Manager - HR Business Partner

Your Job

We are seeking a Human Resources Business Partner to lead the HR function for our team at Georgia-Pacific's plant in Sweetwater, TX where we manufacture gypsum products.

In this role, the HR Leader will have an opportunity to positively impact culture and the operation's overall talent position to achieve business results.

Our Team

The Sweetwater Plant is part of the Gypsum Wallboard products manufacturing operation.

We are proud to safely manufacture quality products that have a competitive advantage and solid growth within the marketplace.

Georgia-Pacific has invested in a new $285 million state-of-the-art gypsum mill in Sweetwater, TX.

This location combined with the existing plant provides more than 1 billion square feet of gypsum products each year! This is an exciting opportunity to work in a technologically advanced facility in a world-class Market-Based Management culture.

What You Will Do



* Build credibility and trust with the workforce and leaders.


* Ensure employees connect with how they create value for the company; identify talent gaps that are obstacles and coach supervisors on the development of gap closure plans.


* Understand, develop, apply, and coach employees on our culture of Principled Based Management®.


* Directly supervise other HR personnel


* Manage labor concerns through positive employee relations.


* Constructively challenge situations and behaviors that are not consistent with Georgia-Pacific's Guiding Principles and Code of Conduct.


* Develop business acumen to understand key drivers of business performance and support delivering results.


* Drive innovation in HR functions and processes to include continued automation of transaction work and leveraging shared capabilities across the business.


* Provide strategic guidance to leaders in areas of change management and employee development.


* Leverage data-driven solutions to support business and advance results.


* Partner with various capabilities teams to improve our talent position - selection, attraction, and retention.


* Identify HR Compliance risks and develop gap closure plans to address risks while implementing a systematic approach to maintaining compliance.


* Optimize risk to the Company by effectively interpreting current policies and practices while identifying opportunities to drive standardization and eliminate waste.


* Foster knowledge-sharing culture to profitably improve efficiency and consistency for GP to discover untapped value and partner with other HR leaders across GP to share information and best practices.


* Be "forward thinking" to anticipate needs and issues before they arise.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)


* Experience partnering with business leadership to develop and execute strategies.


* E xperience developing capability in leaders.


* 3+ years of demonstrated HR experience (selection, performance management, talent planning, chang...