The Role
Leads HR initiatives including employee relations, talent acquisition, performance management, benefits support, compensation analysis, learning and development, employment-law compliance, HR records, and employee guidance. Advises managers, maintains HR policies and systems, and supports a safe production and office environment.
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Job Summary:
Responsible for leading, directing, and providing overall support of the organization’s Human Resources initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provides support and guidance to employees and management in the resolution of employee relations issues.
- Manages the talent acquisition process, which includes employee recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants.
- Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee performance appraisal program by training managers on employee assessment and development methods and ensure reviews are completed timely.
- Maintains knowledge of benefit programs to inform and answer employee questions as needed.
- Analyzes local trends in compensation and pay practices to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent. Conducts periodic compensation study; monitoring and scheduling individual pay actions; and recommending, planning, and implementing pay structure revisions.
- Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal and external training opportunities for all employees.
- Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance.
- Retains accurate current and historical human resource records according to company, local, and federal policy.
- Conforms with and abides by all regulations, policies, work procedures, instruction, and all safety requirements.
- Provides a “Customer Service” attitude when interacting with internal and external customers while accomplishing work, production, and achieving quality standards.
- Enforces all safety, health, environmental and food/feed safety policies and procedures.
- Maintains a clean, orderly, and safe workstation/environment at all times.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Education and Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’s in human resources, or a 4-year degree in related discipline, preferred.
- Experience: 1-3 years in progressively responsible human resource roles, preferred.
- In-depth knowledge of the human resources processes preferred.
- PHR/SPHR certification preferred.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- In-depth knowledge of HR principles, practices, and procedures
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR Systems.
- Organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with employees at all levels.
- Ability to advise and influence business leaders on how human resource actions can impact business performance.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion.
- Ability to maintain good attendance habits.
- Exhibit a professional manner in dealing with other department managers, working to maintain constructive working relationships under all circumstances.
- Abide by all relevant SOPs as per Company policy as they are related to the position covered by this Job Description.
- Abide by the company’s safety, quality, environmental, and HR policies at all times.
Physical Demands and Work Environment:
- Ability to stand, bend, kneel to lift objects of 50 pounds or more.
- Ability to use stairs and ladders.
- Ability to be confined to a designated work area and stand for a long period of time.
- Ability to carry out tasks in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple tasks at once.
- Frequently required to walk, stand, sit.
- Occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds or more.
- Operate in an office and production environment. Production environment could include frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts; high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; outside weather conditions; extreme heat or cold; risk of electrical shock and vibration. The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level in the production environment is usually very loud.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is usually in an office environment. The noise level in the office environment is usually quiet.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in human resources or a related four-year degree
- 1-3 years of progressively responsible human resources experience
- In-depth knowledge of human resources processes, principles, practices, and procedures
- PHR or SPHR certification
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and HR systems
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational, multitasking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Ability to handle confidential information with integrity and discretion
- Ability to lift or move 50 pounds or more and use stairs and ladders
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The Company
What We Do
Zeeland Farm Services is a family-owned agribusiness serving Michigan, the Midwest and international markets. Through its affiliated operations, it processes soybeans and corn; merchandises grain and feed ingredients; supplies seed and agronomy services; produces edible soybean oils and specialty meal; and handles renewable fuels, exports, transportation and logistics. Its products serve food and feed customers, with non-GMO options and identity-preserved handling for domestic and export markets.
