McLane is one of the largest and most stable supply chain services leaders in the United States. We’ve been at the forefront of delivering retail and restaurant solutions for convenience stores, mass merchants, drug stores, and chain restaurants for over 125 years. Our vision is to be an agile, innovative, and unified supply chain partner that delivers a superior customer experience, improves the lives of our teammates and community, and produces best-in-class returns.

The Manager of Teammate Relations supports the Senior Director of Teammate Relations and partners with McLane Business Unit Leadership, Human Resource Managers and other leaders in the execution of a broad, well- balanced and effective labor/teammate relations strategy. This position works as a liaison between teammates and management to resolve conflict and/or conduct investigations with responsibility for oversight and management of investigations that come into the Home Office via Open Door Policy, and any other avenues (manager, HR, teammates, etc.).

• Oversight and management of investigations, to include project management, and conducting investigations for Open Doors, Hotline or other contacts.
• Trains and assists Human Resource Managers in doing investigations, writing investigation reports and providing advice.
• Supports labor/teammate relations with research and analysis by performing research for markets, changes in laws, NLRB decisions (seeking legal advice as needed), monitoring daily/weekly labor articles, contract analysis or other related items.
• Proactively monitors labor risks by collecting, analyzing and reporting on labor data (internal and external).
• Works on complex labor/teammate relations projects and activities to support, analyze, develop and/or improve individual engagement tools utilized by McLane (team member surveys, Connectivity Program, focus groups).
• Develops materials to support the labor/teammate relations’ strategies by creating, maintaining and updating presentations and other materials for use proactively and reactively.
• Produces labor/teammate relations reports and updates for leadership.
• Provides labor/teammate relations, coaching and education to leadership, as required.
• Identifies, sources and utilizes internal business partners and third-party vendor support for specialized projects that require unique expertise or resources that are not readily available.

MINIMUM SKILLS AND QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations, Human Resources Management, or another related field.
• Work experience conducting investigations with exposure to best practices. Certification a plus.
• A minimum of 3-5 years labor/employee relations experience.
• Project management experience preferred
• Effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Willingness to be continually available to teammates and leadership to discuss workplace issues.
• Ability to manage and maintain online resources.
• Knowledge of current trends in labor relations.
• Ability to provide effective teammate relations support to HR and Operations personnel.
• Ability to identify labor/teammate relations best practices that will improve workplace environments.
• Office environment
• Some travel required

Candidates may be subject to a background check and drug screen, in accordance with applicable laws.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.