multi-site support is required
• Union/CBA experience is required