Packaging Manager jobs in Grand Rapids, MI

Overview

If you’re looking for a new company to grow your skills, then Praxis Packaging Solutions may be the place for you.  Praxis is an FDA-compliant packaging organization specializing in primary tablet filling of OTC & Rx packaging with industry-best serialization capabilities. We value quality, customer service, and safety, and the opportunities that come with problem solving in this fast-paced facility will allow you to boost your personal development.  Employees at Praxis are from all over the world, and diversity in the workplace is respected and celebrated.  We offer two health insurance options, dental, vision, flex, and company paid short term disability, long term disability and life insurance.  We invest in our employees and provide a 4% 401k employer match.  

The Talent and Development Manager will assist with strategic development and implementation of a focused “employee journey” and talent management plan. A major portion of this role is managing the full cycle recruiting process, including interviewing and job offers. As such, the role manages Praxis Recruiters and collaborates with the temporary staffing partners, ensuring staffing needs are met. The role also leads onboarding, focused retention efforts, learning and career development, performance management, and career transitions. Apply today if you are interested in joining a dynamic team in the pharma industry.   

Responsibilities

• Strategic HR Planning - Assist HR leadership in the development of a talent management plan aligned with business objectives that prepares for every stage of the employee journey.
• Leads and/or coordinates recruiting efforts at all locations:
  • Implements, improves, and manages Praxis’s Applicant Tracking System (ATS).
  • With Human Resources Leadership, develop effective recruitment plans for identified positions or business groups to improve retention, career development plans, and build bench strength.
  • Partners with supervisors and managers on identifying hiring needs and higher-priority job openings.
  • Manages the full cycle recruiting process—sourcing, scheduling, interviewing and selecting candidates—for all open positions.
  • Evaluates and introduces screening tools, such as personality indexes or other predictive instruments, to enhance Praxis’s quality-hire efforts.
  • Oversee Company’s recruitment referral program
  • Coaches supervisors on ATS usage and recruiting processes, including resume review, best practices for interviewing, and candidate documentation.
  • Conducts background checks and, when applicable, reference checks; schedule candidates’ pre-employment drug tests.
  • Builds and maintains a positive employment brand via social media, school and university relations, community events, and other pipelines or partnerships.
  • Supervisors Praxis Recruiters.
  • Establishes, generates, and provides reports on key recruitment metrics.
  • Collaborates with the company’s temporary staffing partner, ensuring staffing needs are met. Gather feedback and review performance metrics to increase quality placements and conversions.
• Manages a robust standardized Onboarding Program that offers new hires an exceptional experience, creating a strong connection to Praxis and helps set them up for success in their new roles.
• Employee Retention- Creates and implements retention tools and strategies that proactively keep our employees engaged and retained.
• Lead and coordinate Learning and Career Development efforts.
  • Assist departments in “reskilling” efforts and helping to create career paths to develop employees.
  • Develop training materials (e.g. templates, presentations, visuals) and manage training content via Praxis’s Learning Management System (LMS).
  • Plan and conduct training or training events, as necessary
  • Explore and lead options to obtain Training Grants or other initiatives to pay for training costs.
  • Establishes, generates, and provides reports on key development metrics.
• Coordinate Talent Management functions to ensure alignment
  • Involved in coordinating information and aligning development plans discussed in Talent Reviews and during Performance Reviews.
• Have thorough knowledge of Praxis benefits and workplace programs to help attract and retain talent.
• Reviews org charts, job descriptions and pay ranges with Human Resources leadership to ensure accuracy.
• Promote company-wide diversity initiatives through strategic hiring and employee development.
• Assist the Human Resources Team with any and all departmental activities, as assigned.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of talent management, recruiting, and/or human resources administration at a level normally acquired through completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business or equivalent. Master’s degree in HR or related is a plus
• 5-7 years of comprehensive talent management or recruiting experience required, preferably in in a medium to large, fast-paced, manufacturing, or industrial operation with a diverse workforce.
• SHRM-CP or PHR certifications are a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge and application of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.
• Superior people skills, including the demonstrated ability to navigate complex people issues and conflicts.
• Ability to coach, develop and direct the day-to-day activities of others.
• Supervision experience preferred
• Experience working various levels of employees with different educational backgrounds, work style habits, and employment histories.
• Strong knowledge of MS Office programs: Word, Excel, and Outlook, preferred
• Strong knowledge of iCIMS (ATS), Indeed, Zip Recruiter, LinkedIn Recruiter preferred
• Working knowledge of ADP or HRIS related software, preferred
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to present training topics to small or medium sized groups
• Fluent in the English language required, bilingual fluency in a second language: Spanish, Vietnamese, Swahili, or Kinyarwanda is strongly preferred.