# Manager, Employee Relations

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Allen Park, MI
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $115,500-$218,100
**Category**: HR
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Join Ford Motor Company as the Manager - HRBP for the New Model Product Development Center & Research and Engineering. You'll lead an HR organization in a dynamic and unionized environment of 850 employees, aligning HR functions with strategic business objectives.

**Responsibilities**

### Business Partnership

- Provide strategic HR leadership as the trusted advisor for the manufacturing facility, owning the full scope of HR functions.

- Build strong relationships with manufacturing operations leadership to provide valuable consulting and strategic guidance on HR matters.

- Establish and maintain strong operator relationships grounded in respect for people.

- Partner with leadership to implement standardized recruitment processes and design comprehensive onboarding programs.

- Coach manufacturing leaders on effective communication practices and maintain consistent leadership practices.

- Apply lean methodologies with progressive HR practices to drive operations to best-in-class levels.

- Implement comprehensive recognition and reward systems, workforce planning strategies, and initiatives that promote employee engagement, diversity, and professional development.

### People Leadership

- Lead and inspire a diverse HR team by fostering an inclusive, collaborative environment.

- Champion HR initiatives that drive performance excellence, employee engagement, and organizational culture.

### Employee & Union Relations

- Enhance collaborative communications by developing and maintaining a robust communication framework.

- Maintain regular floor presence to proactively identify and address employee concerns.

- Collaborate closely with Operations Leadership and union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement.

- Oversee resolution of employee and union issues, including conflicts, disputes, and disciplinary matters.

- Co-create and manage innovative labor agreements to ensure the evolving needs of the workforce and business are met.

- Oversees and conducts investigations, ensuring that all disciplinary issues, grievances, and arbitration matters are handled in a timely and effective manner.

- Responds to and resolves all types of discrimination charges and complaints.

- Prepares reports and analytics to monitor employee relations trends and identify areas for improvement or intervention.

- Executes corporate designed products and services impacting both the hourly and salaried populations.

- Fosters a positive and inclusive hourly and salaried employee experience through proactive initiatives.

- Works closely with health and safety leads to address employee health and wellness concerns.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.

- 8-10 years of progressive or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

**Benefits**

- Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

- Tuition assistance

- Established and active employee resource groups

- Paid time off for individual and team community service

- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day

- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

## Skills

### Required
- HR
- Employee Relations
- Union Relations
- Organizational Development

### Nice to have
- SPHR
- SHRM-SCP

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