Field Human Resource Manager

Company: Penske Truck Leasing
Location: Mesa
Posted on: October 6, 2024

Job Description:

**Field Human Resource Manager**
A key member of the Operations and HR team, responsible for leading HR initiatives, protocols, and policies within a defined operational territory.
**Job Description:**
The Field Human Resource Manager position is a key member of the Operations and HR team, responsible for leading HR initiatives, protocols, and policies within a defined operational territory related to Talent Development and Onboarding, Retention, Leadership Skill Building, Workforce Planning, Compliance, and Associate Relations.
This role requires a proactive approach to ensuring compliance in HR practices by providing consistency in the application and execution of enterprise-wide programs and coaching managers in executing policies and procedures accurately and fairly.
The position will be based in Mesa, AZ, while also supporting and traveling to two additional locations in Manteca, CA, and Winlock, WA, supporting an average of 275 associates between a salaried and hourly workforce in our Distribution Centers.
**Responsibilities:**

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• Lead local associate experience and retention efforts through the implementation of enterprise programs, including new associate orientation and onboarding, global associate engagement surveys, local appreciation, and recognition events.
  
• Identify and design solutions to address local retention challenges.
  
• Support the D&I efforts and encourage managers to foster an inclusive work environment.
  
• Support recruiting team in resolving issues around requisition accuracy, approval chains, and manager responsiveness.
  
• Takes an active role in supporting recruiting activity and partners with recruiting team to advise them on opportunities to access local diverse recruiting sources.
  
• Proposes appropriate staffing levels based on analysis of growth trends.
  
• Collaborate on leadership recruiting needs and participate in selection process for critical roles to identify the best qualified candidates.
  
• Partner with Area HR Manager in start-up activities for new business and assist in the transition through orientation and onboarding activities.
  
• Collaborate with Area HR Manager and Compensation to arrive at appropriate compensation packages.
  
• Maintain oversight of associate performance and ensure that development plans for those associates are in place.
  
• Support new leaders through critical HR processes needed to effectively manage and lead people.
  
• Oversee process for annual talent review and succession plan process and leverage Leadership Development tools to ensure that associates receive the appropriate functional training.
  
• Communicate and reinforce training and development as needed, including performance management, selection skills, safety, workplace violence, harassment in the workplace, equal opportunity, wage and hour laws, diversity & inclusion, leadership, and other focus topics.
  
• Partner with Area HR Manager, HR Director, Legal, and Labor Representative in conducting regular location assessments and coach management on the proper interpretation and execution of policies, programs, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements.
  
• Investigate associate complaints and work with managers/legal/labor relations/security, as appropriate, to respond and resolve.
  
• Actively engage management team in performance management process utilizing training tools, coaching, and corrective counseling procedure.
  
• Provide operations leaders with relevant and meaningful HR metrics and analytics to help guide business decisions at the local level.
  
• Regularly analyze associate data and scan for correct information, compensation parity, FLSA compliance, consistent practices according to Penske policy, etc.
  
• Facilitate resolution of payroll issues in a timely manner, taking steps to avoid similar issues in the future.
  
  **Requirements:**
  
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  • Bachelor's degree required.
    
  • 3+ years' experience in Staffing, Human Resources, or a related field is required, relevant experience will be considered.
    
  • Professional certification in SHRM or HRCI is preferred.
    
  • Strong knowledge of HR functions and employment law.
    
  • Ability to work well independently and complete tasks with minimal supervision; strong sense of urgency.
    
  • Detail oriented with strong organizational and documentation skills.
    
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-sensitive environment.
    
  • Adaptable quick learner with the ability to pick up company's systems and processes quickly.
    
  • Ability to travel up to 50%.
    
  • Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job.
    
    **Physical Requirements:**
    
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    • The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
      
    • The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
      
    • While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit.
      
    • The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms.
      
    • The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
      
    • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
      
      Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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