Senior Manager, Labor and Employee Relations
At Global Partners, business starts with people. Since 1933, we’ve believed in taking care of our customers, our guests, our communities, and each other—and that belief continues to guide us.
The Global Spirit is how we work to fuel that long term commitment to success. As a Fortune 500 company with 90+ years of experience, we’re proud to fuel communities—responsibly and sustainably. We show up every day with grit, passion, and purpose—anticipating needs, building lasting relationships, and creating shared value.
- Build response actions for unionization: (campaigns, activities and related legal support), as well as develops and implements union avoidance strategy across the Enterprise
- Ensure consistent approach and practices around employee investigations
- Establish and maintains productive relationships with key union representatives.
- Participate in organizations collective bargaining process and works to ensure that labor agreements are implemented and administered appropriately.
- Represent the organization in grievances and arbitration and seeks to resolve disputes between workers and management.
- Plans and implements long-term labor contract negotiation strategies.
- Partner with management to determine the needs of the business (quality, safety, performance, etc.) and work with union representatives to work towards an agreement.
- Investigate claims of workplace conflict and prepares reports of findings; Negotiate and resolve difficult problems including discharge and terminations of union employees.
- Supports the grievance and arbitration process and maintains positive employee relations and labor management relations.
- Prepares, interprets, processes, and educates around changes to collective bargaining agreements and contract negotiations.
- Anticipates trends in the labor markets and responds to them anticipating policy or operational changes that require pre-emptive actions.
- Strong Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of labor relations, unions, and collective bargaining, NLRB, HR Organizational Change and development
- Skills in building and maintaining effective work relationship
- Excellent judgement, problem solving, customer service, diplomacy, and interpersonal skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential matters with tact and discretion.
- Ability to manage competing demands and provide timely response to urgent issues.
- Current knowledge of applicable legislation including employment and labor laws.
- Must have valid driver’s license and ability to travel
- Bachelor's Degree
The pay range for this position is outlined above. The final amount offered at the start of employment is determined based on factors including, but not limited to, experience level, knowledge, skills, abilities and geographic location, and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance and market factors.
Our Commitments to You
Coins! We offer competitive salaries and opportunities for growth. We have an amazing Talent Development Team who create trainings for growth and job development.
Health & Wellness - Medical, Dental, Visions and Life Insurance. Along with additional wellness support.
The Road Ahead – We offer 401k and a match component!
Professional Development - We provide tuition reimbursement; this benefit is offered after 6 months of service.
What to Expect From the Hiring Process
We value passion and potential. Please apply if you’re qualified and interested—we’d love to hear from you.
A member of our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and may connect you with the hiring manager if your experience is a strong match.
Interviews are conducted virtually and in person, depending on the role. We’ll provide more details about next steps if selected to move forward.
Global Partners LP is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a company culture where ideas from all people help us grow, move and thrive. We embrace the diversity of all applicants and do not discriminate against race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by federal, state or local law. If you have a disability and need an accommodation to apply, please contact our recruiting department at 781-747-9675 or 781-7GP-WORK.
Disclaimer. At Global Partners, we don't use lie detector tests for any employment decisions. We follow all the rules and regulations, so we need to let you know. In Massachusetts, it's illegal to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment of continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.