HR Business Partner

Your Job

We are seeking a dedicated HR Business Partner (HRBP) to be an integral part of our team's HR capability at the Georgia-Pacific plywood facility in Madison, GA. This role serves as a strategic partner to business leaders, driving organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and talent management initiatives to achieve business results. This role requires a deep understanding of business objectives to align HR strategies that support overall company goals. This is an on-site role that requires you to live in the local Madison, GA area.

The Madison Plywood facility employs approximately 550 hourly non-union employees and is situated near Atlanta, GA. The successful candidate must live within the facility's local commuting distance in Madison, GA.

Our Team

The HR Business Partner will be an integral part of the Madison Plywood HR Team, reporting to the Sr Manager, HRBP. It is a hands-on position, requiring on-the-floor presence and providing HR support to Madison Plywood Operations. This position will interact and partner with Madiosn's external community and leverage HR capability groups.

What You Will Do

• Quickly build effective working relationships centered on trust by way of practical and strategic guidance across functions in Hourly and Salaried teams.
• Partner with the Madison external community to build a sustainable partnership.
•  Provide guidance and serve as one of the subject matter experts at the site level for overall HR operations-related matters.
• Work closely with ops leaders to attract and develop top talent, including ensuring optimal staffing is achieved and maintained.
• Oversee probationary reviews in collaboration with supervisors while ensuring consistent communication with new hires to boost engagement and respond to their inquiries.
• Partner with leaders to expand the site's knowledge and application of Principle-Based Management principles, particularly in selecting employees motivated by contribution.
• Manage candidate experience and preboarding activities, as well as onboarding and orientation for the site.
• Partner with HRM onsite to assess risk related to employment matters and coach leaders in a manner consistent with the company’s risk philosophy.
• Commitment to fostering a culture of ownership, accountability, and talent excellence.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience partnering with leadership to drive recruiting initiatives and priorities
• Demonstrated HR experience applying talent management process (selection, performance mgmt., talent planning, incentives, etc.) within an organization as a supervisor or HR partner
• Experience developing and implementing strategies that enable the attainment and advancement of strategic business objectives
• Experience in influencing and coaching leaders within a business environment
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Visio, and Word

What Will Put You Ahead

• HR experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in Internal and External Community engagement
• Experience working with local schools, job centers, or outreach programs to promote workforce opportunities
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Human Resources Management or related field
• Experience with data analytics to execute on opportunities

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day –to make everyday products even better. 

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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