CookUnity · 7 hours ago
Human Resources Business Partner
CookUnity is a pioneering food delivery platform that connects consumers with top chefs to provide fresh and ready-to-eat meals. The HR Business Partner will play a crucial role in delivering operational and strategic HR support across multiple facilities, focusing on talent management, employee engagement, and compliance with legal requirements.
Consumer ApplicationsFood and BeverageFood DeliveryOrganic FoodSubscription Service
Responsibilities
Be the designated HR point of contact for our Operations Management Team for our New York, Toronto & Miami 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
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
Qualification
Required
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
Strong knowledge of employment, labor laws, and regulations
Bilingual (English/Spanish) required
Preferred
Experience supporting operations in Toronto is a plus
Experience supporting hourly, front-line employee populations
Experience working with HR systems (E.G, Rippling)
Benefits
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!
Company
CookUnity
CookUnity is a meal subscription and delivery platform that connects private chefs with consumers.
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$371.95MKey Investors
General CatalystInsight PartnersFuel Venture Capital
2025-11-19Debt Financing· $250M
2023-04-27Series Unknown· $47M
2022-12-08Series Unknown· $4.54M
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