Treehouse Foods
Sr Director, Labor & Employee Relations
USA-IL Oak Brook · Director · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$198k-$298kDetected 5 hours ago
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About the role
- This role serves as a trusted strategic advisor to the CHRO, HR Leadership Team, Operations, Legal, Finance, Plant Leadership, and site HR leaders on complex workforce, labor, and organizational matters.
- TreeHouse Foods operates 24 manufacturing sites across the United States and Canada, including 13 sites with collective bargaining agreements and 11 non-union sites.
- Employees are represented by multiple unions across the network, including BCTGM, Teamsters/IBT, UFCW, and Unifor.
Responsibilities
- Develop multi-year CBA strategies that support cost containment, operational flexibility, workforce stability, and constructive labor-management relationships.
- Build and sustain relationships with local union leadership while protecting the company's right to manage and operate the business effectively.
- Lead contingency planning for potential labor disruptions, including strike readiness, operational continuity, communications, security, staffing, customer/service impact, and site-specific response plans.
- Lead or oversee grievance management, arbitration preparation, settlement strategy, information requests, ULP/NLRB matters, and labor-related litigation support in partnership with Legal and external counsel.
- Create standard templates and processes for grievance tracking, documentation, investigation quality, case assessment, and escalation.
- Design and deliver leader training on respectful supervision, communication, early issue resolution, policy consistency, employee feedback channels, and legal guardrails for organizing activity.
Requirements
- Experience managing grievances, arbitrations, union information requests, ULP charges, organizing activity, and outside counsel relationships.
- ability to travel to Canada required.
Nice to have
- 15 years of progressive experience in human resources, labor relations, employee relations, or labor/employment law
- manufacturing, food, CPG, distribution, or multi-site operations experience strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. labor and employment law, including the NLRA, NLRB processes, WARN, FLSA, FMLA, employment discrimination/retaliation principles, investigations, discipline, and terminations
- Canadian labor relations knowledge preferred.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial/Labor Relations, Business, Law, or a related field required
- Master's in Industrial/Labor Relations, MBA, or JD preferred.
Compensation
- The anticipated compensation for this position ranges from $198,400.00 - 297,600.00 USD annually.
Benefits
- Collective bargaining agreements generally range from 3 to 5 years, creating a recurring need for disciplined negotiation planning, cost/benefit analysis, stakeholder alignment, and implementation follow-through.
- We embrace change, prioritize continuous learning, and foster collaboration, transparency, and healthy debate.
- Competitive compensation and benefits program with no waiting period - you're eligible from your first day!
- 401(k) program with 5% employer match and 100% vesting as soon as you enroll.
Company info
- Comprehensive paid time off opportunities, including immediate access to four weeks of vacation, five sick days, parental leave and 11 company holidays (including two floating holidays).
- Leaders who are invested in supporting your accelerated career growth, plus paid training, tuition reimbursement and a robust educational platform - DevelopU - with more than 10,000 free courses to support you along the way.
- An inclusive working environment where you can build meaningful work relationships with a diverse group of professionals. Take advantage of opportunities to build on our team-oriented culture, such as joining one of our Employee Resource Groups.
- Access to our wellness and employee assistance programs.
- TreeHouse Foods is a leading manufacturer of private label packaged foods and beverages, operating a network of over 20 production facilities and several corporate offices across the United States and Canada.
- At TreeHouse Foods, our commitment to excellence extends beyond our products and revolves around our people.
- We are investing in talent and creating a performance-based culture where employees can do their best work and develop their careers, directly impacting our mission to make high quality, affordable food for our customers, communities, and families.
- We hope you will consider joining the team and being part of our future.
- Named one of America's Best Large Employers by Forbes Magazine, we are proud to live by a strong set of values and strive to "Engage and Delight - One Customer at a Time." Guided by our values- Own It, Commit to Excellence, Be Agile, Speak Up, and Better Together.
- We are a diverse team driven by integrity, accountability, and a commitment to exceptional results.
- Together, we set each other up for success to achieve enterprise-wide goals.
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