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Do you LOVE the field of HR? Have you been in HR for at least 10 years and “done it all” in a multi-location environment .time and attendance, training, recruiting, benefits, safety, performance management, and more? Do you THRIVE on being busy in a fast-paced environment? Do you have enough experience and confidence to identify and adapt to serving as a leader, mentor, partner, or support to HR team members and managers as appropriate dependent upon the person, project, or situation? Are you happy to do whatever task is needed for a successful company and HR team? Do you want to be part of a long-term, stable but growing company that truly supports HR and values its associates? If yes, then Grand Traverse Container might be the place for you!
Job Summary:
Responsible for management of efficient and effective HR administration and continuous improvement; in all segments of the role. This position works at the Grand Rapids office to provide HR support onsite, along with supporting our Traverse City location. The goals of the HR department are to provide a positive employee experience, create high associate morale, maintain legal compliance, and support and engage employees on all levels of the organization.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
These include the following but are not limited to:
- Effectively support, mentor, and train Human Resource team members.
- Explain, maintain, and enforce company policies and procedures.
- Serve as a liaison between employees and management.
- Keep up-to-date on industry trends and employment laws.
- Attend and participate in meetings as required.
- Special projects as assigned
- Ensure associates are aware of their excellent benefits and all the benefit features
- Assist with biweekly payroll by updating timecards, reviewing for inconsistency and errors; along with making the appropriate corrections
- Assist with FMLA and leaves of absence, assist with oversight of legal compliance
- Assist and guide managers with effective goal setting/discipline/recognition
- Administer unemployment activities, perform Exit Interviews and act on feedback as appropriate
- Assist with administration of workers compensation claims and actively participate in Safety Committee meetings
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Strong knowledge of broad range of Human Resource concepts/processes and varying federal, state, and local employment laws.
- Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality and ethics.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks, priorities, and deadlines and easily adapt to changing situations in a fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrate effective interpersonal, communication, leadership, customer service, judgment, assertiveness, flexibility, organization, prioritization, decision making, negotiation, conflict management, stress management, accuracy, presentation, delegation, professional business writing, and problem solving skills.
- Ability to identify continuous improvement, efficiency, and cost saving opportunities and then effectively develop and implement action plans.
- Ability to appropriately identify and adapt to serving as a leader, mentor, partner, or support to the HR team members dependent upon the goal, activity, project, or situation.
- Ability to effectively interact with all levels of associates and present information in an easy to understand manner.
- General business acumen and ability to effectively recognize and balance the needs of the company with the needs of associates.
- Maintain professional image as a representative of the company.
- Ability to travel occasionally.
- Ability to read and interpret documents, such as safety rules, benefit plans, handbook, and procedures manuals.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, and other HR-related systems.
- Ability to operate standard office equipment.
Education and/or Experience:
- 10 years of broad HR experience; or Equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Previous supervisory experience strongly desired.
- Experience in a multi-location highly desired.