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Penske Truck Leasing · 1 month ago

District Human Resources Manager - North Bergen

North Bergen, NJ, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

Penske Truck Leasing is launching a new position for a District Human Resources Manager to support district field teams and collaborate with leadership on human capital strategy. The role involves fostering a culture of engagement, implementing HR practices, and ensuring compliance while managing various HR functions such as onboarding, talent management, and labor relations.

Financial ServicesLeasingRental

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Administer and facilitate the District’s New Associate Experience onboarding program

Lead, coach, and support the onboarding Ambassadors throughout the district

Support and train managers to ensure the new associates are provided the appropriate support during their onboarding experience

Identify trends and areas for improvement with information gained from the onboarding program, exit interviews, associate feedback, etc

Identify and propose solutions to address local retention challenges in collaboration with your Area Human Resources Manager and District Manager

Guide District team development through coaching leaders in people management, process, and functional associate development

Coach supervisors and managers on the creation and follow through of impactful development plans and discussions for their associates

Monitor development plans to ensure progress and escalate to District Manager if course correction is needed

Prepare documents and reports for district-level succession planning and quarterly talent review discussions

Execute on the Area training plan

Partner with location leaders to ensure associates receive and complete functional training

Deliver new supervisor/manager onboarding to role training

Facilitate just-in-time training and coaching of leaders during mid-year check-ins, annual performance reviews, and merit process

Ensure technical training occurs consistently across the workforce

Collaborate with all departments to identify and propose appropriate staffing levels based on analysis of growth trends, and workforce planning tools

Provides staffing support to leadership by collaborating on recruiting efforts, including building local technical school, University & College partnerships

Create a connection between the field recruiters and the District Manager to create and plan a recruiting strategy and prioritize efforts

Proactively build relationships at locations that help support a positive culture and engaging environment

Develop and sustain a workplace that mirrors our Employee Value Proposition through the following:

Advise associates and management on the interpretation of human resources policies, programs, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements

Participate in investigations of associates concerns, prepare summaries, and collaborate with Area HR Manager on recommendations

Support Area HR Managers in partnering with Labor Relations, conducting location risk assessments, and reinforcing the goals of Positive Associate Relations training

Remain aware of employment laws applicable to locations, including but not limited to state and local paid sick leave laws

Effectively communicate and follow up to maintain required legal compliance through regular analysis and ensure consistent practices are followed according to Penske policies

Focus on compensation parity, wage-hour, I-9 and Associate Handbook acknowledgment compliance

Ensures all company and legally mandated training obligations are met including Harassment Prevention, Reasonable Suspicion and Workplace Violence

Escalate compensation issues to the Area HR Manager and work with centralized compensation to enact plans to address

Partner with specialized, dedicated corporate resources for issues such as diversity & inclusion, leave of absence, accommodations, benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, and safety

Leads the integration, execution and follow-up needed to successfully assimilate new associates into our culture

Provide ongoing support of the integration process with consistent onsite meetings, onboarding, staffing, training, etc

Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualification

Human Resources ManagementTalent ManagementLabor RelationsOnboarding ProgramsCompliance KnowledgeCoaching SkillsCommunication SkillsProblem Solving

Required

HR functional experience and skills, e.g., managing associate performance, leading difficult discussions, developing associates, ability to anticipate evolving business

Experience gained during time spent in a Penske operational role

Ability to collaborate with District Leadership team to foster a culture of engagement

Experience in implementing HR practices and processes that align with organizational initiatives

Experience in administering and facilitating onboarding programs

Ability to lead, coach, and support onboarding Ambassadors

Experience in supporting and training managers during onboarding

Ability to identify trends and areas for improvement from onboarding programs and associate feedback

Experience in guiding team development through coaching leaders in people management

Ability to coach supervisors and managers on development plans and discussions

Experience in preparing documents and reports for succession planning and talent review discussions

Ability to execute on Area training plans

Experience in collaborating with departments for staffing levels and workforce planning

Experience in building partnerships with local technical schools, universities, and colleges for recruiting

Ability to build relationships to support a positive culture and engaging environment

Experience in advising associates and management on HR policies and procedures

Experience in participating in investigations of associates' concerns

Knowledge of employment laws applicable to locations

Ability to maintain legal compliance through regular analysis

Experience in ensuring compliance with company and legally mandated training obligations

Ability to escalate compensation issues to Area HR Manager

Experience in partnering with corporate resources for diversity & inclusion, leave of absence, accommodations, benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, and safety

Experience in leading integration and execution for new associates

Ability to provide ongoing support for the integration process

Company

Penske Truck Leasing

Penske Truck Leasing is a transportation solutions company that offers truck leasing, rental, and logistics services.

Founded in 1969

Reading, Pennsylvania, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.pensketruckleasing.com

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