Vice President - Human Resources

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Handbooks, creation/administration of all policies and procedures, regulatory matters relating to American with Disabilities Act, Family/Medical Leave Act, discrimination, sexual harassment, harassment, EEOC issues, ERD issues, Title VII, Affirmative Action, HIPAA etc.
• Assure regulatory compliance in all areas of responsibility.
• Employee recognition (retirement, attendance awards, luncheons, etc.), corporate compensation programs, recruiting (all levels), Hispanic program. Approval authority and management of all hearing/lawsuits pertaining to departmental issues.
• Oversee the management of the Company’s self-insured, self-administered program.
• Act as corporate contact person to the state, hold authority approval in settling claims.
• Oversee staff and clinic functions.
• Oversee corporate benefit programs. Self-insurance health, dental, short/long term disability, life insurance and portability act, flex accounts, voluntary benefits, other routine benefit programs (i.e., vacation, PTO, flex time).
• Perform all assigned tasks in a safe, efficient, timely, and accurate and highly productive manner according to company policy.
• Company representative for community issues (i.e., Chamber of Commerce/Stoughton Tomorrow Ambassador, Education Foundation, Technology Committee for Stoughton School District).
• Maintenance of the computer software programs that relate to area of responsibility (i.e., HRIS, security issues, close contact with MIS regarding programming changes). Occupational health software, workers’ comp billing system, employee system.
• Contribute to the team effort to produce a quality product

Above is a list of the most important responsibilities and functions, which are essential to the position. Employees must be able to perform these essential functions satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Accommodations will be evaluated and provided to eligible employees on a case-by-case basis, depending on the employee's medical restrictions, work availability, the nature of the position, the position's essential functions and other relevant factors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with courses in human resource management or business administration.  MBA preferred but not required.
• Minimum of five years of previous executive leadership experience.
• Ten years of progressively responsible generalist experience; or thirteen to fifteen years progressively responsible relate experience; or a combination of education and experience.
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Thorough understanding of employment law, OSHA, Family/Medical Leave Act, COBRA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII, Health Insurance and Portability Act, unemployment insurance, Wisconsin Worker’s Compensation Act, Affirmative Action, wage and hour, discrimination, Sexual Harassment, as it pertains to the regulations, creating and administrating policies and procedures.
• Must be able to perform each essential function and responsibility of the job satisfactorily in accordance with company productivity and quality requirements.
• Ability to ready, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, human resource related reports, and governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and personnel policies and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, executives, and other employees of the organization. Requires good negotiation skills.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as statistical inference, and regression analysis. Ability to apply concepts such as cost analysis, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical rules and documents and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Requires the ability to operate with various software such as word processing, spreadsheets, and database. Requires a broad knowledge of employment, compensation and benefits, training and development, labor relations, and organization planning. Requires a good understanding of company policies and procedures.