HR Generalist

Job Location: Hershey, PA (West Hershey Plant)

Pay Level: 1A

Summary:

The Hershey Company West Hershey Plant is a Union plant producing Hershey Products such as Kisses, Hershey Bar, Rolo and Syrup in a high-speed complex environment.

The HR Generalist is responsible for supporting human resources organizational capability. This will involve supporting, driving, and implementing HR initiatives to increase organizational effectiveness, build capability and talent of workforce and team, initiating appropriate documentation to maintain employee records, executing appropriate action in support of employee relations. Additional network support may be required.

Responsibilities:

Labor Initiatives

• Interacts positively with union leadership team and handles investigations, complaints and grievances in a professional and confidential manner. Communicates as appropriate when decisions are made, and changes are made to policies via SIMS meetings or other training methods.
• Supports implementation of talent development and learning efforts to meet organizational needs.
• Ensures positive employee relations through proactive employee communication, prompt issue resolution and fair & equitable policy administration.
• Manages day-to-day employee relation’s questions surrounding policy and procedures and partners with appropriate resources for timely solutions.

HR Excellence

• Facilitates business performance by utilizing knowledge of the business and interrelationships to influence strategy and decision-making.
• Contributes to human resource compliance efforts by ensuring guidelines and policies are consistent and enforced in the areas of FMLA, ADA, FLSA, etc.
• Facilitates, recommends, and supports a consistent approach to business process and procedures.
• Overcomes obstacles to delivering quality HR services.
• Leverages and educates others on available technology, shared services, HR services and procedures to meet customer needs.

A Great Place to Work

• Supports employee engagement planning process and administration.
• Supports the facilitation of the change management process.

High Performance Culture

• Identifies opportunities and recommends changes to increase performance, reduce cost, and positively impact metrics through analytical approaches, including the tracking of key data and analyzing trends.
• Utilizes knowledge of business trends to create and implement clear, relevant, and actionable plans.
• Tracks and develops plans to remove obstacles for success.

Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully perform major duties/responsibilities:

• Ability to adapt to competing demands and shifting priorities
• Ability to establishes & maintain constructive, positive working relationships (Relate well to individuals with diverse backgrounds, ability to provide an HR perspective, yet be open to the group’s point of view)
• Effective oral and written communications skills, excellent interpersonal skills, and computer literacy
• Ability to facilitate training/learning in large group presentations
• Results orientated (Complying with all laws and regulations; and maintaining focus on productivity and bottom-line results)
• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills (Gather & analyze information, draw appropriate conclusions, generate viable alternative solutions to problem, & evaluate the consequences of each alternative)

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree, or graduate degree in Human Resource Management or related discipline required
• PHR or SHRM certification preferred

Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in Human Resources required, with 1 year in a leadership capacity
• Ability to lead projects to completion
• Competent in Labor/Employee Relations, Recruitment and Selection, Benefits and Compensation, as well as policy and procedure interpretation.
• Ability to work and communicate effectively with others across levels and functions while working on multiple tasks in a matrix organization.
• Ability to make decisions based on all relevant information and develops recommendations/solves problems, based on data.
• Must have working knowledge of state and federal laws along with practical application.
• Must have experience in administering FMLA, affirmative action planning, and workers compensation management and unemployment.
• Ability to facilitate training/learning in large group presentations.
• Human Resources experience in a manufacturing environment preferred

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The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The policy of The Hershey Company is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's race, color, gender, age, national origin, religion, citizenship status, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other categories protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The Hershey Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minority/Female/Disabled/Protected Veterans

If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact the HR Service Center (askhr@hersheys.com).