Labor Relations: Work with local management teams on building a collaborative relationship with local unions; understand and interpret complex contract language and past practices, active leadership and involvement with grievance process, and serve as company spokesperson for negotiations and perhaps arbitrations. Specific competencies include functional/technical skills, action oriented, managerial courage, dealing with ambiguity, career ambition, command skills, motivating others, organizing, drive for results, problem solving, strategic agility and building effective teams.