Senior Manager, Labor Relations

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Boeing Canada Operations Limited is seeking a Senior Manager, Labor Relations, supporting the Canadian region.

The manager will be responsible for the overall Labor Relations (LR) strategy in Canada. Manages a staff of Labor Relations professionals in overseeing the day-to-day LR needs for multiple businesses and facilities throughout the country. Must be able to establish / maintain / repair relationships with external third parties (e.g. employee representatives, government entities, industry associations) as well as internal stakeholders (e.g. Human Resource business partners, legal, finance, business leaders, and communities of excellence).

Responsibilities include:

• Acquisition due diligence, integration

• Social relations / collective bargaining

• Workforce adjustment

• Enterprise-wide initiatives planning & implementation

• Process improvement / lean

• Change management

Preferred candidate will be technically capable, intellectually curious, a team player, and self-starter able to work remotely from headquarters and manage a distributed team. A mindset of lean and process improvement and an ability to communicate at all levels of an organization is required. Organizational savvy and the ability to collaborate with others while still achieving results in a timely manner is essential

• Manages employees designing, implementing and administering employee relations processes, including Employee Opinion Survey, the Employee Engagement and

• Work Environment Assessment models and Collective Bargaining.

• Provides senior leadership with recommendations, advice and counsel on Employee Relations policies, strategies and processes.

• Develops and executes integrated departmental plans, policies and procedures and provides input on departmental business and technical strategies, goals, objectives.

• Acquires resources for department activities, provides technical management of suppliers and leads process improvements.

• Develops and maintains relationships and partnerships with customers, stakeholders, peers, partners and direct reports.

• Provides oversight and approval of technical approaches, products and processes.

• Manages, develops and motivates employees.

Desired competencies include:

• Critical evaluation

• Business acumen

• Relationship management

• Communications

• Global & cultural effectiveness

This position is hybrid. This means that the selected candidate will be required to perform some work onsite at one of the listed location options. This is at the hiring team’s discretion and could potentially change in the future.

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 8+ years’ experience in Human Resources with progressively more responsible roles

• Deep technical Labor Relations experience in Canada

• Experience in a large multinational, highly-matrixed environment

• Must be willing and able to travel both domestically and internationally up to 40% of the time

• Must be legally able to work in Canada

• Individual must not pose a risk for safeguarding of controlled goods

• Must be eligible to handle US export-controlled data

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related field, post-graduate degree preferred

Relocation:

• This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Additional Information:

This requisition is for a locally hired position in Canada. The employer is Boeing Canada. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in Canada. Benefits and pay are determined by Canada and are not on Boeing US-based payroll. This is not an expatriate assignment.

Applications for this position will be accepted until March 22, 2024.

Pay transparency requirement for British Columbia, Canada: Summery Pay Range: $114,000CAD –$203,000CAD

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not accept unlawful discrimination in our recruitment or employment practices on any grounds including but not limited to; race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military and veteran status, or other characteristics covered by applicable law.

We have teams in more than 65 countries, and each person plays a role in helping us become one of the world’s most innovative, diverse and inclusive companies. We are proud members of the Valuable 500 and welcome applications from candidates with disabilities. Applicants are encouraged to share with our recruitment team any accommodations required during the recruitment process. Accommodations may include but are not limited to: conducting interviews in accessible locations that accommodate mobility needs, encouraging candidates to bring and use any existing assistive technology such as screen readers and offering flexible interview formats such as virtual or phone interviews.