HR Generalist

Job Summary

As a Human Resources Generalist, you will focus on people. The Human Resources Generalist will play an integral role in recruiting, retaining, and developing top talent for business growth.

Reports To: Director, Human Resources (Coker Group) and General Manager

Essential Functions

• Recruiting, hiring and onboarding- manage the recruitment and selection process from identifying hiring needs with generalists through fully onboarding regular and temporary employees across multiple locations and for remote employees.
• Employee relations- emphasize and enforce all safety policies and procedures; document accident reports; create a positive and productive work environment; drive culture and engagement committee to ensure employee satisfaction and retention; process and administer all leave of absence requests and disability paperwork.
• Leverage change management and organizational development tools to facilitate people initiatives, team integrations and new generalist assimilations.
• Analyze information and use logic to address work-related issues and problems.
• Develop and communicate policies/procedures.
• Knowledge of local, state, and federal employment/labor laws (including Tennessee, Michigan, Virginia, and California)
  • Ensures implementation by staying abreast of compliance with any new legislation or guidelines.
• Working knowledge of HR systems and tools.
• Responds to routine inquiries from Federal and State regulatory agencies.
• Administer all benefit plans, including (but not limited to) answering staff questions and managing all enrollments.
• Maintains accurate and up-to-date human resource files, records, and documentation.
• Coordinate leave of absence and serve as primary contact for FMLA, Workers Compensation, etc.
• Aid the accounting team for bi-weekly payroll or serve as primary for bi-weekly payroll.
• Knowledge of compliance and a broad array of other HR practices.
• Assists with planning and execution of special events such as benefits enrollment, organization-wide meetings, employee recognition events, holiday parties, and retirement celebrations.
• Other tasks as assigned by the business.

Key skills and competencies of the position include, but are not limited to:· Effective written and verbal communication skills.· Strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-up skills.· Willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.· Maintain composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.· Acceptance of criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations.

Supervisory Responsibilities:· Contractors and Agencies as needed.· Third party vendors.

Work Environment

• The position will be based onsite, but will travel to other business units.
• There will be business travel associated with this position. (Travel up to 25% )
• This job operates in both a professional office and warehouse/shop environment. The individual in this role will also perform some job duties outdoors. This role routinely uses standard office equipment.
• The individual in this position will spend several hours sitting and using office equipment and computers, which can cause muscle strain.

The successful candidate’s qualifications will include:

The candidate will be a professional with significant experience in Human Resources, ideally onboarding, training, and benefits.

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field preferred.
• Fluency in digital tools and platforms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Power Point)