HR Business Partner Ops

United Natural Foods, Inc.; Hopkins (MN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United Natural Foods, Inc. is seeking an on-site Human Resources Business Partner at our Hopkins, MN Distribution Center.

The role supports Talent Development, Workforce Planning, Talent Selection, Engagement, Recognition, Performance, Organizational Development, and more, in alignment with company transformation and a people-first culture. The HR Business Partner reports to the HR Director or Manager and focuses on executing HR strategies across multiple areas, partnering with leaders, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field.
• PHR/SPHR/CHRL/CPHR certification preferred.
• Minimum 3 years HR experience.
• Knowledge of federal, state/provincial, and local employment laws.
• Experience in talent development, workforce planning, and employee relations.

Responsibilities

• Builds effective working relationships with business leaders and provides counsel to internal partners.
• Leads workforce and talent agenda with Talent Acquisition for new hires and onboarding.
• Drives employee engagement through surveys, analysis, and action plans.
• Executes HR programs and maintains HRIS and associate files with accuracy.
• Performs HR activities including recordkeeping, promotions, and employee relations within policy.

Skills

HR operations

People management

Employee relations

Talent development

Education

Bachelor's degree in business

PHR/SPHR/CHRL/CPHR Certification

Tools

HRIS

Job description

*Onsite - Hopkins, MN - Distribution Center*

What does it mean to be a part of our HR Operations team?

While providing on-site support for our 50+ distribution centers, our HR Operations team ensures effective execution of human resources strategies in areas such as Talent Development, Workforce Planning, Talent Selection, Engagement, Recognition, Performance Management, Organizational Development, Training, Associate Relations, Compensation, Benefits, Wellness, Risk Safety, Labor Relations, Sustainability, and Philanthropy. In addition, this team plays a pivotal role in our current transformation journey.They are instrumental in helping to develop andretainthe right talent, who are fully engaged with this strategy, as well as embodying a true “people first” mindset to help drive UNFI’s company culture of collaboration and engagement.

Purpose:

The Human Resources Business Partner is responsible for executing action items that support key projects and initiatives within the facility/group. Reporting to the HR Director or Manager, the HR Business Partner is responsible for the effective execution of human resources strategies in areas such as Talent Development, Workforce Planning, Talent Selection, Engagement, Recognition, Performance Management, Organizational Development, Training, Associate Relations, Compensation, Benefits, Wellness, Risk Safety, Labor Relations, Sustainability, and Philanthropy.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Business Partnership

• Builds effective working relationships with business leaders.
• Leverages an understanding of business needs and works closely with leaders to optimize human capital to meet strategic plans.
• Acts as a primary point of contact and provides counsel and consulting services to internal partners across all levels of the organization, including Senior leaders.
• Provides coaching to individual contributors, with the goal of making others successful.
• Participates and collaborates in supervisor, management, and staff meetings.
• Reviews metrics to derive insights and uses those insights to solve business problems and improve processes.

Talent & Onboarding

• Responsible for implementing the workforce and talent agenda that attracts the right people in a competitive market and drives enterprise productivity, in partnership with Talent Acquisition.
• Conducts new hire orientation and ensures that new associates are well informed of HR benefits, policies, and programs.
• Prepare and communicate information to new employees upon hire date. Provide orientation on the Company policies. Prepare pre-employment and new hire paperwork as required by the Company, State, and Federal regulations.
• Deliver training programs, as assigned.

Engagement & Associate Relations

• Responsible for being a steward of the company culture.
• Uses discretion and ensures that associate questions are promptly and courteously resolved.
• Drive employee engagement efforts through execution of employee feedback survey, analysis of results, and development of action plans, as assigned.
• Addresses associate concerns with open communication techniques and conducts investigations of concerns raised by associates as assigned. Communicates with associates in a timely and courteous manner.
• Handles basic employment relations issues, including reviewing recommendations with HR Manager and escalating, as appropriate.

Execution of HR Activities and Programs

• Executes on assigned HR functions accurately and in a timely manner.
• Leverages best practices and participates in collaboration within the region/group, and nationally.
• Executes on tactics supporting HR programs within the facility, in accordance with HR processes and programs.
• Builds effective working relationships with the HR team.
• Completes reports and information requests accurately and promptly. Maintains and updates HRIS records and associate files. Ensures associate files are complete and compliant.
• Complete Personnel actions, including partnering with Total Rewards or HR Shared Services to obtain recommendations and approvals, ensuring the transaction is appropriately processed and that associate data is accurate.
• Supports peer networks across the company.
• Executes tactics to support core annual programs, such as performance objectives and goal setting, performance evaluations, compensation planning, talent assessment, succession planning, wellness, annual enrollment, etc.
• Executes tactics to support local/department-level programs for areas such as, workforce planning, engagement, recognition, training, wellness, and labor relations.
• Manages and tracks all leaves of absence and accommodation requests.
• Possesses working knowledge of HR policies and procedures as well as federal, state/provincial, and local laws.
• Executes human resources tactics, including recordkeeping, talent development, promotions, employee relations, terminations, and exit interviews, recordkeeping, etc. in accordance with Company procedures and applicable legal requirements. Implements Aff i
• Provides transparency into work.
• Leverages the network for learning when encountering a new challenge.
• Manages personal development following changes to the company, business, and/or HR. Maintains a high level of confidentiality with consistency.
• Performs other job duties as required.

Education/Certification

• Bachelor’s degree in business or PHR/SPHR/CHRL/CPHR Certification preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 3 years of HR experience required.

Knowledge

• Working knowledge of Federal, state/province, and local employment laws.
• Understanding of talent acquisition techniques, including recruitment, interviewing skills, and selection.
• Understanding of compensation and benefit policies and programs, employee relations practices.