HR Generalist

Requisition Number: 70633

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The global Human Resource (HR) Function provides an integrated talent management system that delivers a workforce that is Corning's competitive differentiator in the global marketplace.
HR provides service offerings that align solutions to business challenges by ensuring the programs are Effective, Efficient, Global, Scaleable, and Repeatable.  Corning’s Values are operationalized by the HR Function through the facilitation of Talent Management offerings, as well as programs and processes that aid in making Corning’s Values visible.

Role Purpose

The plant HR team promotes business success through:

• Employee Advocacy (positive employee relations),
• Workforce and Leadership Development,
• Delivering proactive, creative solutions to our business partners / clients, and
• Stewardship of the Corning culture and Corning values.

Key Responsibilities

The Plant HR Generalist  partners with the Plant HR Manager to ensure that his/her plant has the right number and type of talent to execute plant strategy and achieve desired business results; ensures plant establishes and maintains a positive work environment and operates as “One Corning” in support of Corning’s values; assists in successful implementation of global HR business processes within the plant;  and ensures plant compliance with HR-related legal and regulatory guidelines.

• Establishes and maintains a presence on the plant floor to keep a read on the pulse of the organization
• Proactively identifies and resolves employee relations issues in a fair and consistent manner that protects the needs of the plant to operate in an effective and efficient manner
• Manages and mitigates employee grievances by ensuring supervisors and leadership are creating an open forum for discussion and resolution of plant issues
• Coaches and counsel operations and engineering leadership management in development
• Demonstration of leadership and management practices required to establish and maintain a positive work environment
• Takes ownership for specific HR initiatives that support the effective operations of the organization by developing and/or delivering HR programs.
• Tracks and documents employment issues and requests as required for procedural and statutory purposes
• Identifies employee value proposition issues affecting turnover and works with Plant HR Manager to identify actions for improvement
• Administration of contract labor management and government apprenticeship program

Experiences/Education - Required

• Full time MBA or Post gradation in HR.
• 8-12 years work experience in a manufacturing organization in India.
• Strong interpersonal skills – able to build trust quickly with employees at multiple levels in the organization
• Solid technical understanding of HR and ER.
• Track record of delivering tangible business impact.
• Strong business acumen – an interest in and ability to learn the business, understand business drivers, etc.
• Strong communication skills (verbal, written, presentations)
• Strong influence skills, experience influencing stakeholders with competing and/or diverging priorities, able to manage in a matrix organization

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Experience with Greenfield or major plant expansion