Senior Manager, Human Resources

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements short- and long-term HR strategies aligned with plant/business objectives and global HR strategy.
• Partners with the plant leadership team to ensure effective execution of all core HR processes, including talent management, succession planning, performance management, development planning, and compensation planning.
• Serves as a strategic advisor to the plant leadership team, providing coaching and guidance on business planning, organizational design, talent strategy, leadership development, and associate engagement.
• Identifies organizational needs and leads deployment of HR programs and practices, ensuring clear accountability across HR, leadership, and people managers.
• Leverages and partners with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs), AccessHR, and Talent Acquisition to deliver effective, scalable HR solutions.
• Leads workforce planning efforts, including organizational design, staffing models, and headcount planning, in partnership with plant leadership.
• Collaboratively partners with talent acquisition to drive the strategy and execution, ensuring hiring needs are met with high-quality talent and diverse candidate pipelines.
• Drives a high-performing culture through associate engagement, retention strategies, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitors attrition and retention trends, identifies risks, and implements targeted solutions to improve retention outcomes.
• Leads succession planning and employee development activities, ensuring strong pipelines for critical roles.
• Drives and facilitates all aspects of the performance management process, including coaching leaders on effective evaluation, feedback, and documentation practices.
• Provides ongoing coaching to managers and supervisors at all levels to enhance leadership capability and effectiveness.
• Partners with leadership to create an environment where employees are empowered, informed, and actively engaged in continuous improvement.
• Ensures compensation practices are equitable, market-aligned, and effectively used to drive performance, including ownership of the annual compensation planning process.
• Partners with AccessHR to manage employee relations issues, including investigations and disciplinary actions, ensuring consistency with company policies and legal requirements.
• Advises leaders on organizational structure, roles and responsibilities, and workforce optimization.
• Supports onboarding, associate communications, and implementation of HR policies and programs.
• Ensures compliance with all legal, regulatory, and company requirements, including EEO, AAP, and internal policies; serves as site lead for EEO/AAP processes.
• Identifies training needs and facilitates or sources appropriate learning solutions to support business and leadership development.
• Drives continuous improvement in HR service delivery and plant-level initiatives.
• Contributes to development of HR methodologies, tools, and practices aligned with enterprise standards.
• Works on complex organizational and people-related challenges requiring strong judgment and business acumen.
• Other duties and special projects as assigned.
• Education and Experience required:
• Bachelor's Degree or Above with significant course work in Business, Human Resources, Psychology, Law or related field.
• 8-10 years' experience in the field of HR required, with a strong knowledge of all HR functions as key business levers.
• Has worked in a generalist capacity that re

Benefits

Additional Information

We are the people who give possibilities purpose BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it's no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us-from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year-to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. Job Description The Senior Manager, Human Resources provides HR leadership and support to the Glens Falls, NY manufacturing facility , partnering closely with the plant leadership team to drive organizational effectiveness, associate development, and overall business performance. As a core member of the GFO Leadership Team, this role is responsible for shaping and executing strategies across talent management, succession planning, organizational design, leadership development, and associate engagement, while also ensuring effective delivery of day-to-day HR support. The Senior Manager, Human Resources collaborates closely with HR Centers of Excellence (COEs) to guide decisions related to organizational structure, roles and responsibilities, staffing levels, and compensation, and contributes to the design, development, and implementation of broader HR processes, programs, and initiatives. This role plays a critical part in coaching leaders at all levels, providing timely and constructive feedback to strengthen leadership capability and drive a high-performing organization.

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