Senior Human Resources Generalist

Avient is seeking a strategic, business-minded Senior HR Generalist to support our Specialty Engineered Materials business, with direct responsibility for the global technology team, as well as support for segment HR projects and initiatives. This highly key role offers a unique opportunity to partner directly with business leaders and help drive the HR strategy for a key growth area in the company. 

Reporting to the Global HR Director, this leader will influence business leaders, coach leaders through challenges, and support a team that is a key strategic driver for growth in the company. 

The Senior HR Generalist implements and administers Avient's human resources services, policies, and programs. This position partners with business teams to guide decision making processes and positively impacts the results of the organization by recruiting, retaining, rewarding, and developing the industry's best talent in a manner that is cost-efficient and compliant. The Sr. HR Generalist will work directly with Global HR Director to support specific client groups, projects and tasks as needed.

Essential Functions

• Implement HR policies, programs and systems related to recruitment, development, training, compensation, benefits, performance appraisal, and organizational development. 
• Provide effective staffing support by developing hiring requisitions and partnering with recruiters and business leaders to fill exempt and non‑exempt positions. 

• Coordinate and facilitate new hire onboarding and serve as the primary point of contact for new employees after offer acceptance. 

• Advise and support employees and managers on employment conditions, HR policies, HR systems, and performance management processes. 

• Manage employee relations matters, including counseling plans, conflict resolution, and performance improvement programs. 

• Support employees with career development, education‑related needs, and workplace concerns, engaging experts as necessary. 

• Assist employees returning from long‑ or short‑term medical leave to ensure a smooth and compliant reintegration process. 

• Partner with supervisors and managers to develop high-potential employees and address workforce issues. 

• Contribute to HR programs that promote high morale, employee satisfaction, and a positive organizational culture. 

• Support the implementation of organizational and cultural change initiatives. 
• Use employee and client feedback to identify opportunities for improving HR services and communication. 
• Develop and maintain a working knowledge of business unit operations, including products, customers, markets, competitors, and key performance metrics. 
• Maintain visibility within the business through regular visits to manufacturing or operational sites. 

• Manage or support special HR programs and processes, such as leadership development initiatives and international assignments. 

• Create statistics, reports, and presentations to support HR management and business decision‑making. 

• Maintain strict confidentiality in all HR matters. 

• Ability to travel up to 15% to support the essential functions of the position. 

• Perform additional HR responsibilities and special projects as assigned. 

Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s Degree in human resources or related field; and

• 3 or more years of experience as a human resources generalist, preferably in a manufacturing environment.

• Proven time management skills; ability to prioritize and complete multiple tasks effectively.

• Results-oriented with ability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment. 

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; talk and/or hear. Occasionally required to sit. 

• May occasionally be required to lift, push or pull up to 25 pounds. 

• Specific vision abilities may require close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 

• Requires the use of safety equipment as dictated by the work area such as safety glasses and shoes, dust mask, hard hat, respirator, face shield, hearing protection, chemical suit, gloves, aprons, etc. 

• The noise level in the work environment ranges from normal office noise levels to loud.

• Proper personal safety equipment needs to be used while performing this job and that equipment is dictated by the plant safety guidelines. 

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, dust, fumes, airborne particles, chemical dust, and risk of electric shock, vibration, non-hazardous chemical agents and outside weather conditions. 

• Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborne particles. 

• The employee is occasionally exposed to toxic or caustic chemicals and risk of electrical shock.

   

Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.

Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.

Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!

We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.

By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.

At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world.  In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.

Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [email protected].