HR Manager (Ventrac & American Augers) - The Toro Company

Ventrac, located in Orrville, Ohio, is a division of The Toro Company. Ventrac is a premier innovator of equipment for turf and landscape grounds management, sidewalk snow removal, and specialty grounds care maintenance. Built for performance with quality to last, Ventrac equipment is ideal for golf course turf management, sports fields, collegiate campuses, residential and commercial property maintenance, and public green spaces. #LI-Ventrac 

American Augers, located in West Salem, Ohio is a division of The Toro Company. American Augers builds the largest horizontal directional drills in the industry, and a full range of auger boring machines. With the rugged user in mind, American Augers rigs are built to last and backed by 24-hour worldwide support. 

Job Purpose:

Provide human resources counsel, services, and decision-making expertise to the Orrville, OH and West Salem, OH locations to help ensure a highly productive, motivated, and engaged workforce.  Recommend appropriate HR-related actions to help employees meet business needs while supporting the company's commitment to culture and maintaining positive employee and labor relations.  Confer with business partners in various areas such as talent development, change management, performance management, business planning, staffing, conflict management, etc.

What Will You Do?  

In order to grow and build a successful career with The Toro Company, you will be responsible for:  ​

• Demonstrate and foster a high-engagement culture through an intentional focus on employee listening, positive employee relations, talent development and retention​.
• Communicate and lead people processes for assigned teams in partnership with the leader(s).

• Provide advisory and consultative services to assigned business/functional leaders on HR-related issues.
• Oversee and/or facilitate employee relations investigations, including interviews, documentation and follow up, leading to appropriate outcomes.
• Develop, communicate and lead the overall people and talent strategy for the business/function, in partnership with leadership​.
• Lead talent initiatives within the business/function around performance management, talent assessment, succession planning, recognition and rewards, leveraging processes and tools developed by centers of excellence (COE) partners​.
• Collaborate with leaders on optimizing organizational design to increase productivity and improve business/function performance.​
• Serve as a role model and champion a culture of inclusion; lead efforts and initiatives within their business/function and as a part of the broader HR team to advance The Toro Company’s progress in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion​.
• Own the recruitment of top talent that possess the key capabilities and leadership attributes needed for success. Utilize internal and external platforms to fill open positions as well as build the talent pipeline for the future​.
• Leverage people data within global HCM (Workday) to provide actionable insights to inform talent strategies and measure progress against goals and ambitions​.
• Work closely with HR colleagues and peer business partners to ensure alignment on and coordination of leadership decisions and people strategies.​
• Effectively manage time and ongoing projects to ensure sufficient support to employees and leaders at both locations.  ​​​

What Do You Need?  

To be considered for this role, an individual should meet the following requirements:  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field required.
• HRM I = 2-4 years of exempt level progressive human resource management experience.
• HRM II = 4-8+ years exempt level progressive human resource management experience. Extensive employee relations experience required

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Master's Degree preferred.
• SHRM-SP or SPHR certification preferred.
• Broad HR background/experience in areas such as organization change and effectiveness, business partnership and delivery of tangible improvements in business performance through design and deployment of programs/practices.
• Strong business acumen and ability to contribute to the business strategy and operational plans.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; good facilitation skills.  Ability to analyze and define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions.

What Can We Give You?     

At TTC, American Augers & Ventrac we are always working to make sure our employees know just how valued they are. In addition to a competitive salary, an affordable and top tier medical/dental/vision plan, 401k, and many other great benefits – TTC offers employees a variety of perks, including:  

Dress for your day - We know you're more productive when you're comfortable, which is why employees are encouraged to take advantage of our casual, office-plant blended environment.