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Imagine: A Career with Purpose and Possibility Picture this: You are part of a global team of problem-solvers whose innovations in materials science can make life better. Every day, you help turn ideas into impact using science, technology, and creativity to tackle real-world challenges. You are part of a company whose work helps improve patient outcomes in healthcare and protects essential consumer goods that people around the world rely on every day. At TekniPlex, you’ll join more than 8,000 colleagues across 12 countries, all united by one purpose: creating safer, smarter solutions that touch daily life. Through our two divisions, TekniPlex Healthcare and TekniPlex Consumer Products, you’ll help shape industries that matter: healthcare, pharmaceutical, food & beverage, beauty, and personal care. Here, your ideas count and your work matters. You’ll be encouraged to think boldly, collaborate across cultures, and keep growing every step of the way. You will help protect the integrity of essential products, support patient safety and comfort, and contribute to innovations that make everyday life better, all while building a career that makes an impact. Because at TekniPlex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next. JOB SUMMARY TekniPlex is hiring a HR Manager to lead all HR functions for our Ridgefield and Eatontown sites, ensuring they are aligned with strategic business objectives and company commitments. As part of the Human Resources Team, you’ll help us attract, hire and retain the top talent we need to achieve our vision. You’ll play a vital role in defining, developing and maintaining our winning culture that empowers our employees the opportunity to stretch, grow, and succeed every day. We are seeking change leaders, talent strategists, employee advocates and culture architects to enable our teams, partners and business do our best and support our customers. The HR Manager is responsible for supporting the HR function across multiple manufacturing plants. This position carries out a balance of strategic and tactical responsibilities (like approving payroll) in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment, and employment law compliance. This key role involves close collaboration with Plant leadership and centralized HR services to elevate the manufacturing employee experience by delivering impactful HR solutions for both the hourly and salaried workforce and maintaining strong positive culture. You will help drive business success, oversee staffing, performance management, employee relations, (local contract negotiations) all while ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations. The salary range for this role is $105,000 to $145,000 annually. Pay is based on experience. Reporting the Head of HR, this role will: Business Strategy: • Implement monthly people metrics within the sites, proactively monitoring and collaborating with the Head of HR and Plant leadership to identify and address gaps. • Develops a deep understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on HR matters aligned with business objectives. • Fosters a productive and inclusive employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback and identified initiatives. • Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Plant leadership, supervisors, and local employees to identify solutions that drive safety, sustainable cultural change and supporting business success. • Drives local ownership of People Leader activities ensuring creation of development plans, leveraging skills matrix, providing recognition, coaching and mentoring and managing performance documentation and evaluations to support organizational goals For Unionized Locations (Ridgefield): • Collaborate with Plant Leadership and union representatives to ensure correct implementation and accurate interpretation of the contract terms, addressing inquiries, grievances, and other union-related issues for consistent application. • Lead the development of local collective bargaining agreements and associated negotiations with employee unions. HR Operations: • Lead the recruitment and selection process, ensuring quality and diversity of talent acquisition • Responsible for new hire orientation and employee documentation control at the site • Supports the administration of benefits programs that enhance the well-being and retention. • Manage the local payroll process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of employee compensation • Comply with labor laws and regulations, and handle employment contracts, terminations and employee relations effectively. • Support the implementation of policies assisting with communication and local, state and federal compliance • Implement performance management process that fosters employee growth and accountability • Conduct exit interviews and monitor HR trends to implement retention best practices • Partner with leaders to implement employee engagement and community initiatives that cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment • Other duties and projects as assigned QUALIFICATIONS: • A bachelors or master’s degree in human resources or related discipline with 5+ years human resources experience. • Union experience preferred. • Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills. • Must have experience with human resources information systems (HRIS). • Ability to be responsive and persuasive at all levels of the organization. • Ability to travel to other sites as needed. • Be knowledgeable of general human resource concepts and legal requirements. • Ability to exercise good judgment within defined practices and policies. • Demonstrate a high level of confidentiality. TekniPlex provides a comprehensive and flexible benefits program that you can customize to fit your personal needs. Our programs offer you and your family health care coverage and financial security. You can take advantage of life insurance, disability coverage and voluntary benefits for extra financial protection and peace of mind. Plus, our work-life benefits provide support and assistance whenever you need it. Some of your benefits are paid in full by TekniPlex and some costs are shared between you and TekniPlex. Other benefits are made available to you at reasonable group rates. • Medical Coverage • Prescription Drug Coverage • Telemedicine • Dental Coverage • Vision Coverage • Employee Assistance Program • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Basic Term Life/AD&D Insurance • Voluntary Life/AD&D Insurance • Short Term Disability (STD) • Long Term Disability (LTD • Voluntary Buy-Up LTD • Hospital Indemnity • Accident Insurance • Critical Illness • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan • Daily Pay • Business Travel Insurance • Legal Plan • Identity Protection LANGUAGE SKILLS Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and legibly complete time cards and work orders. Ability to read, analyze, and interpret technical procedures and read blueprints and technical drawings, such as machine, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small groups situations to other employees of the organization. Ability to effective present information and respond to questions form groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra, geometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations. REASONING ABILITY Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variable in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. WORK ENVIRONMENT While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic, flammable or caustic chemicals; outside weather conditions; and extreme heat. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Equal Opportunity Company Tekniplex is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran’s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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Imagine: A Career with Purpose and Possibility
Because at TekniPlex, you don’t just deliver products – you help shape what’s next.
Reporting the Head of HR, this role will:
Implement monthly people metrics within the sites, proactively monitoring and collaborating with the Head of
HR and Plant leadership to identify and address gaps.
Develops a deep understanding of plant operations to make informed decisions, provide valuable consulting to plant leadership, and offer strategic guidance on HR matters aligned with business objectives.
Fosters a productive and inclusive employee experience through proactive initiatives based on feedback and identified initiatives.
Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders, including Plant leadership, supervisors, and local employees to identify solutions that drive safety, sustainable cultural change and supporting business success.
Lead the development of local collective bargaining agreements and associated negotiations with employee unions.
Lead the recruitment and selection process, ensuring quality and diversity of talent acquisition
Responsible for new hire orientation and employee documentation control at the site
Supports the administration of benefits programs that enhance the well-being and retention.
Manage the local payroll process, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of employee compensation
Comply with labor laws and regulations, and handle employment contracts, terminations and employee relations effectively.
Support the implementation of policies assisting with communication and local, state and federal compliance
Implement performance management process that fosters employee growth and accountability
Conduct exit interviews and monitor HR trends to implement retention best practices
Partner with leaders to implement employee engagement and community initiatives that cultivate a positive and inclusive work environment
Other duties and projects as assigned
A bachelors or master’s degree in human resources or related discipline with 5+ years human resources experience.
Must have strong interpersonal and communication skills.
Must have experience with human resources information systems (HRIS).
Ability to be responsive and persuasive at all levels of the organization.

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Union experience preferred.

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