Food has lost its soul to modern convenience. And with it, has lost the power to nourish, inspire, and connect us. So in 2018, CookUnity was founded as the first-of-its-kind platform that connects the world with the source of truly great food: chefs. Today, CookUnity delivers 35 million meals a year from the industry’s best chefs to homes all over the country. Fresh. Ready-to-eat. And crafted with the passion that nourishes body and soul.
Unwilling to stop there, CookUnity is expanding beyond delivery to become an ever-innovating marketplace focused on our singular mission: empower Chefs to nourish the world.
If that mission has you hungry in more ways than one, you’ve found the right job posting.
We are looking for an HR Business Partner to provide operational and strategic HR support to our employees in our Chicago, Toronto & Austin facilities. As the HR Business Partner, you will be critical in providing HR leadership to our growing workforce and ensuring a safe, productive, inclusive, and engaging work environment.
This role is the direct business partner to culinary, food safety, fulfillment, marketplace & logistics groups, including exempt employees and a large multi-unit hourly workforce. You’ll focus your efforts on developing and improving our HR processes focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employee engagement.
You will be based out of our Chicago office and work out in our facility 4 times a week (Flexible/ Hybrid), providing remote assistance to Toronto & Austin, and traveling to those facilities quarterly and based on business needs.
Responsibilities- Be the designated HR point of contact for our Operations Management Team for our Chicago, Toronto & Austin facilities.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition, Payroll & Benefits, and Legal teams with managing all aspects of the employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding, promotions, job changes, leaves of absence, relocations, immigration issues, terminations, and the exit process.
- Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance
- Guide, coach, mentor, and develop business partners in the areas of performance management and talent development
- Employee Relations: Provide HR consulting expertise to all levels of management and employees. Consults with employees and managers to address root causes of issues and resolves them through a systematic and analytical approach, including investigations
- Create succession planning and talent development strategies for your locations, identifying critical roles and preparing potential talent and pipelines, mentoring, training, etc.
- Securely manage physical and digital files for employees and their documents, benefits, and attendance records.
- Manage and generate employment documents including offer letters, wage notices, promotion letters, and pay rate change letters.
- Assist managers with disciplinary actions, including terminations.
- Support organizational change initiatives (restructures, system implementations, M&A activity).
- Conduct exit interviews and develop plans to enhance employee retention.
- 5+ HR generalist experience within a fast-paced environment (ideally production or warehouse/ logistics)
- Demonstrable experience in dealing with an employee relations caseload, i.e., absence management, performance management, disciplinary actions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to assess situations and make judgments based on practice or previous experience
- Experience supporting hourly, front-line employee populations
- Experience supporting Toronto operations is a plus
- Experience working with HR systems (E.G, Rippling)
- Strong knowledge of employment, labor laws, and regulations
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
🩺 Health Insurance coverage
🌅 401k Plan
📈 We grow, you grow: Stock Options Plan granted on Day 1
🌟 Eligible for a bi-annual performance bonus
⛱ PTO policy and paid sick days
🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical
🐣 Paid Family leave
🕯 Compassionate Leave: 3-5 days each time the need arises
🥘 A generous amount of CookUnity credits to enjoy our amazing meals, added to your account, monthly
🧘🏽♀️ Wellness perks: access to fitness subsidies to build a healthy lifestyle
👩🏾🏫 Personalized Spanish coach
🚀 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!
If you’re interested in this role, please submit your application and if we think you might be a fit, we'll get in touch with you. Thank you for your time!
CookUnity is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to creating a community of inclusion and an environment free from discrimination or harassment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or physical or mental disability.
CookUnity Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is presented as broad, with unlimited PTO, paid parental leave, and a four-week paid sabbatical after five years.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is positioned as comprehensive, including medical, dental, and vision plans stated in job materials and postings.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing and lifestyle perks are highlighted through monthly meal credits, wellness subsidies, and language coaching, alongside other culture and food-related benefits.
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CookUnity is the first Chef-Direct Subscription service—a chef-to-food lover marketplace connecting the country's most talented chefs with eaters (consumers). We’re changing meal delivery by bringing small-batch, restaurant-quality meals to eaters across the country. Every week, a diverse collective of all-star chefs craft their signature, ready-to-eat dishes for an elevated at-home dining experience.
