Human Resources Generalist

Kehe Food Distributors • Naperville, IL

376d • $54,243 - $79,556

About The Position

KeHE-a natural, organic, specialty and fresh food distributor-is all about 'good' and is growing, so there's never been a more exciting time to join our team. If you're enthusiastic about working in an environment with a people-first culture and an organization committed to good living, good food and good service, we'd love to talk to you! The Human Resources Generalist will play a critical support role to delivering strong HR service and partnership to key business leaders across our Operations Corporate teams to help drive business performance and a strong people centric culture. This position will play a key role in administering essential day-to-day HR tasks across a wide variety of HR priorities including but not limited to new hire orientation and on-boarding, employee engagement, HR Compliance (policy and procedure), benefits, and employee training.

Requirements

• Minimum 3-6 years HR Generalist experience required.
• Distribution and/or manufacturing experience within food, beverage and/or retail industry is preferred.
• Experience working in high growth and rapidly changing business environments with M & A exposure preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or a related field preferred, a combination of related experience & education will be considered.
• PHR/SPHR preferred.
• Spanish fluency preferred, not required.

Responsibilities

• Develop strong working knowledge of KeHE's HR tools, resources, practices, policies and procedures to efficiently and effectively support the business.
• Collaborate with Manager, HR peers and HR COE's to ensure HR policies and practices are designed to add business value, contributing to efforts on continuous improvement where appropriate.
• Own efficient and accurate administration of hiring process; including offer letters, employment process compliance, completion of required pre-employment testing (MVR, drug test, background verification), and new hire paperwork.
• Work in partnership with Manager on employee relations and basic issue resolution.
• Manage post-hire processes to assist in positive on-boarding experience for new hires (I-9 verifications and New Hire Orientation).
• Manage the administration of leave of absence and workers compensation; including reporting and handling claims and collaborating with appropriate parties to ensure process and policy compliance.
• Assist with guiding managers on our performance management processes, inclusive of year end and mid year reviews as well as performance development plans.
• Maintain safeguards of confidential company information.
• Represents Company for Unemployment claims and hearings as needed.
• Maintenance of Personnel Records in compliance with state, federal and local laws.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Benefits

• Health/Rx
• Dental
• Vision
• Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
• Supplemental life insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Paid sick time
• Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
• Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
• Holiday pay for company designated holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees