Job Description:
3M Health Care is now Solventum
At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.
We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.
The Impact You’ll Make on this Role
The Workforce Relations Manager has accountability for leading the centralized US employee relations function, supporting all US non‑production, non‑plant leaders. The role owns strategy, governance, and execution of workforce relations across businesses and functions, ensuring fair, consistent, and compliant people practices aligned to Solventum’s values. This role enables leaders to perform at their best while minimizing risk, strengthening culture, and improving organizational health.
As a Workforce Relations Manager you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:
How you will make an impact
Lead the centralized US Workforce Relations function supporting all non‑production, non‑plant leaders.
Serve as the senior advisor and escalation point for complex, sensitive, and high‑risk workforce matters.
Provide expert guidance on:
Employee and labor relations
Conflict and behavior management
Policy and compliance‑related management issues
Crisis and sensitive employee situations
Performance management
Lead, develop, and coach a team of specialized Workforce Relations advisors
Build organizational capability by strengthening leadership effectiveness through guidance, coaching, and knowledge-sharing.
Foster a culture of fairness, consistency, and accountability within the Workforce Relations team and across the broader HR organization.
Define and implement SLAs, metrics, and performance monitoring for Workforce Relations services.
Use data-driven insights to identify systemic issues, trends, and organizational risks, and translate those insights into actionable recommendations for HR and business leaders.
Drive simplification, automation, and continuous improvement of Workforce Relations processes in partnership with other HR Functions.
Your Skills and Expertise
To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree or higher and minimum of 5 years of experience managing US employee relations.
Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:
Experience establishing and scaling a centralized ER team,
Experience in process design and improvement, including standardization, optimization and automatization of processes.
Deep expertise in employee and labor relations, including conflict and behavior management, policy and compliance‑related management issues, crisis and sensitive employee situations and performance management.
Experience managing a team
Strong leadership skills, including ability to coach and influence leaders at all levels.
Highly effective coaching and advising skills with demonstrated active listening and conflict resolution capabilities.
Experience operating within a matrixed, modern HR model and partnering closely with HRBPs and COEs.
Data and results driven
Work location: Remote – based in Canada
Travel: May include up to 5-10% domestic
Relocation Assistance: May be authorized
Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H1B status).
Supporting Your Well-being
Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.
Vacancy Status: This position is for an existing vacancy.Applicable to Canadian Applicants. The expected compensation range for this position is - CAD, which reflects the anticipated base salary for this role. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as a candidate’s experience, skills, training, and work location, in alignment with Canadian pay equity and pay transparency requirements. This role may also be eligible for additional compensation components (e.g., incentive programs) and a comprehensive suite of benefits available to employees in Canada. For more information on Solventum’s Total Rewards offerings, please visit: https://www.solventum.com/en-us/home/our-company/careers/#Total-RewardsSolventum Canada welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
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