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Western Digital Technologies Manager, Employee Relations in San Jose, California
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Inspire, develop, empower and lead a highly skilled group of ER Partners
- Support investigators in highly sensitive HR and Employee Relations issues, including analyzing data from various internal systems; approving case adjudication; proposing remedial action based on investigation findings; production of thorough investigation documentation
- Conduct investigative casework from end-to-end, inclusive of interviewing, data/evidence analysis, disciplinary/remedial action adjudication, and report writing
- Analyze casework trends and produce strategic recommendations to the business to proactively address systemic issues
- Support the creation and maintain standards around governance, case assignments, reporting and service level agreements
- Use data to anticipate issues, identify opportunities, help design, and improve solutions that minimize reactive work
- Help set up consistent processes for regular audits of ER cases, progressive discipline, separations, severance/ unemployment, and restructuring activities
- Collaborate, Coach and Influence Leaders on critical elements of compliance, investigations outcomes and other ER matters
- Stay current on with business trends, HR and ER trends, employment law and the diversity and inclusion landscapes
- Ensure operational excellence and develop a high-performance team
- Work directly with internal and external partners to ensure a respectful and inclusive workplace culture
- Drive innovation to solve both business and team member problems
- Inspire, lead, and mentor your team members for their development and ensuring accountability to both results and behaviors.
Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in Human Resources
- 12+years leading complex investigations
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to earn trust, dive deep and work successfully on a broad spectrum of employee and labor relations issues and business challenges.
- Passion for Talent Management and the Central Investigations processes
- Strong project manager, capable of independently owning large-scale, network-wide projects demonstrates an inclusive leadership style and a commitment to equality
- Experience developing high performing teams
- Experience working in a global company leading cross-functional regional and global projects of significant scope, complexity, and of a highly sensitive nature.
- Demonstrated success leading programs and driving process improvements
- High attention to detail including precise and effective customer communications and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously.
- Proven record of accomplishment of confident communication and management of stakeholders across all levels of an organization, including the ability to propose complex solutions and explanations in writing.
- Able to identify and anticipate client needs and make recommendations for implementation
- The ability to understand business goals and recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to drive continuous improvement
- Robust understanding of key HR concepts and practices (employment law, compliance, engagement, retention, and performance)
- Due to the nature of the work within the organization, very short notice domestic and international travel may be required.
- With international activities, conference calls in the early morning or late evenings are a normal course of business. Flexibility on both your part and the companys is expected.