Human Resources Manager

Who We Are

One Company. Hundreds of Products. Endless Possibilities. Ply Gem is North America's leading manufacturer of exterior building materials, including windows, siding, stone, and 40 other categories. At Ply Gem, we provide the nation's residential builders, remodelers and architects with access to a comprehensive range of building products. From new construction to repair, remodel and replacement, our full line of building products provide quality and value for all types of projects.

Ply Gem Canada is a growing company in the building products industry backed by Cornerstone Building Brands, providing us with stability and strength in the North American market. Cornerstone Building Brands is the largest manufacturer of vinyl windows in North America with brands you’ve come to know and trust. We have endless building product options from standard to specialty to customized to whatever you’re looking for. But it’s our service capabilities that sets us apart.

At Ply Gem Canada, we strive to produce a continuous stream of market leading products and services. We are creative and seek to recognize, embrace and apply new ideas and commercialize them more quickly than our competitors. We relentlessly seek to raise the bar on our products and services. We establish a reputation for innovation, quality and service that differentiates us from our competitors and enables us to tailor products and services to be the market leader.

Our building solutions are the cornerstone of the communities we serve. We believe every building we create, and every part of that building, positively contributes to communities where people live, work and play.

Why Join Our Team

Our employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact on our success while pursuing a wide range of opportunities to meet your personal aspirations for development and advancement within a stable, growing Canadian industry leader.

What You Can Expect from our Company

• You will be Part of a Winning Team

• You Can Capitalize on Your Opportunities and Make an Impact

• You Will Be Well Rewarded for Your Contributions to our Success

• You’ll work for a growing company with an excellent reputation in our sector for providing great products and customer service

• Competitive and tangible rewards that provide fair compensation relative to expectations and effort including base earnings, benefits for you and your family, and contributions toward your retirement savings
• Resources and support to help you manage your personal wellness

What the Company Expects of our Team

• Bring yourself fully to work each day

• Playing your role on the team so together we Win as One

• Welcoming and Driving Change to support our continued evolution

• Help drive the success of our Canadian Business through living our universal core values

• Making an Impact to ensure our continued success

SCOPE OF ROLE

The HR Manager is accountable for driving the human capital agenda within the Calgary plant. The role reports directly to the HR Director for the Operations client group and leads a small team. The ideal candidate is highly collaborative, accountable with strong critical-thinking skills and has a strong HR Generalist background with strengths in Employee & Labor Relations.

This is a fully on-site position with no hybrid or remote options available.

KEY OBJECTIVES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Business Partnering

• Create and/or deploy systematic and sustainable human capital solutions aligned to the business strategy that helps drive profitable growth. 
• Act as a trusted business partner by providing coaching and direction on human capital matters.
• Deliver on core HR processes within client group, supporting managers and team members to deliver timely and effective solutions and outcomes.
• Proactively advise clients on company policies, practices, and other pertinent matters.

Talent Management

• Build capability within client group via delivering on talent acquisition plans and needs.
• Identify talent and capability gaps and solutions with the end goal of having a sustainable and generative pipeline of high-quality talent.
• Lead effective performance management processes that differentiate talent based on performance.
• Support the professional development of team members via tools such as new hire induction, individual development plans, career management tools, and leadership development programs.

Employee Relations & Compliance

• Walk the manufacturing floor daily to build relationships and maintain a pulse on the organization.
• Ensure employee relations practices are sound, compliant, and mitigate company risk.
• Manage and effectively support union relations including but not limited to proactive communication with union officials, proactive coaching of managers union matters, and complaint resolution.
• Ensure necessary company policies are in-place, updated, communicated, and enforced effectively.
• Conduct workplace investigations in accordance with company practices.

Culture

• Lead initiatives that shape the organization’s culture consistent with the company’s aspiration.
• Develop and deliver actions to improve culture based on employee engagement survey data.
• Provide leadership to managers and local HR to proactively address issues and concerns; shape and cultivate leadership practices that drive a high performing and highly engaged team/culture.

Compensation

• Execute on compensation administration activity in line with company pay-for-performance philosophy and practices.

Other

• Guide, manage, mentor, and coach the HR team to ensure success and professional development.
• Track, analyze, and report human capital data, providing insight and perspective.
• Drive continuous improvement in all aspects of HR within client group.
• Lead or participate in special projects, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION REQUIEREMENTS

• Bachelor level degree in Organizational Development, HR, Business or related degree is required.

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 7 years professional HR experience required.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in leading teams required.
• Broad-based functional experience in HR and track record of accomplishment in areas of talent management, compensation, and employee & labor relations.
• Ability to travel approximately 5%.

LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES:

• Cornerstone Building Brands (CBB) Values and Behaviors & Mindsets – Act consistently with CBB’s Values (Safety, Integrity, & Inclusion) and Behaviors & Mindsets (Customer-Centricity, Interconnectedness, Continuous Improvement).
• Accountable – Accepts personal responsibility for actions and performance. Demonstrates sound judgment and owns problems and solutions. Holds others accountable to expectations.
• Analytical & Data-minded – Uses facts, data, and empirical information to draw accurate conclusions. Able to track, analyze, and report data.
• Change & Culture Champion – Able to impact the culture. Navigates and leads change through planning, effective communication, and influencing others in the adoption of change.
• Collaborative – Emotionally intelligent, listens, builds trust, and maintains strong relationships with others. Communicates effectively and understands varying viewpoints. Able to influence others and leverage relationships.
• Critical Thinker – Intellectually curious and able to navigate complex and ambiguous information and draw sound conclusions. Effective at solving problems and creating solutions.
• Resilient – Demonstrates courage, persistence, and the ability to navigate through challenges and difficult situations.
• Results Driven – Makes a positive business impact; Demonstrates self-motivation and executes intended outcomes.

Ply Gem Canada is committed to an inclusive, equitable and accessible workplace. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, including those with disabilities. We will accommodate applicants’ needs, upon request, throughout all stages of the recruitment process. Please inform us of the accommodation(s) that you may require. Information received relating to accommodation will be addressed confidentially