Senior Human Resources Generalist

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases.

At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. 

Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers. 
 

Job Description: 

The Senior Human Resources Generalist will be responsible for providing a broad range of expert HR services to include: recruitment and succession planning, employee development and training, employee relations, employment law and policy interpretation, compensation administration and employee rewards/recognition, as well as regulatory compliance guidance and HR reporting. This role will also be responsible for HR support and partnership of assigned client groups within the Nestle Health Science USA (NHSc) organization. The Senior HR Generalist will also partner with the Human Resources Director on large volume of HR activities and projects for assigned client groups/all of NHSc aligned to the HR strategic initiatives. 

This position will be either a remote or hybrid role based on the selected candidate’s geographic location. Preference will be given to applicants who live within a commutable distance of Bridgewater, New Jersey/Tri-State area, Long Island, New York, Chicago, Illinois and/or within the Palm Beach Gardens, Florida areas. 
 

Responsibilities: 

•    Works with the Human Resources Director and leaders in the execution of the US organization’s HR strategy to drive higher engagement and enablement of employees, as well as instilling a culture of trust, high performance and application of the vision and principles. 
•    Executes people plans to support the business strategy.
•    Helps Managers enhance their teams and maximize talent by providing expertise in organization design and development, capability building, workforce planning and talent management.
•    Acts as an HR advisor to people managers and employees with talent performance, career management, total rewards and recognition, engagement and communication, job profiles and talent selection, learning and training, and employee relations.
•    Collaborates with talent management teams in recruitment, new hire processing, posts announcements, job descriptions, diversity recruitment strategies, interviewing candidates and other related tasks. Manage special projects in workforce management, strategic planning, quarterly/monthly people data reports and other ad-hoc works in progress.
•    Performs planned/impromptu investigations and audits to ensure and/or maintain EEO/AA/OFCC or Federal/State employment law compliance in practice as it related to hiring, training, transfers, or promotions of people assets.
•    Ensures that the Human Resources activities are fully aligned and integrated with corporate objectives and initiatives including, but not limited to, employee relations, performance management, benefits, compensation, employee communications and appreciation events.
•    Conducts key meetings and trainings including presentation development to support strategic HR processes. 
•    Develops and maintain HR resources including process documents, plans, templates and best practices.
•    Supports ad hoc requests for HR projects or initiatives as assigned by the HR Director. 
 

Requirements: 

•    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, I/O Psychology or inn a related field required. 
•    5+ years of full-cycle HR work experience working for a large organization in a fast-paced, complex environment (preferably as an HR Generalist). 
•    Must possess a thorough understanding of Federal/State employment laws (e.g., EEO,