People Business Partner

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we help customers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

 

PEOPLE.    PRODUCTS.   CUSTOMERS.

 

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• 3 Weeks Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business over 100 years in service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce

 

Job Purpose and Overview

In support of Dawn Foods Commercial business, the People Business Partner is a critical role to drive change and create value within the team. Driving People organization and services, this role will have a defined focus on driving efficiency and positively impacting our across North America. As a People Business Partner, this role is both a strategic and hands-on role that provides full cycle Human Resources support to commercial sales function team members. This role will be a knowledgeable and committed resource, driving positive impact by working closely with leaders to build teams that can achieve our business vision, while staying true to our Dawn culture. This is a hybrid position based at our Home Office in Jackson, MI, with the expectation of being in the office throughout the week. 

 

What will you do as a People Business Partner at Dawn Foods? 

• Assist with difficult personnel matters including personnel issues, investigations, performance improvement plans, and terminations.
• Develop, lead, and execute strategic human resource initiatives that are in-line with business objectives to drive results while ensuring alignment with corporate direction, strategic initiatives, and human resources best practices (e.g., talent acquisition, development, and training; team member engagement; talent management; performance management; legal compliance; compensation; benefits policies and practices).
• Drive innovation to solve problems, identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, and deliver a high level of HR service.
• Hands-on approach with understanding the population as well as the ability to successfully monitor the "pulse" of team members to ensure a high level of employee engagement.
• Lead the Performance Management process for Leaders to identify team member development needs and support the process by up-skilling/ raising awareness amongst team members and leaders to build bench strength.
• Conduct and facilitate Talent Review process, participate in talent reviews for North America, and conduct appropriate talent follow-up.
• Assures compliance with all applicable Federal, State, and Local laws within the region.
• Support leadership to recruit, retain, develop, and optimize performance and engagement of individuals and teams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with various departments (such as Sales, Marketing, R&D, and Operations) and key stakeholders to align H