Human Resources Manager at Tenneco

Job Purpose

In this role, you will plan and administers policies relating to all phases of human resources activity. You will carry out supervisory responsibilities following the organization’s policies and applicable laws.  Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning to assign and direct work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints; and resolving problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Identifies legal requirements and government reporting regulations affecting human resources functions and ensures policies, procedures, and reporting are complying
• Recruits, interviews, tests, and selects employees to fill vacant positions.
• Plans and conducts new employee orientation to foster a positive attitude toward company goals.
• Manage the keeping of records and benefits plans participation such as insurance and pension plant, personnel transactions such as hires, promotions, transfers, performance reviews, terminations, and employee statistics for government reporting.
• Coordinates management training in interviewing, hiring, terminations, promotions, performance review, safety, and sexual harassment.
• Advises and represents management in the appropriate resolution of employee relations issues.
• Responds to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and programs.
• Administers performance review programs to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and equity.
• Conducts wage surveys within the labor market to determine competitive wage rates.
• Prepares budget of human resources operations.
• Prepares employee separation notices and related documentation and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations.
• Prepares reports and recommends procedures to reduce absenteeism and turnover. 
• Supports the EH&S department to assure continuous compliance with company EHS procedures, standards, and applicable norms.
• Imposes compliance with EHS requirements for individuals and the organization through updating job descriptions and structures and establishing and applying disciplinary actions where breaches against such are identified.

Required Skills

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with various concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret various instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (B.A.) from four-year college or university, B Com Industrial Psychology or S4 National Diploma in HR Management
• Four years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Competent user of MS Office software, Payroll systems, and Human Resource systems.