Director – Labor Relations

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Job Description:

  • Serve as a strategic director of labor relations to HR and people leaders
  • Facilitate the organization’s labor relations strategy and recommend best-practice approaches to labor and associate relations
  • Advise on workplace environment improvement using employment and labor laws, government regulations, and agency rules
  • Implement processes to identify and resolve issues before they become critical and avoid or mitigate labor activity
  • Develop and implement ongoing training for HR and people leaders
  • Collaborate with Field Operations, HR, Legal, and divisional leadership on pro-associate initiatives
  • Drive pro-associate communications with store operations, supply network, and other departments
  • Make recommendations to avoid or mitigate workplace disputes and assess labor implications of business decisions
  • Collect, analyze, interpret, and report on internal and external labor union activity
  • Recommend actions based on labor and associate relations trends to improve associate engagement
  • Review, design, and deliver labor and associate relations training and education across the U.S. enterprise
  • Develop and implement individualized labor relations interventions with HR and people leaders, including occasional facility travel
  • Advocate for fair and appropriate pro-associate workplace practices within legal parameters
  • Develop, use, and promote technology tools and continuous-improvement resources for HR and people leaders
  • Formulate action plans with legal and other partners in response to union activity
  • Build relationships with Associate Relations team members
  • Guide Associate Relations consultants and peer Associate Relations Managers
  • Handle complex labor union activity situations, stretch assignments, and enterprise-wide projects

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Labor Relations, or related field, or equivalent years of experience without a degree
  • 8 years of experience as an exempt Labor Relations Specialist or equivalent position in a unionized or non-unionized organization
  • Advanced knowledge of labor and employee relations principles, including federal and state laws and policies
  • Seasoned understanding of HR management programs and their interrelationships
  • Ability to appropriately understand and apply policies, procedures, and practices to day-to-day issues
  • Preferred: Master’s degree, MBA, Human Resources, Employee Relations, Labor Relations, or Industrial Relations degree
  • Preferred: JD with a concentration or experience in employment/labor law

Benefits:

  • Exceptional benefits
  • Opportunities to grow skills
  • Equal opportunity employment
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