Senior HR Specialist

 

 

 

Position Title: Senior HR Specialist 

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: Appleton 

Requisition ID: 27638 

 

 

We are looking for a Senior Human Resources Specialist to join our team in Appleton Wisconsin! McCain Food’s facility in Appleton Wisconsin is a large-scale food processing plant, employing approximately 500 employees. This site specializes in the production of jalapeño poppers and other appetizers. Fun Fact: the jalapeño popper was trademarked at this site!

Position Summary:
As the successful candidate, you will provide HR oversight in support of the Winning Culture Strategy. You will recommend process improvements, provide project leadership, and metrics oversight that allows for monitoring trends against key HR measures and market labor conditions. The Sr. HR Specialist provides expert support in four main areas leveraging knowledge of local / regional / cultural people practices:

 

1. Elevated employee relations, engagement activities & initiatives

1. Provide guidance and solutions for HR operational issues
2. Handles complex and escalated employee / labour relations matters, and supports compliance, policy and procedures

1. Liaison, partner with and collaborate with HR service center, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Compensation to drive employee solutions

 

In addition to these four main areas of support, the Sr. HR Specialist plays a key role in supporting all HR activities, programs, and projects.

**Please note this is an onsite position.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provides executional support to HRBP and Plant Leadership Team to deliver shared business goals and HR initiatives that align to the Winning Culture Strategy
• Works in partnership with HR Business Partner and people leaders to drive a continuous improvement mindset to enable the everyday engagement of their teams
• Oversee and advise people leaders and employees with complex employment and labour relations issues, including overseeing the corrective action and attendance management processes
• Collaborate with leadership team to support improvement in turnover and retention
• Working in collaboration with HRBP and TA resources to manage talent and succession with a strong focus on attracting, recruiting, and effectively onboarding diverse talent
• Working in collaboration with the HRBP’s and our leaders to be an ambassador of driving diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Support regional implementation of CoE-driven processes, policies, and initiatives
• Participate in the execution of learning and development initiatives such as Great People Leaders and related programs from local and global COE 
• Analyzes the data available through our McCain Systems, to identify trends and take insight driven actions while striving to continually improve.
• Review and support the development of our HR Procedures, to ensure compliance with legislative updates and best practice changes while playing a key role in the coordination of the HR aspects in Audits
• Ensure effective verbal and written employee communication
• Provide leadership and guidance to HR Specialist
• Support HR Specialist with the core areas of employee relations, labour relations, high volume recruitment, and in-scope LOA processes as needed

 

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience as a HR Generalist
• Bachelor degree in Human Resources or a related field
• Professional Human Resources certification would be an asset
• Ability to apply HR knowledge / experience across HR policies, programs, processes and functions
• Strong knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations
• Strong business-specific knowledge coupled with project management and analytical skills
• Proven teamwork capabilities; strong relationship management and interpersonal skills
• Strong ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with impact and handle confidential information
• Working knowledge of HR systems is beneficial, particularly SuccessFactors and Service Now

 

Want to learn more? Ask our recruiter on LinkedIn! #LI-MN1

 

About McCain: 

McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the C