HR Manager

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

The ideal HR Manager candidate will support the full scope of Human Resources responsibilities and partner with the organization on strategic initiatives. They will maintain and enhance the organization's human resources by planning, implementing, and evaluating human resources policies, programs, and practices. Performs Human Resources duties at a professional level and carries out responsibilities in partnership with Plant Manager to develop employee capabilities and improve communications and the performance of the plant operation.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits 
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Medical, dental, vision plan
• Education assistance program/tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

• Conducts recruitment effort for exempt and nonexempt personnel; conducts new-employee orientations; writes and places advertisements
• Coordinates all employment testing and background checks
• Prepares all required employment documentation
• Maintains personnel files in compliance with federal and state regulations concerning employment
• Leads performance review and merit review processes to ensure consistency and appropriate rigor for talent calibration and succession planning
• Maintains and updates HR and timekeeping system
• Submits accurate information to Payroll
• Coaches and trains managers to properly apply human resources policies and procedures, laws, standards and government regulations
• Responds to employee relations issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations, and civil rights complaints
• Coordinates employee activities to ensure that all programs comply with company guidelines
• Participates in administrative staff meetings and attends other meetings and seminars
• Maintains company organization charts and employee directory

What Makes You Great

Education/Experience:

• Min. 2 year Degree (Associates) in related field or equivalent
• Min. 5 years of experience preferred

Qualifications/Skills:

• Ability to make recommendations to effectively resolve problems or issues, by using judgment that is consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulations and employment law
• Ability to objectively coach employees and management through complex, difficult, and emotional issues
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and behave in a professional manner
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing with superiors, co-workers, and individuals inside and outside the Company
• Substantial knowledge of employment practices, laws and regulations
• Good computer skills

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs, frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

It is required to act in a safe and environmentally responsible manner at all times by adhering to all ALPLA policies and procedures and Safety Standards (OSHA). #salaried #KCI

ALPLA is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: ALPLA is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at ALPLA are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. ALPLA will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.