Human Resources Business Partner

Are you an action-oriented HR professional with natural persuasive leadership, business acumen, and a passion for driving results on the floor? Our client, a manufacturing industry leader, is seeking a high-energy Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to serve as a key strategic advisor and right-hand partner to the HR Director.

In this influential role, you will be in the heart of the action—driving employee engagement, coaching operational managers, and optimizing organizational development. As a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), your ability to influence key stakeholders, build trust, and challenge the status quo will directly shape business success.


Advantages
• High-Impact Strategic Scope: Act as the primary trusted advisor to plant leadership and right hand to the HR Director
• A fun and dynamic environment that welcomes diversity in all its forms, talent, ideas, and creativity;
• Comprehensive insurance including vision, dental, travel, and more
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Telemedicine/telepharmacy
• RRSP: We contribute up to 4% of your salary, matching your contribution
• Bonus: Access to a bonus program based on our success as a company and on your personal goals achieved
• On-site cafeteria for convenient and pleasant lunch breaks
• Free parking;

Responsibilities
A Day in the Life as a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP):
•Advise, coach, and influence site managers on talent retention, performance management, labor relations, and leadership development.
•Maintain a strong floor presence, collaborating with operational teams to align HR strategies with production goals.
•Lead change management initiatives and guide teams through organizational transitions.
•Manage labor relations (union or non-union settings), serving as a skilled mediator to resolve complex situations.
•Analyze HR metrics (KPIs) and utilize data insights to drive decision-making and operational improvements.
•Champion corporate culture and continuously refine HR processes.


Qualifications
We are seeking an experienced, proactive, and persuasive HR leader who can hit the ground running:
•Education: Bachelor’s degree in HR Management, Industrial Relations, or a related field required.
•Experience: 5 to 8 years of proven experience as a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), ideally within a manufacturing environment.
•Leadership Profile: Highly action-oriented ("red" profile), exceptional communication and influencing skills, and strong business acumen.
•Expertise: Deep knowledge of Quebec labor laws, labor relations, and organizational development strategies.
•Language Skills: Professional bilingualism (French and English) to communicate effectively with internal and external partners.

Summary
Application instructions:
I would love to hear from you! If this Human Resources Business Partner position in Knowlton, QC sounds like an interesting opportunity, please apply, and/or send us your resume to andres.velilla@randstad.ca

How to apply:
1) email your resume to andres.velilla@randstad.ca
2) apply online at randstad.ca
3) connect through LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andresvelilla/

Randstad is the largest employment agency in Canada, and each consultant is specialized in his or her field. In addition to providing you with information on your job search, they will be able to advise you on how to find a job that matches your skills.

Randstad is an equal opportunity employer. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

Background:
kdc/one is a trusted, global provider of value-added solutions to many of the world’s leading brands in the beauty, personal care, and home care categories.

We partner closely with customers as a critical enabler of their success through ideation, formulation, design, packaging and manufacturing of products.

Every year, we help develop and manufacture products for brands sold in countries all over the world.

kdc/one is an equal opportunity employer. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.

REASON FOR WORKING KNOWLTON, QC:
• Here is the perfect balance. The dynamic balance that we all seek between the realization of our personal and professional dreams. The balance between proximity to major centers, with all the urbanity they provide, and rurality with its generous nature and diversified activities.
• Here, 40,000 students learn and develop skills through nearly 900 post-secondary programs and training and more than 100 vocational training programs. A wealth that generates creativity, a taste for going beyond and opening up to the world.
• Here, it is also health through the practice of activities of all kinds and through healthy lifestyles. Here, the playground is huge and nearby: peaks, trails, rivers, lakes, infrastructures and sports clubs. Whether you are a Sunday athlete or a high level athlete, you will find something to keep you in shape!
• Here, the landscapes of the Townships are varied and its nature is generous: lakes, rivers, mountains, vines, marshes, conifers, deciduous trees, valleys. Our bucolic landscapes encourage contemplation and letting go. In the fall, the landscapes ignite to create a panorama typical of southern Quebec.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.