HR COE Consultant

at  Corning

Date: Aug 21, 2024
Location: Painted Post, NY, US, 14870
Company: Corning
Requisition Number: 64443
Corning is vital to progress – in the industries we help shape and in the world we share.
We invent life-changing technologies using materials science. Our scientific and manufacturing expertise, boundless curiosity, and commitment to purposeful invention place us at the center of the way the world interacts, works, learns, and lives.
Our sustained investment in research, development, and invention means we’re always ready to solve the toughest challenges alongside our customers.
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.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• At least 2-4 years of HR experience (generalist/specialist).
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources, Business, or Organization Development, labor relations or equivalent.
• Master degree in related area and/or HR certifications a plus.
• Solid HR education and experience required.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Successful track record in the deployment of global HR business processes or programs.
• Knowledge of employment laws and policies.
• Hiring / selection experience with union/hourly and salaried employees. Preference is that the candidate possess experience with hourly recruiting in the Corning Valley and understand the associated valley movement processes.
• Experience resolving employees relations issues and conflicts.

DESIRED SKILLS

• Labor relations experience strongly desired
• Experience with tracking FMLA, W/C, PFL, and DIS.
• Desire to maintain presence on the factory floor.
• Passion for learning and passion for working in a manufacturing environment

SOFT SKILLS

• Able to maintain a visible presence on the factory floor
• Strong listening skills
• Able to deliver difficult feedback
• Demonstrated ability to resolve conflict
• Able to influence and to confidently make decisions and recommendations
• Able to lead meetings that involve stakeholders at all levels of the organization

COMPETENCIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND BEHAVIORS)

1. Create Vision and Strategy
2. Execute Strategy
3. Manage Self
4. Mobilize and Develop People
5. Functional/Technical Skills
6. Culture Fit

ROLE PURPOSE

• Supports 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 values.
• Assists in achieving or beating budgetary objectives in support of top quartile performance objectives while maintaining appropriate levels of HR service delivery.
• Assists in successful implementation of global HR business processes within the plant.
• Ensures plant compliance with HR-related legal and regulatory guidelines.

DAY TO DAY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Effectively deploys hiring process for hourly workers and temporary employees.
• Educates plant leadership on union contracts and local and state employment law to ensure compliance with contracts and applicable personnel management laws.
• Manages and mitigates employee grievances by ensuring supervisors and leadership are creating an open forum for discussion and resolution of plant issues.
• Coaches and counsels plant management in development and demonstration of leadership and management practices required to establish and maintain a positive work environment.
• 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.
• Educates plant employees on shared service and third party vendor capabilities to increase use and benefits of these services.
• Takes ownership for specific HR initiatives that support the effective operations of the organization by developing and/or delivering HR programs (e.g., attendance tracking, training, communications).
• Tracks and documents employment issues and requests (e.g., FMLA, workers compensation) as required for procedural and legislative purposes.
• Identifies employee value proposition issues affecting turnover and works with Plant HR Manager to identify actions for improvement.
• Establishes and maintains a presence on the plant floor to keep a read on the pulse of the organization.
• Implements appropriate risk management policies and procedures to ensure plant compliance with safety requirements and local, state, and federal employment laws.