What are the responsibilities and job description for the Human Resources Manager position at Green Bay Packaging - De Pere Shipping Container?
As the Human Resources Manager at our De Pere Shipping Container Division, you’ll sit on the leadership team and help connect the dots between business goals and the day-to-day employee experience. You’ll coach leaders, build strong teams, and keep our culture grounded in safety, respect, and continuous improvement. If you like strategy and rolling up your sleeves to make things happen, this role gives you both.
Responsibilities- Partner with the General Manager and leadership team to set and execute the site’s people strategy (org design, change leadership, workforce planning).
- Champion a safety-first, people-first culture by modeling consistent, transparent leadership behaviors.
- Coach leaders on performance management, corrective action, and effective day-to-day people leadership.
- Lead employee relations efforts, including investigations, conflict resolution, and proactive issue prevention.
- Drive organizational development: leadership development, succession planning, talent reviews, and team effectiveness.
- Promote and sustain the team-based work system through training, role clarity, accountability, and continuous improvement behaviors.
- Partner with leaders on recruiting strategies, selection, internal mobility, and onboarding to accelerate early-tenure success.
- Oversee HR operations, policies, and practices to ensure consistency, compliance, and an excellent employee experience.
- Collaborate with Corporate HR on compensation, benefits, and HR systems administration; help employees navigate questions and issue resolution.
- Plan and support communication, recognition, and engagement initiatives that strengthen culture and two-way feedback.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
- 5 years of progressive HR experience with leadership‑level influence
- Strong background in organizational development and leadership coaching
- Proven employee relations, performance management, and change leadership experience
- Manufacturing or industrial HR experience preferred
- Master’s degree or HR certification (PHR, SPHR, SHRM‑CP/SCP) preferred
In addition to a competitive wage, the selected candidate will enjoy a comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, wellness programs, STD, LTD, life insurance, company matching 401(k) and pension. Green Bay Packaging benefits may vary by position or division.
Started in 1933, Green Bay Packaging Inc. is a family owned, vertically integrated company consisting of corrugated container plants, a folding carton facility, recycled and virgin containerboard mills, pressure-sensitive label roll stock plants, timberlands, a paper slitting operation, and a sawmill facility. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wis., Green Bay Packaging Inc. employs over 4,600 team members and operates 40 facilities in 16 states, each with a dedication to innovative development of its products and forestry resources, with a focus on safety, sustainability, quality, and continuous improvement. For more information about Green Bay Packaging Inc., visit gbp.com.
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