Cargill · 1 day ago
Benefit Specialist - Leave
Wayzata, MN
Part-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$69K/yr - $82K/yr
3+ years expCargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions, and industrial products that are vital for living. The Benefit Specialist - Leave role performs moderately complex human resources services related to leave management, compliance support, and vendor management to ensure successful HR operations.
AgricultureFood and BeverageFood ProcessingManufacturingMeat and Poultry
Responsibilities
Provides information to employees and managers to address questions and performs moderately complex transactions on employee leave programs and policies, including, but not limited to: short and long term disability, salary continuation, Cargill Paid Family Leave, state-mandated leave and disability programs
Understand end-to-end leave management including participating in complex payroll calculations, employee escalations and maintaining knowledge of US leave administration in a complex multi-state union and non-union environment. Interact frequently with onsite vendor liaison and Senior Benefits Specialist
Assesses the organization's leave and leave administration processes, standards and performance metrics, identifies impacts to the organization's benefits administrative services, processes and standards, and proposes improvements to leadership
Monitors evolving legislative landscape ensures compliance. Provides guidance on regulatory updates and the development of guidelines and procedures to ensure compliance with regulations. Responsible for continuously learning most recent legislative updates
Leads moderately complex projects related to process optimization and standardization, including implementing accountability measures and processes to ensure compliance, conducting analyses of leave administration services performance metrics, and identifying areas of opportunity to enhance services
Maintains and reconciles employee related data and benefits records, and verifies and administers other human resources records and data, ensuring exceptions and errors are resolved in a timely manner
Supports the partnership with key vendors and stakeholders to hold vendors accountable for service delivery standards and metrics
Qualification
Required
Minimum requirement of 3+ years of leave-related work experience
Previous leave administration experience in a complex multi-state environment
Minimum intermediate-level experience in Microsoft Office Excel
Demonstrates exceptional communication skills, effectively explaining and de-escalating complex situations while engaging with diverse populations in a clear, respectful, and professional manner
Ability to work under limited supervision
Preferred
Previous payroll experience
Communication skills in AI tools
Previous benefit experience in highly complex union/non-union environment
Benefits
Medical and/or other benefits dependent on the position offered and hours worked
Minnesota Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 48 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law.
Company
Cargill
Cargill provides agricultural, food, bioindustrial, and risk management solutions across global supply chains and manufacturing sectors.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.02MKey Investors
National Safety Council
2025-06-25Grant· $0.02M
Leadership Team
Brian Sikes
Board Chair and CEO
David MacLennan
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2026-01-05
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