UNFI · 14 hours ago
Senior Manager Human Resources - Ops - Hopkins, MN - Onsite
Hopkins, MN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$100K/yr - $162K/yr
5+ years expUNFI is North America’s Premier Food Wholesaler, dedicated to improving the food industry and supporting communities. The Senior Manager of Human Resources will partner with operational leadership to lead and execute HR strategies, manage a team, and drive performance across multiple facilities.
Food and BeverageHealth CareHospitalityOrganic Food
Responsibilities
Leads the HR function for a group of facilities or locations, provides functional HR expertise, plans and executes on key projects
Directly manages a team of HR Managers, HR Business Partners, and associates within the group of facilities, and drives performance in the local HR teams. Responsible for leveraging best practices and creating a culture of collaboration within the region/group, and nationally
May be responsible for directly managing HR for a facility
Executes HR programs within the facility. Ensures alignment with HR processes and programs
Collaborates with HR colleagues to share best practices and leverage successes across the company. Supports peer networks across the company
Leverages the network for learning when encountering a new challenge
Manages personal development following changes to company, business, and/or HR strategy. Participates in the development of HR colleagues
Builds effective working relationships with leaders. Balances facility/group needs with HR guidelines when making decisions. Provides transparency into work
Leverages a deep understanding of business needs and participates in solving business problems across the facilities through the talent lens
Provides coaching to leaders and individual contributors at the SVP level and below, with the goal of making others successful
Ensures that associate questions are promptly and courteously resolved
Participates and collaborates in supervisor, management, and staff meetings
Identifies metrics tracked throughout the organization
Derives insights from metrics, reports insights to business leaders, and uses those insights to solve business problems and improve processes
Responsible for implementing the workforce and talent agenda, creating a compelling experience that attracts the right people in a competitive market and drives enterprise productivity, in partnership with Talent Acquisition
Forecasts current and future talent needs for the facility/group
Maintains and updates a succession plan for front-line leadership and proactively identifies next-generation leaders. Executes the annual talent review process for the facility/group
Advises leaders on effective onboarding strategies and plans to ensure the successful assimilation of new hires
Delivers training programs
Responsible for being a steward of the company culture
Assesses and monitors associate engagement on a proactive, ongoing basis. Implements associate engagement surveys and action plans. Identifies trends and works to systematically address disengagement issues
Addresses associate concerns at the local level, conducts investigations, and facilitates problem resolution
Provides leaders and associates with coaching and resources to help them resolve and prevent interpersonal and team conflicts and adapt to different associate and leadership styles
Drives change management among leaders to ensure strategic changes that impact associates are rolled out in an engaging, well-communicated, and reinforced way
Implements HR initiatives and programs in new ways to adapt to changing associate and business needs. Seeks feedback from business leaders and associates on how HR could improve the implementation of HR programs
Completes reports and information requests accurately and in a timely manner
Responsible for executing core annual programs, such as performance objectives and goal setting, performance evaluations, compensation planning, talent assessment, succession planning, wellness, annual enrollment, etc
Responsible for executing local programs for areas such as talent development, engagement, recognition, training, wellness, and labor relations
Responsible for HR compliance activities within the facility/group, requires thorough knowledge of HR policies and procedures as well as federal and state/provincial laws
Responsible for ensuring that human resources functions, including recordkeeping, talent development, promotions, terminations, etc., are all conducted in accordance with Company procedures and applicable legal requirements
Responsible for the implementation of the Affirmative Action Plan and goals, as applicable
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in business or related field
5-7 years of HR experience, or related field
Human Resources techniques in the areas of talent, engagement, and workforce planning
Federal, state/province, and local employment laws
Knowledge of talent acquisition techniques, including recruitment, interviewing skills, and selection
Understanding of compensation and benefit policies and programs, employee relations practices
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
Strong analytical skills
Supervisory skills
Drives for performance
Effective project management skills
Strong business acumen
Relationship-building skills
Strong problem-solving skills
Demonstrated change management skills
Good judgment is required for this position as there may be times when direct supervision may not be immediately available
Preferred
PHR/SPHR/CHRL/CPHR Certification
Benefits
Paid Time Off
Sick Time
Paid holidays and parental leave
401K Program
Medical, dental, vision, life, and accidental death/dismemberment insurance
Short-term and long-term disability insurance program
Flexible Spending Account and/or Health Savings Account
Company
UNFI
UNFI is North America’s Premier Food Wholesaler.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$507.1M2024-04-25Post Ipo Debt· $500M
2014-07-15Post Ipo Equity· $7.1M
1996-11-01IPO
Leadership Team
Sandy Douglas
Chief Executive Officer
Giorgio Matteo Tarditi
President and CFO
Recent News
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