Senior HR Generalist (Plant)

About Sara Lee Frozen Bakery

Sara Lee desserts have always stood for incredible flavor and superior value in the frozen food aisle and away from home markets. For the first time in over 60 years, Sara Lee is operating independently as Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, a collection of top brands united in quality and innovation, including Sara Lee®, Chef Pierre®, Van’s®, Bistro Collection®, Superior on Main® and Cyrus O’Leary’s®.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery is proud to take these iconic brands into a new era and to continue the evolution that transformed one small Chicago bakery into an American institution. Using carefully sourced ingredients and time-honored recipes, the company is committed to making life’s moments a little sweeter, putting its customers first and discovering new ways to make everyone’s favorite foods even better.

Working for Sara Lee

Our vision is to be the world’s most beloved bakery by creating irresistible foods, growing with our customers, and delivering value for all. We believe that each of us has unique points of difference and experience to offer. We will achieve success through collaboration and innovation in an environment where employees feel empowered to execute with speed.

Summary

We are seeking a Senior HR Generalist for our manufacturing facility in Spokane, WA. Human Resources professionals at Sara Lee Frozen Bakery possess a strong business mindset and exceptional partnership skills--which they rely upon to develop strategies for an innovative, flexible, and dynamic organization. The Senior HR Generalist role supports and coordinates all business partner accountabilities including organizational design, people development, performance management, and retention for employees. The Senior HR Generalist is responsible for leading the site's positive Employee Relations strategy and ensuring a culture of engaged employees. The Senior HR Generalist is a critical supporting member of the site leadership team which drives the strategy and direction for the site. Key HR priorities for the site include executing the workforce strategy, engaging and developing our team members, and building HR capability as a partner to the business.

Key Accountabilities

In this role you will provide HR leadership to the site, including:

• Serve as a support member of the site leadership team, partnering with cross functional leaders to drive business performance using business acumen, strong HR knowledge, communications, and change management expertise.
• Collaborate with leadership on employee relations matters including investigations, corrective action, employee complaints and career counseling.
• Establish HR metrics to help site leadership understand HR related topics that support and drive business results.
• Ensure legislative compliance in such areas as I-9's, poster compliance, minors, wage and hour, for cause substance abuse testing, and annual audits.
• Ensure implementation and monitor compliance of existing company policies and programs such as postings, orientation, retention, exit interviews and revisions to employment documentation and orientation materials.
• Partner with leadership to develop and maintain an organizational design structure that provides for appropriate levels of management as well as development opportunities. Direct change management initiatives by developing awareness, understanding, ownership and accountability for change.
• Lead culture change as part of a journey to increase manufacturing performance through process improvement.
• Develop the capability of our plant operators through employee development, process improvement and work system evolution
• Partner with and support the Plant Manager to develop a high performing site leadership team and in engaging leaders at all levels.
• Lead key HR initiatives in partnership with the Director, HR Operations in support of the organization including positive employee relations, workforce planning, succession planning and staffing
• Lead HR initiatives in partnership with the corporate HR team (Talent Management, Total Rewards, etc.)
• Provide individual coaching needs and identify training and development needs for teams
• Create a positive employee relations environment through close engagement and interaction with all employees across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience required.
• Experience leading and supporting strategic initiatives, influencing others, and driving results and significant change.
• Previous plant/manufacturing experience.
• Strong data & analytics orientation. Ability to present thought leadership.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently.
• Strong planning, organizational and problem solving skills.
• Results oriented.
• Demonstrated ability to listen attentively and actively.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written, as well as the ability to facilitate both small and large groups in a variety of forums including formal presentations, working meetings, business reviews and informal discussions.
• Demonstrated ability to design effective meetings and small group interactions including one to one discussions and conflict mediations.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and to build a positive rapport within all levels of the organization (up, down and sideways).
• A positive attitude, with the ability to influence change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Human Resources/Industrial Relations or MBA.
• PHR/SPHR certification preferred.
• Previous people management experience.
• 3-5 years of direct experience as an organizational practitioner of Continuous Improvement methods & processes.

Sara Lee Frozen Bakery provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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