Human Resources Business Partner
at Koch Fertilizer

Job Description

Your Job

Koch Fertilizer Canada is seeking an HR Business Partner to join our team in Brandon, Manitoba. This position involves having a deep understanding of HR best practices and will excel at building strong relationships with leaders and employees, acting as a trusted advisor and change agent. This role is pivotal in aligning our HR initiatives and functions with business objectives, supporting and fostering strong employee and labour relations within a Principle-Based Management® culture. The right individual will proactively seek and share knowledge, while providing strategic thought partnership and respectful challenge to ideas.

Our Team

A subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., one of the world's largest private companies, Koch Fertilizer's global operations leverage Principle-Based Management® to create long-term value for customers and society. By focusing on long-term value creation, we promote a challenging and rewarding environment for our professional and highly respected employees.

What You Will Do

• Accelerate our company culture through application of Principle Based Management™ in leadership coaching and decision-making processes.
• Demonstrate courage to proactively recognize and challenge teams when ideas and/or strategies may not align with cultural expectations and/or the business vision.
• Support leaders in connecting employees to how they contribute to the company goals and success; help leaders identify talent gaps and support them through coaching initiatives.
• Advance implementation of our compensation philosophy through support of supervisors.
• Understand key drivers of business performance, how talent and culture contribute to those drivers and partner with business leaders to advance the business vision.
• Develop effective working relationships, trust and credibility with business, union and HR stakeholders
• Actively support for talent planning, and employee development to strengthen the company's talent position.
• Support supervisors and union representatives with strategic resolution, effective grievance management, and joint labour relations initiatives through your ability to administer and interpret collective agreements.
• Ensure business decisions are compliant with all employment laws and regulations. Partner with compliance, labour relations and legal resources as necessary.

This role will require periodic travel to the United States for team building, training and development purposes.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience in economically solving problems
• Experience coaching, leading and/or influencing supervisors and business professionals
• Experience in establishing and maintaining productive, trusted relationships with business leaders, employees, and or HR team members

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience in a manufacturing, industrial or chemical processing environment
• CPHR or working towards CPHR designation (CPHR Candidate)
• Prior exposure to labour relations including collective bargaining process and grievance management

This role is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Who We Are

As a Koch Company, Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) is a global provider of value-added solutions for the agriculture, turf and ornamental, energy and chemical markets. From agriculture to energy, KAES makes things grow better with plant nutrient and biological technologies. Our team of innovators unleash their potential while developing the technologies that feed and power the world.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.