Human Resources Manager
 Avient Corporation | |
 United States, North Carolina, Greenville | |
| 5750 Martin Luther King Junior Highway (Show on map) | |
 May 30, 2025 | |
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Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world. Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it's powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you're a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you'll find your place at Avient. Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough! Job Summary The Human Resources Manager - Production Support is a mid-level HR role focused on delivering day-to-day HR guidance and support to production teams at our Mesa, AZ and Greenville, NC facilities. This role serves as a key partner to production managers and frontline leaders, with a strong focus on hourly workforce needs, employee relations, and consistent presence on the production floor. While this role collaborates with upper management and the broader HR organization, its primary responsibility is to support a high-performing, safe, and engaged production workforce. This role helps align business objectives with employee needs while ensuring compliance with HR policies and employment law. The HR Manager helps foster a culture of accountability, empowerment, and operational excellence Essential Functions * Serve as the primary HR partner for production managers, frontline leaders, and hourly employees across the Mesa, AZ and Greenville, NC sites. * Maintain regular visibility on the production floor to build trust, ensure strong communication, and proactively address workforce issues. * Support employee relations efforts by advising on conflict resolution, disciplinary action, attendance, and other policy-related matters. * Guide and coach frontline leadership on effective people management practices, including performance management, development planning, and employee engagement. * Collaborate with site leadership on workforce planning, staffing needs, and succession planning for hourly roles. * Monitor and analyze key workforce metrics (e.g., turnover, absenteeism, engagement) to inform HR strategies and improve site performance. * Partner with the HR team and site managers to support organizational design and change initiatives at the operational level. * Lead or support hourly employee talent reviews and development conversations. * Ensure consistent administration of HR policies and adherence to federal, state, and local employment laws. * Oversee hourly recruiting processes in partnership with the site-level HR Generalist and corporate recruiting team; directly manage salaried recruiting needs at the site level. * Participate in investigations, exit interviews, and other employee experience touchpoints. * Drive HR programs that reinforce a strong production culture focused on quality, accountability, and continuous improvement. * Support HR projects and initiatives as required by the business or HR function. Education and Experience * Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required. * 5-7 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in a manufacturing or production environment. * Strong working knowledge of employee relations, employment law, and HR best practices. * Ability to build relationships across all levels of the organization, especially with hourly employees and frontline leaders. * Comfortable working independently in a multi-site environment and spending consistent time on the production floor. * Demonstrated experience handling sensitive HR matters with discretion and professionalism. * Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a hands-on, approachable leadership style. * Ability to travel periodically as needed. Additional Qualifications * Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build effective relationships across all levels of the organization. * Comfortable leading cross-functional discussions and promoting open, two-way communication between HR and leadership. * Skilled in coaching and supporting both managers and employees through training, feedback, and everyday interactions. * Able to manage multiple priorities and projects with strong time management and follow-through. * Highly organized with strong attention to detail. We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business. By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient's strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals. At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person's qualifications, abilities, experience and performance. Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran's status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, ApplicationAccommodation@Avient.com. #LI-MM1 | |