HR Generalist

Job Location:  Hershey, PA (West Hershey Plant)     

Pay Level: 1A

 

Summary:

The Hershey Company West Hershey Plant is a Union plant producing Hershey Products such as Kisses, Hershey Bar, Rolo and Syrup in a high-speed complex environment.

 

The HR Generalist is responsible for supporting human resources organizational capability.  This will involve supporting, driving, and implementing HR initiatives to increase organizational effectiveness, build capability and talent of workforce and team, initiating appropriate documentation to maintain employee records, executing appropriate action in support of employee relations. Additional network support may be required.

 

Responsibilities:

Labor Initiatives

• Interacts positively with union leadership team and handles investigations, complaints and grievances in a professional and confidential manner.  Communicates as appropriate when decisions are made, and changes are made to policies via SIMS meetings or other training methods.
• Supports implementation of talent development and learning efforts to meet organizational needs.
• Ensures positive employee relations through proactive employee communication, prompt issue resolution and fair & equitable policy administration.
• Manages day-to-day employee relation’s questions surrounding policy and procedures and partners with appropriate resources for timely solutions.

 HR Excellence 

• Facilitates business performance by utilizing knowledge of the business and interrelationships to influence strategy and decision-making.
• Contributes to human resource compliance efforts by ensuring guidelines and policies are consistent and enforced in the areas of FMLA, ADA, FLSA, etc.
• Facilitates, recommends, and supports a consistent approach to business process and procedures.
• Overcomes obstacles to delivering quality HR services.
• Leverages and educates others on available technology, shared services, HR services and procedures to meet customer needs.

A Great Place to Work 

• Supports employee engagement planning process and administration.
• Supports the facilitation of the change management process.

High Performance Culture 

• Identifies opportunities and recommends changes to increase performance, reduce cost, and positively impact metrics through analytical approaches, including the tracking of key data and analyzing trends.
• Utilizes knowledge