HR Business Specialist

Req ID: 112573
Remote Position: No
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga

**HR Specialist - 8 Month Contract Assignment**

This role reports directly to the Canadian Operations Human Resources Director while partnering closely with the site operations teams. This is an 8-month contract assignment. Hours are full-time (40 hours per week) and will be based in Mississauga, Ontario. Occasional travel to Newmarket, Ontario will be required as needed.

**Responsibilities Include**:

- The Human Resources Specialist is a hands-on role that provides full cycle Human Resources support to our Canadian manufacturing sites.
- The role supports executing our people initiatives, providing great internal customer support, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement.
- This role will work through our corporate Centers’ of Excellence to provide local site feedback on corporate pilot programs and will support corporate roll outs.
- Provide consultation and support to managers with implementing and carrying out HR policies and practices, employee development, performance management, and other employee relations issues, including performance counseling, discipline and termination, workforce planning, risk management and employment law implications.
- Work closely with Corporate HR to champion, execute and monitor the effectiveness of corporate programs and initiatives.
- Supports implementation of HR initiatives at the site and ensures appropriate change management is in place.
- Contribute to the creation of a workplace that mirrors our core values.
- Champion the shaping and sustaining of a diverse and inclusive workplace that is engaging, enabling and energizing.
- Support management and talent acquisition in obtaining and retaining top talent through collaboration of determining staff needs and appropriate compensation.
- Lead engagement activities at the site.

**Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities**:

- Success in supporting effective and positive employee relations, retention and reward programs
- The ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously within a rapid and complex changing work environment
- Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
- Strong business and operational acumen to effectively partner with site business leaders.
- Ability to work independently.
- In depth understanding of applicable provincial and federal labour laws.
- Knowledge of world class manufacturing processes and lean and/or Six Sigma strategies.

**Experience**:

- Minimum of 2-4 years’ progressive HR generalist experience, ideally in a manufacturing environment
- Competence to build and effectively manage interpersonal relationships at all levels of the company
- Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to negotiate and influence within a collaborative framework
- Demonstrated initiative to analyze and resolve problems quickly, efficiently and collaboratively
- Business maturity, diverse experience in others areas of the business recommended

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree and/or College Diploma in Human Resources or related field, or equivalent work history or certifications in Human Resources, Business Administration or relevant field.
- Attained or working towards CHRP / CHRL Designation. Completion of the certification is considered an asset.
- Experience with ADP and Success Factors or similar HRIS systems considered an asset.

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

COMPANY OVERVIEW:
Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.