Labor & Employee Relations (Ler) Business Partner

**Role Overview:**

Imagine yourself doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth. Whether were ensuring the continued availability of clean drinking water, protecting our waterways, or enhancing the traceability, color accuracy, and packaging of everyday essentials, the work we do every day contributes to a safer world and a more sustainable future.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• **Employee Investigations**
• Lead highly complex and sensitive investigations into employee relations matters, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and policy violations.
• Identify innovative solutions to business challenges by gathering and analyzing evidence, interview witnesses, and preparing detailed investigation reports and report outs.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to management on appropriate resolution strategies and corrective actions.
• **Training Design and Delivery**
• Design best-in-class comprehensive training programs on topics such as conflict resolution, positive associate training, and workplace conduct.
• Customize training materials to meet the specific needs of different business units and employee groups.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives through feedback mechanisms and continuous improvement efforts.
• **Labor Relations Specialist**
• Serve as a specialist on labor laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provide guidance and support to management on labor relations issues, including union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, and grievance resolution.
• Assist in developing and implementing proactive strategies to maintain positive relationships with our works councils and union representatives and foster a collaborative working environment.
• **Strategic Partnership**
• Collaborate with business leaders and HR partners to understand the unique challenges and opportunities within assigned business units.
• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner, offering insights and recommendations to enhance employee engagement, productivity, and retention.
• Stay abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging issues in labor and employee relations, and proactively share knowledge and expertise with internal stakeholders.
• Lead functional teams and projects as required.
• *Qualification Required:**
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, Business Administration, or related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in labor and employee relations roles, with a demonstrated track record of conducting complex investigations and delivering training programs.
• Thorough understanding of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, as well as experience working with labor unions and collective bargaining agreements.
• Proven ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion and integrity.
• Professional certifications such as SPHR, PHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP are a plus. **Role Overview:**

Imagine yourself doing meaningful work that makes an everyday impact on the world around you. Growing your expertise and expanding your skillset with every project. Owning your ambition and fueling your career growth. Whether were ensuring the continued availability of clean drinking water, protecting our waterways, or enhancing the traceability, color accuracy, and packaging of everyday essentials, the work we do every day contributes to a safer world and a more sustainable future.

• *Key Responsibilities:**
• **Employee Investigations**
• Lead highly complex and sensitive investigations into employee relations matters, including but not limited to discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and policy violations.
• Identify innovative solutions to business challenges by gathering and analyzing evidence, interview witnesses, and preparing detailed investigation reports and report outs.
• Provide guidance and recommendations to management on appropriate resolution strategies and corrective actions.
• **Training Design and Delivery**
• Design best-in-class comprehensive training programs on topics such as conflict resolution, positive associate training, and workplace conduct.
• Customize training materials to meet the specific needs of different business units and employee groups.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of training initiatives through feedback mechanisms and continuous improvement efforts.
• **Labor Relations Specialist**
• Serve as a specialist on labor laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements.
• Provide guidance and support to management on labor relations issues, including union organizing campaigns, contract negotiations, and grievance resolution.
• Assist in developing and implementing proactive strategies to maintain positive relatio