Director, Human Resources
Mattawan, MI, US, 49071
For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.
Job Summary
The Human Resources Director will serve as the strategic HR partner and site HR leader for the Safety Assessment business at the Mattawan, Michigan site. As the HR Director, you understand that in today’s market, innovative and forward-thinking people strategy is essential to short and long-term business success. To achieve this, you will collaborate with business leaders to turn strategy into action, resolving talent gaps and seizing opportunities that support our goals of hiring, engaging, developing, and retaining outstanding talent.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Provides high-level consultation to senior leaders in areas such as organizational assessment, compensation, succession planning, organizational structure, work force planning and change management in order to strengthen overall organizational capability.
- Lead, develop and coach a team of HR Professionals, ensuring they deliver exceptional HR services.
- Acts as a senior trusted advisor and strategic partner to leadership by gathering and analyzing HR and client information to drive the development and implementation of solutions.
- Understands the site business model and drivers. Partners closely with the site leader and other senior leaders to anticipate and address issues impacting the business as it relates to talent and organizational issues.
- Undertakes diagnostics and analysis of complex data, to facilitate HR Leadership decision making.
- Collaborates with internal process experts to execute and implement large scale HR initiatives (i.e., roll out of annual programs, new programs, policies, etc.).
- Provides consultation and leadership on the handling and resolution of complex employee relations issues ensuring consistency with corporate policies and practices.
- Directs annual HR processes such as performance reviews, succession planning, bonus and merit programs.
- Bring solutions to continuously improve HR support to the business around efficiency, process and performance.
Job Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree (B.A. /B.S.) or equivalent in Human Resources, or related discipline.
- Experience: 8+ years related Human Resources experience serving in a business partnership oriented role for executive leaders.
- Must have demonstrated skills in change management and organizational development. Must possess excellent interpersonal communication and influencing skills.
- Key skills and abilities include coaching, influencing, facilitation, process development, project management, analysis, presentation, written & verbal communication and problem solving.
- Working knowledge of EEO, Federal & State employment laws, Worker’s Comp, STD and LTD issues.
- Proficient in collaborating effectively and utilizing networks.
- High degree of autonomy and strong decision-making skills.
- Ability to analyze and interpret relevant data to inform business decisions.
- Keeps commitments; exhibits candor and courage – is not afraid to establish a visible presence and point of view, to engage in spirited and constructive debate, to hold others accountable.
- Demonstrated experience in HR strategy development and fostering continuous improvement.
Compensation Data
The pay range for this position is $140,000-$190,000/yr. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
About Safety Assessment
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.
About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.
With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world.
At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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