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Reporting to the Vice President, People, Technical Operations & Corporate Groups, the Employee Relations Director is responsible for execution of the Employee Relations Strategy across BioMarin, including Technical Operations, Research & Development, Commercial and Corporate Functions. The role is responsible for providing strategic and operational guidance on enterprise-wide employee relations activities, policies, processes, and procedures pertaining to the BioMarin US locations. This role will command employee relations expertise, excellent judgment, and highly developed analytical, interpersonal, problem-solving and communication skills. This position will support business leaders to handle workplace concerns and co create action plans and provide intervention as necessary. This role will work extensively with Business leaders to identify opportunities to address repeating employee relations issues proactively and preventatively and will provide guidance and coaching to managers of all levels to address behavioural and performance areas. The Employee Relations director will stay attuned to organizational and operational changes across BioMarin locations in the US to identify potential employee relations risks and develop plans to address proactively.
Job Responsibility:
Overseeing the management of the employee relations processes and procedures to enable effective conflict resolution, and problem solving
Conducting, overseeing, and assisting employee relation issues to manage employee concerns and grievances and to identify and implement appropriate action and accountability practices
Identifying a fair and inclusive process appropriate for employee concerns or grievances including the leading of fact-finding, appropriate due diligence, and investigations to ensure the adherence to BioMarin’s employee relations policies and practices
Staying attuned to organizational and operational changes across the company to identify potential employee relations risks and develop plans to address proactively
Providing guidance and coaching to managers of all levels to address employee behavior and performance
Providing guidance and assisting with the development and delivery of appropriate performance feedback or action plans including corrective/disciplinary actions
Overseeing the use of effective documentation techniques and maintaining accurate, confidential records regarding all reported matters and fact-finding documentation
Interpreting and applying understanding of Employee policies and practices, employment law, and other regulations to provide guidance or clarification on ER matters
Maintaining the highest level of integrity when managing employee relations issues and managing reported matters
Experience of alternative dispute resolution, specifically workplace mediation
Working collaboratively and proactively with other teams, within Legal, Compliance and Payroll to develop an approach that provides the best support to the business
Providing guidance aligned to supporting leaders to competently deal with investigations, disciplinaries, grievances, performance management issues / sickness, sensitively in line with policy principles
Providing insight to ensure the continued development of relevant employment related people policies and procedures
Supporting training initiatives and the continual development management toolkits for leaders
Proactively working with leaders to enable them to competently manage people issues promptly using best practice approaches & people policies principles
Maintaining up to date knowledge on employment case law and associated legislative changes and effectively utilize this knowledge
Ensuring ER cases are recorded, tracked, and proactively managed to conclusion or hand off to the relevant Strategic Business Partner
Requirements:
10 years of experience working in the Employee Relations field
Strong analytical, interpersonal, problem-solving and communication skills
Ability to work in a dynamic and agile environment
Strong strategic, negotiations and diplomacy skills
Strong understanding of state and federal US laws concerning labor relations
Ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, and policies
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Strong understanding of dispute resolution and compensation administration
Ability to remain tactful, calm, and persuasive in controversial and/or confrontational situations
Excellent writing and language skills
What we offer:
company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans