HR Business Partner, Plants - Protein

Cargill, Incorporated; Guelph; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the food and agriculture industry seeks a Professional, HR Business Partner for its Guelph plant. The role requires executing HR processes that enhance performance and support talent acquisition while ensuring compliance with health and safety policies. Candidates should have experience in HR, problem-solving skills, and knowledge of Canadian immigration programs.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of HR or relevant experience is required, preferably in a plant setting.
• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada.
• Experience in training delivery and conflict resolution preferred.

Responsibilities

• Implement solutions to improve HR performance and employee engagement.
• Onboard new employees and manage HR-related questions.
• Analyze HR metrics and support talent programs.

Skills

Problem Solving

Performance Improvement

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Talent Acquisition

HR Metrics Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field

Job description

Cargill’s size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
We are a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials — from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Professional, HR Business Partner - Plant job executes and delivers moderately complex people processes focused on people and culture strategy, recruitment, implementation of solutions to improve performance and engagement, temporary foreign worker program, immigration, learning programs and talent activities. This job provides support to key stakeholders and analyzes metrics at plant locations.

Key Accountabilities

• SOLUTION IMPLEMENTATION: Identifies and implements moderately complex solutions to improve performance, engagement, recruiting and retention to increase productivity and mitigate people risks for the plant while also building an inclusive culture.
• PROGRAM EXECUTION: Executes key requirements within the temporary foreign worker program and immigration programs, talent acquisition activities and other talent programs and projects at the location.
• METRICS & ANALYSIS: Leverages moderately complex reports and dashboards to measure, manage and analyze human resources and business performance metrics at plant locations.
• DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION: Communicates and adopts diversity, equity and inclusion policies and practices in plant locations.
• HR SUPPORT: Provides human resources support to plant supervisors and employees, acts as the first point of contact for human resources related questions, onboards new employees, triages every day grievance matters, supports leave management and manages on site audits.
• BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP: Partners with key leaders on the execution of moderately complex local people and culture plans.
• OPERATIONAL PROCESSES: Implements moderately complex plant HR operational processes including time and attendance, employee or labor relations, and benefits administration processes to support the overall compliance and effectiveness of the HR operational processes of the plant.

Qualifications

MINIMUM & TYPICAL YEARS OF WORK EXPERIENCE

• Minimum requirement of 2 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 3 years or more of relevant experience.
• Experience conducting investigations, anticipating issues, problem solving and implementing solutions.
• Must be legally entitled to work for Cargill in Canada.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience designing and delivering training/education sessions for employees.
• Experience in working with HR partners outside of the business location.
• Previous experience in Talent acquisition, unionized environment and conflict resolution experience.
• Previous experience working with Canadian immigration programs
• Working knowledge of Canadian provincial legislation and temporary foreign worker program.

Position Information

• Relocation assistance will not be provided.
• This is an on-site position

Cargill is an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing accommodation to our job applicants with disabilities.