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The HR Specialist is responsible for supporting the plant and employees to help achieve operational goals, reporting to the Senior HRBP. This includes effective consultation regarding employee and labor relations, performance management, recruitment, talent development, culture and engagement, compliance, leave management, and other HR-related activities.
Essential Duties:
- Support employee and labor relations, performance management, and policy interpretation activities.
- Fosters a positive work environment, champions employee engagement activities, and provides day-to-day coaching to plant personnel.
- Manages the internal and external recruitment and employment process for bargaining unit and hourly positions.
- Support and administer leave management process, including interaction with vendor and employees.
- Collaborates with training, payroll and benefits, EHS, and management for successful onboarding of employees.
- Provides data and reports to HR and plant leadership to support fact based, data driven decision making.
- Actively engages in HR departmental projects and process improvements.
- Completes or assists in response to unemployment claims, civil rights/EEOC claims, and other required reporting.
- Maintains Human Resources related records ensuring confidentiality and limited access according to procedure.
- Back up for payroll.
- Promotes a safe work culture and may provide support and backup in addressing safety and health incidents.
- Ensures legal compliance with all federal and state regulations applicable to the human resources area. Monitors human resource processes for compliance, posts notices, maintains records, investigates and resolves employee complaints and recommends changes necessary to achieve compliance.
- Assists other activities and programs, such as employee recognition, company events, etc.
- Other duties as assigned
Total Yrs. of Experience Required:
3-5 years
Minimum Formal Education:
Bachelor’s Degree.
Specialized Training/Certification:
Award/Licensing/Certification/Specialized Training
Preferred
SHRM-CP or PHR
HRIS experience, workday preferred
Labor Relations knowledge
Required
Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Adobe, Power Point
Skills and Abilities:
- Knowledge of human resources systems, policies, and practices
- Knowledge of labor relations and contract interpretation
- Ability to present to groups, including employees and management
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, Adobe, Power Point, SharePoint
- Experience with HRIS systems, preferably Workday
- Experience in a manufacturing or food and beverage environment preferred
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business data, technical procedures, insurance language and standards, or governmental regulations. Ability to prepare reports, business correspondence, and policies and procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, supervisors, vendors, and other employees of the organization.
- Requires math and statistical skills including ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, using whole numbers, fractions and decimals. Requires ability to compute ratios and percentages and to develop graphs and charts.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Peer group of HR, training, and payroll professionals
- Management, Supervision, and employees
- Non-company contacts and resources
*Individual contributor – no supervisory responsibility and no direct budget responsibility
What We Do
At B&G Foods, we pride ourselves in delivering best in class brands and believe that recruiting people of the highest caliber is essential to our sustained growth and long-term success. If you are looking to join a best in class organization, then this opportunity is for you. Get to know our family…join our family. To view our open positions, visit us @ http://www.bgfoods.com/careers/careers.asp Based in Parsippany, New Jersey, B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) and its subsidiaries manufacture, sell and distribute high-quality, branded shelf-stable and frozen foods across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. With our diverse portfolio of more than 50 brands you know and love, including B&G, B&M, Cream of Wheat, Green Giant, Las Palmas, Le Sueur, Maple Grove Farms, Dash, Crisco, Clabber Girl, Ortega, Polaner, Spice Islands and Victoria, there’s a little something for everyone. For more information about B&G Foods and our brands, please visit www.bgfoods.com.
