Human Resources Business Partner

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HR Business Partner

Your role and responsibilities

Come and join ABB Installation Products Division, the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day – orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home.
We are currently looking for a dynamic individual ready to take on stimulating challenges to fill a position of Human Resources Business Partner. You will work at the Iberville plant.
• Participate in the development and sharing of the organization's vision, mobilize, and influence the values conveyed by leaders to ensure a culture of performance and recognition.
• Build strong relationships with leaders from different employee groups, ensuring collaboration and a human touch in decision-making, as well as fairness in the application of practices and collective agreement. Provide coaching and development activities.
• Understand the organization's operations and needs, identify human resources strategies, implement and monitor performance indicators, analyze gaps and deploy any value-added activities or initiatives, according to priorities established with leaders.
• Ensure legal compliance and oversee human resources programs and policies, as well as their application by managers of the various employee groups.
• Identify and deploy strategies and plans for recruitment, pay equity, salary and benefits administration, labor relations, training, and development, based on organizational needs and market and industry trends.
• Chairs or participates in various committees, such as pension plan, labor relations and grievances, skills, francization.
• In collaboration with the leadership team, identify change management and continuous improvement activities for services offered by Human Resources, and ensure deployment and support to various stakeholders.
• Live by the company's core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for one's own actions while caring for colleagues and the company.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or related field, a minimum of 5 years' experience in a similar role, and in a unionized environment. Membership in the Ordre des conseillers en ressources humaines agréés is an asset.
• Experience in HR related functions is essential, experience in Merger & Acquisitions is an asset.
• Collaborative, solutions-oriented approach, with strong oral and written communication skills, bilingualism French/English. French is required. English is also required to communicate with customers outside Quebec on a regular basis.
• Excellent team-building skills and promoter of multisite collaboration.
• Ability to analyze, influence and make decisions to ensure strategic alignment and contribute to the overall success of the organization.
• Result-oriented with a demonstrated ability to effectively plan work and meet deadlines.
• In-depth knowledge of laws and regulations relating to human resources management and occupational health and safety (CNESST).
• Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office environment and facility in learning and using systems.
• Willingness to come to the office 4 times/week.

What's in it for you?

• Play a part in anticipating, sensing and responding to technology trends
• Help customers in driving efficiency and sustainability, making a strong impact
• Bring your knowledge and expertise, make the difference in technology

More about us

Our mission Human Resources (HR) is to help ABB stand out when it comes to our people - from leadership, performance and talent management to rewards and career opportunities. In all that we do, we seek to create competitive advantage by dedicating resources to attracting, developing and retaining talented individuals who are customer-focused, collaborative, innovative and driven. ABB Installation Products Division (formerly Thomas&Betts),is the number one manufacturer of electrification products in North America with a 125-year history of providing innovation and customer- focused solutions for connecting and protecting electrical systems, as well as a unique differentiated medium voltage offering. Our products are used all around you, every day – orbiting the earth, working on Mars, on the fastest trains we ride, in the fastest cars of the world, crossing oceans, in factories producing your food, in the tallest buildings of the world, in the most modern hotels and in the walls of your home. With a portfolio of more than 200,000 products marketed under more than 38 premium brand names, our Division offerings are found wherever electricity is used. We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the 8th year in a row, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada’s top employers by Forbes Magazine. Also named as Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Top Employers, Canada's Top Employers for Young People, Canada’s Greenest Employers and in 2021 Best Candidate Experience Award (CandE Award), ABB's culture and commitment are to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and support-ed. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage appli-cants to self-identify in the application process. ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.