HR Manager

• Build and own the workforce transition plan, including communication strategy, timelines, activities, resources, and key milestones leading into employee notifications.
• Serve as the central HR point person coordinating HR Business Partners, leadership, external vendors, and other resources involved in the transition.
• Identify and coordinate third-party resources for resume development, interviewing workshops, outplacement support, career transition assistance, and employee offboarding.
• Coordinate access to counseling and mental health resources, including maintaining onsite availability even when utilization may initially be low.
• Partner with external organizations and employers to identify potential employment opportunities and pathways for impacted associates.
• Develop leadership-ready communications, recommendations, presentations, and updates regarding the workforce transition.
• Balance strategic planning with hands-on execution and adjust responsibilities as business needs evolve throughout the 6-month engagement.
• Provide additional HR Business Partner support as transition activities shift or impacted employees leave the organization.

• 10+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally at the HR Manager or Senior HR Business Partner level, with hands-on ownership of a large-scale downsizing, restructuring, site transition, reduction in operations, or similar workforce event.
• Bachelor’s degree minimum, plus a stable career history that shows meaningful tenure and ownership. Avoid repeated short-term contract roles unless there is a very clear explanation.
• Strong manufacturing or operations HR experience with enough understanding of a factory environment to effectively partner with operational leaders and employees through a major transition.
• Exceptional executive presence and communication skills with the ability to independently build and execute the transition plan, present to senior leadership, coordinate multiple stakeholders, stay flexible, and remain hands-on in the details.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually – as applicable.