HR Generalist

Zimmer Biomet; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Zimmer Biomet is looking for an HR Generalist to support a broad range of HR activities across the employee lifecycle. You will coordinate onboarding, exits, and HR reporting while ensuring policy and legal compliance and maintaining accurate HR data.

You will collaborate with HR Partners, Talent Acquisition, and business leaders to deliver consistent HR processes and exceptional employee experiences across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 2 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 preferred.
• PHR or SHRM-CP certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage onboarding activities for new hires with a positive new employee experience.
• Coordinate employee exits, including interviews, documentation, and communications.
• Prepare HR reports, presentations, and materials to support HR programs.
• Ensure HR processes comply with policies, procedures, and laws.
• Provide day-to-day employee relations support and assist investigations as needed.
• Support recruitment activities, including job requisitions and coordination with Talent Acquisition.
• Assist HR and payroll system inquiries and central HR projects.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's Degree + 2 years experience

Bachelors in HRMgmt / Business Admin + 3 years HR generalist

PHR or SHRM-CP certification (plus)

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