Senior People and Culture Manager
Montreal, QC, Canada
Full Time
Senior Manager/Supervisor
Company Overview
Targray - Building sustainable solutions for a world in transition.
Established in 1987 in Montreal, Canada, Targray is a global leader in the sourcing, transportation, storage, trading and distribution of commodities and advanced materials for a broad range of industry sectors. Our supply solutions help reduce the world's carbon footprint while enabling our customers to create safer, more reliable products for consumers.
The Senior People & Culture Manager is the senior people leader reporting directly to the President, responsible for leading People & Culture across Targray’s global operations. This role partners closely with executives, oversees people operations and talent functions, and ensures consistent, compliant, and effective people practices across regions.
The Senior People & Culture Manager leads a lean global team, including People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Country HR (India), and plays an active role in employee relations, compensation application, and executive advisory. The role is hands-on, business-focused, and closely aligned with leadership in supporting organizational performance and organizational health.
Responsibilities
Executive & HR Business Partnering
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We are committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We welcome and embrace the diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives that make our people unique and help guide us. When people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.
For more information about our company, please visit https://www.targray.com/.
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Targray - Building sustainable solutions for a world in transition.
Established in 1987 in Montreal, Canada, Targray is a global leader in the sourcing, transportation, storage, trading and distribution of commodities and advanced materials for a broad range of industry sectors. Our supply solutions help reduce the world's carbon footprint while enabling our customers to create safer, more reliable products for consumers.
- Targray has operations in 11 countries and over $1B USD in annual sales. In 2019, the company made its debut appearance on the FP500, Financial Post’s ranking of the top 500 corporations in Canada by revenue.
- Great Place to Work® | Best Workplaces in Quebec (2020-2024)
- Deloitte | Best Managed Companies (2019 - 2022)
- EY Canada | Quebec Entrepreneur of the Year (2016)
The Senior People & Culture Manager is the senior people leader reporting directly to the President, responsible for leading People & Culture across Targray’s global operations. This role partners closely with executives, oversees people operations and talent functions, and ensures consistent, compliant, and effective people practices across regions.
The Senior People & Culture Manager leads a lean global team, including People Operations, Talent Acquisition, and Country HR (India), and plays an active role in employee relations, compensation application, and executive advisory. The role is hands-on, business-focused, and closely aligned with leadership in supporting organizational performance and organizational health.
Responsibilities
Executive & HR Business Partnering
- Act as the primary HR advisor to the President and executive team
- Provide HR Business Partner support for all regions outside India
- Advise leaders on performance management, workforce planning, and sensitive people matters
- Support and guide executives through sensitive people matters with sound judgment and discretion
- Lead and oversee employee relations matters, investigations, and terminations (with legal counsel as required)
- Ensure people decisions are consistent, fair, well-documented, and defensible
- Ensure compliance with Québec employment standards (ALS, CNESST), Canadian employment law, and applicable international regulations
- Serve as the escalation point for complex or high-risk people matters
- Apply and govern the company’s compensation framework, including:
- Salary reviews and increases
- Promotions and role changes
- Bonus and incentive administration (where applicable)
- Advise leadership on market alignment, internal equity, and compression risks
- Ensure compensation decisions are consistent, documented, and aligned with company guidelines
- Escalate exceptions and framework changes to executive leadership
- Compensation framework design remains with executive leadership
- Lead and oversee People Operations globally, in partnership with HR Ops roles
- Ensure effective delivery and governance across:
- Payroll/Third Party Employers
- HRIS (SAP SuccessFactors)
- Benefits administration
- Onboarding and offboarding standards
- Lead Talent Acquisition through the Global Recruiter (non-India regions)
- Partner on hiring quality, assessment consistency, and offer governance
- Oversee early employee experience initiatives, including 30-90 day check-ins
- Monitor early attrition and engagement trends and surface insights to leadership
- Lead and develop a team which is intentionally lean and globally distributed
- Set priorities, objectives, and performance expectations
- Foster collaboration across regions while maintaining clarity, accountability, and governance
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Industrial Relations, Business Administration, or a related field
- CHRP / CRHA designation preferred (or in progress)
- Minimum 10 years of progressive People & Culture / HR experience, including senior HR leadership responsibilities
- Demonstrated experience supporting executives and leading complex employee relations matters
- Strong working knowledge of Québec employment legislation (ALS, CNESST) and Canadian employment practices
- Experience overseeing compensation administration, performance management, and HR operations
- Exposure to global or multi-jurisdictional work environments preferred
- Excellent bilingual proficiency is required written and verbal in English and French.
- English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US, and other countries across the globe where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
- Sound judgment & risk awareness – able to assess people risk and advise decisively
- Executive presence & influence – comfortable partnering directly with senior leaders
- Employee relations expertise – confident handling complex and sensitive matters
- Pragmatic decision-making – solutions-oriented
- Leadership & accountability – able to lead a small, distributed team effectively
- Change resilience – operates well in ambiguity and transition
- Beautiful, spacious, and modern workplace environment
- On-site gym and yoga room reserved for employees.
- Medical and dental insurance.
- Retirement Savings Plan with employer matching.
- Subsidized healthy lunch program with fresh meals served daily.
- Free on-site electric vehicle charging
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity and inclusiveness are at the heart of who we are and how we work. We are committed to fostering an environment where differences are valued, policies and practices are equitable, and our people feel a sense of belonging. We welcome and embrace the diverse experiences, abilities, backgrounds, and perspectives that make our people unique and help guide us. When people feel free to be their authentic selves at work, they bring their best and are empowered to build a better working world.
For more information about our company, please visit https://www.targray.com/.
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