Plant HR Leader

This is whereyour work makes a difference.

At Baxter we believe every personregardless of who they are or where they are fromdeserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today tomorrow and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together our community is driven by a culture of courage trust and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here you will find more than just a jobyou will find purpose and pride.

Your Role at Baxter

The North Cove Site HR Leader has responsibilities over the manufacturing site in North Carolina North Cove the largest Solutions plant in Baxter with over 2600 employees. This role is responsible for establishing well performing HR operations that meet key performance indicators drive productivity improvements and achieves operational excellence as measured internally and externally against benchmarks. The North Cove Site HR Leader ensures successful delivery by implementing best in class systems and processes from the portfolio of HR solutions and leads a team of 5 direct role also supports the manufacturing quality and all other functions within this facility.

**Relocation Available**

What youll be doing

• Drives overall execution of plans and strategies continually monitors effectiveness for the HR function

• Consults with management on a variety of HR and business-related issues both strategically and operationally aligning the HR function with the business goals.

• Provide coaching mentoring and direction to a team of five direct reports ensuring clarity of priorities fostering professional growth and enabling high performance across all HR functional responsibilities

• Continually assesses the effectiveness of the organizations business model and organization dynamics and leads efforts to realign/refocus as needed

• Drives organization wide talent planning initiatives including assessment calibration development planning and succession planning

• Provide coaching and development to senior leaders.

• Drive an effective reward and recognition strategy that reinforces the culture and behaviors.

• Develop and implement measurement systems to determine the impact of HR programs.

• Provide coaching and consultation on complex and sensitive employee relations issues offering strategic guidance to leaders in navigating sensitive situations policy interpretation and resolution approaches.

• Sustain a clean and safe work area using 6S principles

• Learn understand and apply rigorous quality standards Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP)

What youll bring

• Bachelors degree with a concentration in Human Resources Business Organizational Psychology or equivalent required Master degree in HR preferred.

• Minimum 10 years of HR experience that includes at least 5 years of generalist experience. Medical equipment or Pharma manufacturing background preferred.

• SHRM-CP or equivalent certification preferred.

• Fast paced high volume manufacturing experience preferred

• Experience driving leadership capability building coaching and cultural alignment.

• Demonstrated ability to build effective working relationships with management team and to coach and influence decision making of senior leaders

• Demonstrated success leading HR through digital operational or structural change.

• Strong operational accountability especially in regulated or large manufacturing environments.

• History of delivering measurable results through HR strategy talent initiatives and workforce performance systems.

• Strong capability in HR analytics workforce planning predictive metrics and KPI development.

• Strong knowledge of current HR market practices employment laws and regulatory requirements with the ability to interpret and apply them effectively to ensure compliance guide policy development and support sound decisionmaking.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter we are committed to equitable pay for all employees and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $160000 - $220000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location skills and expertise experience and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses commission and/or long-term incentive. For questions about this our pay philosophy and available benefits please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

US Benefits at Baxter (except for Puerto Rico)

This is where your well-being matters. Baxter offers comprehensive compensation and benefits packages for eligible roles. Our health and well-being benefits include medical and dental coverage that start on day one as well as insurance coverage for basic life accident short-term and long-term disability and business travel accident insurance. Financial and retirement benefits include the Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount and the 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan (RSP) with options for employee contributions and company matching. We also offer Flexible Spending Accounts educational assistance programs and time-off benefits such as paid holidays paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service family and medical leaves of absence and paid parental leave. Additional benefits include commuting benefits the Employee Discount Program the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and childcare benefits. Join us and enjoy the competitive compensation and benefits we offer to our additional information regarding Baxter US Benefits please speak with your recruiter or visit our Benefits site: Benefits Baxter

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation gender identity or expression protected veteran status disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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