Director - Human Resources

Who We Are:

GEODIS specializes in unlocking business value in a complex world, ensuring seamless movement of goods worldwide. As a global third-party logistics provider (3PL), we power A Better Way to Deliver for the world's top brands and manufacturers. Fuel your career with GEODIS and discover endless growth opportunities.

Your role on the team:

• Leads the training and development programs for all associates.
• Procures technology and outsourcing opportunities for HR services.
• Recruits, selects, and evaluates HR staff throughout the organization.
• Provides monthly updates for corporate staff regarding new hires, policies, employment matters, and other announcements.
• Prepares and delivers reports on employment law activity to executive staff.
• Prepares and delivers weekly executive HR reports.
• Approves expenses and department purchases.
• Provides direction and advice to all levels of the organization for employee relations matters.
• Manages relationships with employment law firms across the organization.
• Responds to all government inquiries and charges that are employment related.
• Manages employment-related lawsuits and litigation.
• Negotiates union contracts in organized work locations.
• Responds to union grievances.
• Makes succession planning decisions and provides input to plans for other business units.
• Trains and develops HR staff for readiness in future positions.
• Writes, interprets, and communicates corporate policies owned by the HR department.
• Develops associate handbook and employee work rules for all business units.
• Works with the M&A team for employment-related matters during acquisitions.
• Provides HR support to start-up operations both domestically and internationally.
• Answers requests for information about employment matters during the RFP process.
• Approves requests and supervises investigations concerning acceptable use of information technology resources.

What you need:

• Minimum 10 years minimum experience in HR with a minimum of 5 years in staff management.
• Significant labor relations and employment law experience required.
• Multi-state and multi-site experience is required.
• In-depth knowledge of Canadian market

Bonus if you have:

• PHR or SPHR preferred.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.
• Ability to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style and format.
• Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations.
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such tasks as frequency distribution, determination of test reliability and validity, analysis of variance, correlation techniques, sampling theory, and factor analysis.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

What you gain from joining our team:

• Access wages early with the Rain financial wellness app.
• Free telemedical access to doctors and therapists through FirstStop Health available first day of employment!
• Health, dental, and vision insurance after 30 days of employment
• 401k match
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Access to career development, employee resource groups, and mentorship programs
• Employee discounts
• Access to employee perks like fitness class discounts and free access to a relaxation and meditation app
• Free financial wellness programs
• Daycare discount program
• Opportunities to volunteer and give back to your community
• + more!

Join our Team!

• Visit our website atworkatGEODIS.comand chat with our virtual recruiter, Sophie, to fast-track your way to an interview.

OR

• Text DELIVER to 88300 to Apply1