HR Director - Distribution

At Pacific Seafood, we do more than just provide the world with the healthiest proteins on the planet. We are an excellence-driven organization committed to being the brand of choice in the marketplace and the employer of choice in the community.  We believe in servant leadership, investing in our team members, and rewarding performance. We live by the core values of our Diamond Philosophy: Quality, Teamwork, Productivity, and Excellence—which means consistently doing your best and always striving to do better.

Summary: 
The HR Director for Pacific Seafood’s Distribution Division is a key member of the leadership team and a role model of excellence. Our distribution branches operate in more than 8 locations throughout Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Arizona, Texas, Nevada and Florida.  This position is the senior HR professional partnered with the Division Leader to manage all aspects of human resources in the business, including strategic HR business leadership, recruiting, staffing, compensation, benefits, training and development, succession planning, team member relations, and HR risk management.  
The HR Director must be an operations-focused, “hands on” leader who is business savvy, passionate about servant leadership, and can leverage their HR expertise to drive business results. The HR Director will travel among the various division locations regularly. 

Key Roles and Responsibilities: 

Strategic HR Business Leadership

• Serve on the leadership team as the head HR professional for the Division; build effective relationships, provide coaching, and drive team effectiveness with passionate performance (which engages the hearts and minds of our team members).
• Drive operational priorities to achieve a high-performance, high-integrity business.
• Be the Division Leader’s right hand that develops and implements strategies to create efficiencies with your team by improving productivity while maximizing operating performance.
• Collaborate with enterprise support departments and other division HR leaders to align on company-wide programs and initiatives that champion our vision, mission, core values, and teamwork..
• Develop and implement KPIs that drive performance including safety and succession planning.
• Using HRIS Business Intelligence, provide detailed analysis of key human resources metrics and produce reporting to identify trends, opportunities for improvement, and establishment of performance metrics.
• Lead, coach, and mentor location HR representatives to ensure alignment on company initiatives, achievement of company KPIs, and continuous professional development.

Recruiting and Staffing

• Work with business leaders to identify and fill all needed positions with top quality candidates.
• Collaborate with hiring managers, HR managers, and corporate recruiters to develop job descriptions, post open positions, and assist with interviewing, candidate selection, and onboarding.
• Ensure all operations are effectively staffed to meet business needs including seasonal hiring.

Compensation and Benefits

• Partner with the Division leadership team to administer company benefit and compensation programs, conduct job market analysis to ensure that pay practices, schedules and grades are externally competitive, internally equitable, and drive performance.
• Manage the annual performance and compensation review process, to include coordination of incentive programs, recognition, and retention programs.

Training, Development and Succession Planning

• Manage onboarding and training plans matched to specific job duties to ensure all team members are trained to do their job effectively, safely, and at maximum productivity.
• Develop and implement organization structures, succession plans, gap analysis, and leadership development strategies to build bench strength for all key roles and maximize internal career progression in each operation.
• Support leaders in the creation and management of individual KPIs and development action plans.

Team Member Relations and Risk Management

• Be an expert in local, state, and federal employment laws and mitigate risks in HR operations.
• Conduct internal investigations, present findings, and assist with determining the appropriate corrective action and resolution. Assist in representing company in internal and external employment complaints and litigation.
• Ensure proper HRIS data integrity and maintenance of personnel files, workers compensation, Form I-9 records, recruiting system and applicant records in accordance with company policies and federal, state, and local regulations.
• Support third-party and customer audi