HR Specialist

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Hammond, IN
Junior
Manufacturing
The Role
The HR Specialist will support the HR department by administering various programs related to employee relations, compensation, benefits, recruitment, and compliance with labor laws. Duties include tracking employee changes, processing payroll, conducting orientations, maintaining files, and fostering employee relations through events and communication.
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Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste.

We are committed to protecting food, people and the planet and are on the lookout for passionate and consummate professionals to join our growing team to help us deliver on our ambitious 2030 Strategy. We look for colleagues who Care, Dare and Deliver.

Job Summary

Assist HR department in administering various human resource programs, including, but not limited to employee relations, compensation, benefits, EAP, safety, recruitment, employee engagement, policies, procedures, leaves of absence, communications, AAP, company events, and community involvement, while ensuring compliance with all applicable federal and state labor laws. 

Essential Functions

  • Track hourly employee personnel changes (new hires, terminations, promotions, transfers, etc. to ensure accurate reporting and appropriate manning levels). 
  • Update HRIS database records and process paperwork for new hires, terminations, and other status changes.
  • Conduct new hire orientations.
  • Maintain personnel, medical, and confidential files.
  • Process weekly payroll.
  • Provide counsel to local leadership regarding application of the policies/procedures including hiring, promotion, employee disciplinary actions and terminations. Ensure consistent, equal, and fair treatment of employees.
  • Responsible for hourly staffing (maintain current job descriptions, recruit, interview, and schedule post-offer physicals/drug screens). Maintain contact with local agencies (employment bureau, colleges, technical schools, temporary agencies, etc.) to identify and recruit qualified candidates.
  • Conduct new hire orientations, reviewing company policies, procedures, and benefits.
  • Coordinate the administration of various employee-health, welfare, EAP, and retirement plans plant wide. Strive to ensure employees understanding of benefit programs by regularly generating communication and counseling employees/dependents.
  • Responsible for monitoring and communicating employee status changes related to Family and Medical, Short-Term, and Long-Term Disability leaves of absences.
  • Responsible for employee relations activities (i.e. employee events, holiday activities, employee contests and recognition, retirement celebrations, etc.).
  • Maintain open communication with all employees.
  • Respond to employee questions and foster positive employee relations. 
  • Participate in company-wide Human Resource projects or other roles as assigned or required.

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The Company
Batavia, OH
5,380 Employees
On-site Workplace

What We Do

Huhtamaki is a key global provider of sustainable packaging solutions for consumers around the world, enabling wellbeing and convenience. Our innovative products protect on-the-go and on-the-shelf food and beverages, ensuring hygiene and safety, and help prevent food waste. We embed sustainability in everything we do. We are committed to achieving carbon neutral production and designing all our products to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2030.

We are a participant in the UN Global Compact and EcoVadis has awarded Huhtamaki with the Gold medal for performance in sustainability. To play our part in managing climate change, we have set science-based targets that have been approved and validated by the Science Based Targets initiative.

With 100 years of history and a strong Nordic heritage we operate in 37 countries and 103 operating locations around the world. Our values Care Dare Deliver guide our decisions and help our team of around 18 000 employees make a difference where it matters. Our 2023 net sales totaled EUR 4.2 billion. Huhtamaki Group is headquartered in Espoo, Finland and our parent company, Huhtamäki Oyj, is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Find out more about how we are protecting food, people and the planet on www.huhtamaki.com

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