Manager, Human Resources, Madera

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION PURPOSE

The Human Resources Manager serves as a strategic business partner to site leadership, helping drive organizational effectiveness, workforce capability, employee engagement, and business performance. This role proactively identifies opportunities, solves complex people and organizational challenges, leverages data to drive informed decision-making, and partners across functions to build a high-performing, inclusive, and continuously improving culture. As a highly visible, onsite leader, the incumbent is expected to maintain a strong presence throughout the facility, fostering relationships with employees and leaders while remaining connected to the day-to-day realities of the manufacturing environment.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Strategic HR Leadership & Business Partnership

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, direct, and evaluate the site’s Human Resource function and performance aligned to site business objectives. This includes the development and implementation of change management and communications activities.
• Ensures that the site’s people strategy is aligned to BAC by fostering an innovative, diverse, agile, and empowered culture that enables strategic growth and grows BAC’s identity as an Employer of Choice.
• Translate strategic and tactical business plans into HR strategic and operational plans.
• Manage the budget and other financial impacts of the plant human resource department.

Workforce Planning & Talent Strategy

• Lead site workforce planning initiatives by partnering with business leaders to anticipate staffing needs, identify capability gaps, develop succession pipelines, and align talent strategies with short- and long-term business objectives.
• Partner with site leadership to assess organizational effectiveness, recommend organizational design improvements, clarify roles and accountabilities, and build structures that support business growth and operational excellence.
• Partner with the Talent Acquisition Team to develop and support staffing strategies to identify talent within and outside the plant for positions of responsibility.

Leadership Development & Employee Experience

• Champion the employee experience throughout the employee lifecycle, ensuring meaningful onboarding, development opportunities, recognition programs, career growth pathways, and positive employee relations practices.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders by providing coaching on performance management, employee relations, leadership effectiveness, team dynamics, conflict resolution, and change management.
• Partner with leaders in design and presentation of engaging training programs for all levels of the facility to educate and develop employees.
• Establish credibility throughout the organization with management and employees as an effective listener and problem solver.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives within HR and across the site by identifying process inefficiencies, leveraging employee feedback, utilizing workforce data, and implementing sustainable solutions that improve operational effectiveness and employee experience.
• Analyze workforce metrics including turnover, engagement, recruiting effectiveness, absenteeism, labor productivity, retention, and talent movement trends to identify root causes, provide actionable recommendations, and influence business decisions.

Safety, Compliance & Risk Management

• Partner with the site EHS Manager to embed safety culture, drive workers’ compensation cases to close and facilitate successful return to work programs.

NATURE AND SCOPE

The Human Resource Manager will report to the Regional Operations HR Leader - Americas and will have matrixed reporting to the site Plant Manager. As part of the Americas Human Resource Team, the Human Resources Manager will have interactions and engagement with the HR Director - Americas as well as partner with the HR Managers at other locations for consistent implementation of policies and procedures. The Human Resources Manager will have direct reports.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Bachelor’s degree in business, HR or similar required. MBA is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Human Resources roles with progressing responsibilities.
• Minimum 1 year of California specific HR experience.
• Proven knowledge of all core HR processes including performance management, leadership development, talent management, compensation, succession planning, training, and organizational development.
• Prior experience providing confidential counseling and coaching to all levels of the organization; exercising judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Ability to identify strategic needs, resource key projects, develop recommendations, and lead change implementation with little or no direction.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and business acumen as demonstrated through previous work experience and accomplishments; this includes translating people-related metrics to actionable results.
• Strong written and oral communication skills; prior experience clearly expressing complex ideas and strong presentation skills.
• Strong organizational skills, and ability to effectively disseminate information in a clear and concise manner.
• Judgment - displays willingness to make decisions; exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decisions; includes appropriate people in the decision-making process; makes timely decisions.
• Prior direct experience managing and mentoring a team preferred.
• Demonstrated success in a manufacturing environment required.
• Professional certifications preferred (PHR, SHRM, etc.).

WORKING CONDITIONS:

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 accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. While performing this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk up to 40% of the time. This position requires occasional lifting up to 20 pounds and travel both domestically and internationally up to 10% of the time.

BAC Hiring Compensation Range $98,400 to $168,900.

BAC offers a comprehensive benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401k, employee stock ownership plan, and more. Please see additional details on the BAC website at

BAC Employees are eligible to participate in an annual bonus incentive program.