HR Generalist

Zimmer Biomet; Fort Wayne (IN); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet, a global medical technology leader, seeks an HR Generalist to support onboarding, employee relations, payroll inquiries, and HR initiatives. You will partner with HRBPs and Talent Acquisition to ensure accurate data and a positive employee experience.

This role emphasizes confidentiality, process excellence, and cross-functional collaboration across the organization in Fort Wayne with a focus on compliant, efficient HR operations and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 2+ years HR generalist or HR specialist experience.
• Associate's degree with 4+ years HR experience; High School diploma with 6+ years HR experience.
• PHR/SHRM-CP certification a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support onboarding activities for new hires and ensure compliant processes.
• Coordinate employee exit processes and maintain HR documentation.
• Prepare HR reports, presentations, and data for programs and decisions.
• Ensure HR processes align with policies, laws, and regulations.
• Provide day-to-day guidance on employee relations and policy interpretation.
• Support recruitment activities with job requisitions and hiring workflows.
• Assist HR and payroll system inquiries and centralized HR activities.
• Maintain accurate data in HR systems and databases.
• Identify opportunities to streamline HR processes and improve efficiency.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and Talent Acquisition.

Skills

Detail oriented

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Process improvement

Initiative

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree + 2 years HR experience

Associate's degree + 4 years HR experience

High school diploma + 6 years HR experience

Bachelor’s in HR/Business preferred

Job description

At Zimmer Biomet, we believe in pushing the boundaries of innovation and driving our mission forward. As a global medical technology leader for nearly 100 years, a patient’s mobility is enhanced by a Zimmer Biomet product or technology every 8 seconds.

As a Zimmer Biomet team member, you will share in our commitment to providing mobility and renewed life to people around the world. To support our talent team, we focus on development opportunities, robust employee resource groups (ERGs), a flexible working environment, location specific competitive total rewards, wellness incentives and a culture of recognition and performance awards. We are committed to creating an environment where every team member feels included, respected, empowered, and recognized.

What You Can Expect

The HR Generalist provides HR support across a broad range of human resources activities, helping ensure a consistent, efficient, and positive employee experience. This role serves as a key resource for employees, leaders, and HR partners by coordinating and executing core HR processes, maintaining accurate employee information, and supporting a variety of HR initiatives.

How You'll Create Impact

• Manage onboarding activities for new hires, ensuring a timely, organized, and positive new employee experience and completion of required processes and documentation.
• Coordinate employee exit processes, including exit interviews, documentation, and communication with appropriate HR and business partners
• Prepare HR reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and other materials to support HR programs and business needs.
• Ensure HR processes are executed consistently and in accordance with company policies, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.
• Provide day-to-day support on employee relations matters, including responding to routine employee and manager concerns, providing guidance on HR policies and processes, documenting issues as appropriate, completing investigative interviews and/or investigations, and escalating more complex matters to the appropriate HR Business Partner or HR leader
• Support recruitment and hiring activities, including creating and maintaining job requisitions, coordinating with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers, and ensuring timely completion of required hiring processes and documentation.
• Support HR and payroll system inquiries, projects, and requests
• Coordinate and execute centralized HR processes and activities to support employees and leaders across the organization.
• Maintain accurate and timely employee and HR information in HR systems and other applicable databases and tracking tools.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, improve the employee experience, and increase efficiency across centralized HR activities.
• Partner effectively with HR Business Partners, Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Payroll, HR Operations, and other internal stakeholders.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality and discretion when handling sensitive employee and compensation information.
• Support HR initiatives, projects, audits, and process improvements as assigned.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Highly detail oriented; checks own work, keeps accurate records, organizes information effectively.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization, in a team-oriented environment.
• Proven track record of effective process management and improvement.
• Ability to tolerate ambiguity, handles multiple priorities, and identifies creative solutions to problems.
• Demonstrated history of taking initiative, meeting commitments and assisting in the creation of new tools or solutions to achieve business results.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 years of relevant experience, or Associate's Degree and 4 years of relevant experience, or High School Diploma or Equivalent and 6 years of relevant experience required
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management, business administration or related field plus a minimum of 3 years’ experience in HR generalist or HR specialist role is preferred
• Experience with interviewing (recruitment and/or employee relations) preferred
• Experience in employee relations, ADA, FLSA, FMLA, EEO, and other general employment laws preferred. PHR or SHRM-CP certification a plus.

Travel Expectations

• Up to 10%

EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability

Expected Compensation Range: $65k to $80k, plus target bonus