Director, Employee Relations

In this position...

As Employee Relations Director, you will report to the Vice President of Employee Relations and will be a critical member of a team that upholds the Company's Values. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of employee relations professionals in employment investigations, employment investigation process, data and metrics management, employee discipline, HR policy drafting/management, and other employee relations and performance counseling duties. The demands of this role are dynamic and require an individual who has a positive mindset and thrives on working hard to build new processes, products, and policies. The individual must be resilient, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and be a seasoned leader of people. This leadership will require ensuring we have the best possible employee relations talent. This requires strong and inspirational leadership, talent development, and upskilling. Besides traditional employee relations, the role also includes impactful projects; therefore, the role requires experience with developing plans to implement enterprise projects related to employee relations products, policy, and processes. This includes project management skills, change management skills, engaging and aligning key stakeholders, reviewing existing policies and processes, and updating with competitive practice along with a mindset for improving the employee experience.

This role is a hybrid role that will be based in Michigan and located at World Headquarters, with expected occasional travel to Ford facilities inside and outside of Michigan as required, in some cases up to 20% of the time.

As Employee Relations Director, you will report to the Vice President of Employee Relations and will be a critical member of a team that upholds the Company's Values. In this role, you will be responsible for leading a team of employee relations professionals in employment investigations, employment investigation process, data and metric management, employee discipline, HR policy drafting/management, and other employee relations and performance counseling duties.

What you'll do...

This role reports to the Vice President of Employee Relations, and will be responsible for the following:

• Leading and developing a high-performing team of employee relations professionals engaged tasks that may include conducting and managing sensitive employment investigations, working with available data to drive efficient processes (including timely investigation closures), using data proactively to benefit processes/culture, managing employment discipline and separations, performance management, and drafting HR policies.

• Developing and assuring the quality of programs and processes related to investigations and employee relations.

• Ensuring the team meets goals and objectives aligned with Company goals, including case closure rates.

• Train and guide team members as needed.

• Collaborate well cross functionally to further the goals of the Company and Employee Relations team.

• Look for and drive process improvements and efficiencies to support high quality employee relations.

• Proactively utilize data and metrics to inform improvements to policy, process, and training to educate employees.

• Scan the external environment for regulations, best practices, and trends to be proactive and inform continuous improvement actions.

• Internally, the role will make recommendations to and liaise with operations and across HR.

• Acting with the highest integrity.

Other duties as assigned

What you'll do...

This role reports to the Vice President of Employee Relations, and will be responsible for the following:

• Leading and developing a high-performing team of employee relations professionals engaged tasks that may include conducting and managing sensitive employment investigations, working with available data to drive efficient processes (including timely investigation closures), using data proactively to benefit processes/culture, managing employment discipline and separations, performance management, and drafting HR policies.

• Developing and assuring the quality of programs and processes related to investigations and employee relations.

• Ensuring the team meets goals and objectives aligned with Company goals, including case closure rates.

• Train and guide team members as needed.

• Collaborate well cross functionally to further the goals of the Company and Employee Relations team.

• Look for and drive process improvements and efficiencies to support high quality employee relations.

• Proactively utilize data and metrics to inform improvements to policy, process, and training to educate employees.

• Scan the external environment for regulations, best practices, and trends to be proactive and inform continuous improvement actions.

• Internally, the role will make recommendations to and liaise with operations and across HR.

• Acting with the highest integrity.

Other duties as assigned