The Manufacturing People Partner is responsible for all People Function needs for their assigned Manufacturing site, helping to drive overall plant performance and creating an inclusive and safe work environment for our Ontario, California manufacturing site. Responsible for delivering professional guidance to employees and managers on HR related topics, ensuring compliance with local labor laws and organizational policies. Focuses on delivering consistent and high-quality human resource service for the manufacturing organization and you act as a key driver of employee and labor relations strategies, contributing to organizational stability and a positive employee experience.
Your role:
Provide professional guidance and support for performance improvement plans (PIP), ensuring adherence to local policies and best practices. Oversee and manage cases of absence and sick leave, collaborating with People Leaders to ensure compliance with legal and organizational requirements. Engage with authorities and experts (internal or external) on sick leave-related cases when required. Handle disciplinary and grievance cases, ensuring accurate documentation and timely resolution with fairness and consistency. Conduct and support investigations related to the General Business Principles.
Address and provide advisory support on rewards-related questions ensuring alignment with local guidelines and internal equity. May represent the employer in the country in legally required councils such as Social Fund, Health & Safety, Pension etc. May lead negotiations with unions and works councils, ensuring outcomes align with organizational goals while maintaining constructive relationships. May provide expert advice on specific labor relations domains, workforce transition and implications and execution of Collective Labor Agreements (CLA) ensuring compliance with agreements, regional labor laws and in alignment with organizational goals. Ensure consistent application of HR and labor relations policies and practices across the organization.
Monitor adherence to local labor laws, escalating potential risks to appropriate stakeholders. Ensure compliance and monitor holiday balances to ensure timely use. Organize for government funding support where applicable on people functions initiatives (training, diversity, etc.). Drive merit-based hiring and inclusive practices and ensure compliance with local employment legislation including equal employment opportunity where applicable. Obtain legal and works council approval to enable local implementation of sales incentives. Structure local grading based on collective contract and WC negotiation. Consult on merit adjustments during ACR and salary increases.
You're the right fit if:
You've acquired 2+ years of experience with a Bachelor's in People Management, Change Management, HR Processes, or equivalent; or a Master's in a related field with no experience required.
Your skills include leading organizational change, business transformation, and people initiatives that deliver measurable impact. Strong understanding of employment and labor laws in manufacturing, ensuring compliance with local regulations and collective labor agreements (where applicable), and handling performance improvement plans (PIPs), disciplinary actions, and grievances.
You have a Bachelor's / Master's Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, People Management, Change Management, HR Processes or equivalent.
You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position.?
You will utilize your strong communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with employees, People Leaders and People Business Partners. Must be detail-oriented with solid documentation and case management skills.
How we work together
We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company's facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company's main facilities, generally at the customers' or suppliers' locations.
This is an Office role.
About Philips
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Philips Transparency Details
The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.
The pay range for this position in Ontario, CA is $100,000 to $159,000.
In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives, may be offered. Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more. Details about our benefits can be found here.
At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case.
Additional Information
US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.
Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Ontario, CA.
It is the policy of Philips to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all colleagues and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, pregnancy/childbirth, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability or perceived disability, genetic information, citizenship, veteran or military status or a person's relationship or association with a protected veteran, including spouses and other family members, marital or domestic partner status, or any other category protected by federal, state and/or local laws.
As an equal opportunity employer, Philips is committed to a diverse workforce. In order to ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veterans' Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants that require accommodation in the job application process may contact 888-367-7223, option 5, for assistance.
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