Plant HR Manager - Collaborative Environment

Our client is a leading producer of premium cured meats in the United States, committed to delivering authentic Italian flavors and culinary excellence to consumers nationwide. With a rich heritage spanning generations, our client combines traditional craftsmanship with innovative techniques to create a diverse range of high-quality charcuterie products. Renowned for their dedication to quality, taste, and authenticity, our client continues to set the standard for excellence in the industry, captivating the palates of discerning customers across the country. Join our client's team and be a part of a dynamic company that values passion, craftsmanship, and a commitment to culinary excellence.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The following responsibilities are general duties that a particular employee in this position may or may not be required to perform. The actual duties required of this position may vary. This list is not exhaustive of all duties that the position holder may be required to perform.

Employment:

• Administer recruitment activities for all full-time employees (e.g. screening, phone interviews, scheduling interviews, checking references, making offer or denial contacts)
• Monitor and follow up on temporary employee conversions after 90 days
• Conduct new hire/onboarding and benefit orientations
• Create HR policies and procedures

Benefit administration:

• Facilitate open and new benefit enrollment
• Generate COBRA notices/packets

Leave of Absence Administration

• Engage in the interactive process
• Process all medical benefit invoices
• Update tracking workbook

Administration of other human resource matters

• Monitor employee disciplinary actions
• Coach supervisors on handling employee disciplinary matters
• Assist with the management and investigation of work injuries, work status and closure of claims
• Create and revise HR documents or forms
• Maintain and update all files (Personnel, Confidential, 1-9, EEO, LOA, Workers' Comp, etc.)
• Conduct investigations for reported problems/grievances
• Process all job separations
• Plan all employee appreciation functions

Other duties within the department as may be assigned

Competencies:

To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

• Uses strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with people at all levels both within and outside of the company
• Pays close attention to detail to ensure company compliance with various regulations
• Takes initiative
• Uses strong organizational skills to effectively multi-task
• Analyzes data and derives conclusions from reports
• Adapts to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Has knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Identifies the need for plans, procedures, goals, strategies or processes to address employee matters
• Coaches and develops skills of company supervisors and managers to effectively manage employees

Education/Experience: Bachelor's Degree plus 5-7 years of human resources experience covering a wide range of HR functions

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee must occasionally lift, carry and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is frequently required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, climb, reach, bend/twist, kneel/squat and crawl. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly conducts repetitive hand motion. The employee is required to read, write, analyze data and reports and draw conclusions.