Human Resources Manager - The Glenmore Distillery

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka. 

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

The Glenmore Distillery has been a fixture in the Owensboro Community since the late 1800s. During Prohibition, The Glenmore Distillery was fortunate enough to be one of four distilleries in the country allowed to operate on a limited scale for medicinal necessity.

In March of 2009 the Sazerac Company purchased the distillery and reprised the name The Glenmore Distillery. The distillery boasts one of the largest and most modern bottling facilities in the country and continues to be a sizable employer in the city of Owensboro, KY.

The Sazerac Company’s vision is to become one of the industry’s most desired places to be.  The company attributes its success to a unique blend of history, culture, brands, relationships, Innovation, technology, and most importantly, its people.

The Human Resource Manager for the Glenmore Distillery will manage HR functions including counseling managers on policies, discipline actions, procedures, and development activities for salaried and hourly personnel; remains current and advises employees on company benefits; conducts investigations, maintains personnel records, advises managers/supervisors about union contract requirements, lead negotiator for labor contracts and grievance settlements, completes workforce planning initiatives and staffing activities.

• Drive employee development at the Glenmore Distillery making sure that true development is occurring: managers provide meaningful feedback, basic and advanced management and leadership skills are built within our managers and supervisors, curriculum created to facilitate development at all levels, and development experiences are identified/designed. Improve own skills as defined in my development plan. Monitor system usage at the Glenmore Distillery.

• Assess facility culture through various methods to ensure alignment with Sazerac Company vision and values. Drive and enhance programs, benefits, policies, and procedures that reinforce the desired culture at the Glenmore Distillery and, when necessary, recommend, develop, obtain approval for and execute new or changes to processes and programs. Address areas of concern that may be a hindrance to desired culture. Hold employees accountable to their contributions to the desired company culture.  Create and execute on engagement action plans based on culture survey data and metrics.

• Lead the development and execution of a sound safety program to achieve zero injuries at the Glenmore Distillery. Lead the creation of a safety culture to ensure employees think safety first and watch out for the safety of their team mates; Recommend, develop, obtain approval for and execute policies and programs to enhance the safety of all employees; safety training development and execution; leadership of an active safety committee; creation and oversight of a system to quickly identify and remedy safety hazards.

• Lead the hiring process for all Glenmore Distillery positions. Ensure use of Sazerac hiring and staffing system and processes.  Hire top talent that aligns with our overall succession planning strategy.

• Develop relationships and build trust with employees, labor union and union leadership through consistent and fair action, communication and administration / negotiation of collective bargaining agreement.  Lead negotiator for grievance settlements and contracts. Advisor to leadership team on contract interpretation.

• Lead TGD HR, partnering with other functions to develop and refine proactive strategies to ensure workforce talent meets business needs. Provide subject matter expertise to ensure decisions are fully informed, targets are met or exceeded and company values are infused into every activity and decision. Ensure professional HR communication, with appropriately comprehensive information, providing and accepting regular feedback for improving performance. Drive development and flawless execution of HR systems and processes to achieve results. Achieve and sustain exceptional HR reputation for timely action & responsiveness.

• Drive the CDS process  at the Glenmore Distillery; monitor the usage of the CDS system and follow up as needed to make sure the system is used; act as a resource for the management team in the use of the CDS system. Ensure development plans are being executed for identified internal successors.

• Recommend enhancements to the system when/where necessary to ensure HR and Operations have the information available to do their jobs in an efficient manner; Reduce duplication of data entry when/where appropriate.

• Ensure compliance with applicable employment laws and with human resource related reporting and record keeping requirements, including but not limited to EEOC, DOL, NLRA, ERISA, UI, OSHA. Oversee unemployment insurance claims process for client group, including responses , hearings, and reconciliation of relevant UI tax rates. Oversees the FMLA process for client group, including documentation, communication and compliance with regulations and required timelines.

• Develop/Recommend HR processes that are aligned with company policies and programs; communicate processes and provide training as needed to ensure compliance.  Ensure adherence to Personal Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies and Practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree

• 5-10 years relevant HR managment experience (minimum)

• Requires Labor relations experience/contract negotiations, previous experience is highly desirable
• Requires Experience leading compliance with team member benefits regulations and reporting requirements
• Requires Organizational Development experience

• Ability to communicate with all levels of an organization 

• Excellent oral & written communication skills

• Strong planning, organizational skills, attention to details

PREFERRED

• MBA
• Requires experience developing and implementing an employee wellness program

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to pick up and/or move objects up to 25 pounds without assistance
• Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting
• Noise level at work station is quiet (library, private office)
• Ability to work 8 hour shift
• Ability to work overtime if necessary
• In-person job attendance at plant M-F

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