Human Resources Manager, Sales

KeHE Distributors, LLC; Naperville (IL); On-site; USD 87,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health/Rx

Dental

Vision

FSA/HSA

Supplemental life insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Paid sick time

STD/LTD

ESOP

Holiday pay

Job summary

KeHE Distributors, LLC is seeking an HR Manager for our Commercial Sales team. You will partner with leaders to align HR initiatives with business goals, manage employee relations, workforce planning, and talent development. You will champion data-driven decisions and maintain a culture that values inclusion and safety.

The role emphasizes compliance, policy management, and cross-functional collaboration. Candidates should have 5+ years in HRBP roles and preferably a Bachelor's degree in HR with

Qualifications

• Ability to contribute to the overall goals of the Human Resources Department.
• Demonstrated ability to instill trust, invite diverse perspectives, promote bold ideas and solutions.
• Inspirational and relational leader with a high level of credibility and collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Strategic business partner for a dedicated sales team, aligning HR initiatives with enterprise priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships; champion change and foster an inclusive environment.
• Lead employee relations, workforce planning, development, and talent retention.

Skills

Employee relations

Workforce planning

Analytics

People management

Cross-functional collaboration

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR

PHR/SPHR preferred

Job description

Why Work for KeHE?

• Full-time
• Pay Range: $87,230.00/Yr. - $127,897.00/Yr.
• Shift Days: , Shift Time:
• Benefits on Day 1
  • Health/Rx
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
  • Supplemental life insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Paid time off
  • Paid sick time
  • Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
  • Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
  • Holiday pay for company designated holidays

Overview

At KeHE, we're obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others – and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we’re committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you’ll be embarking on a career that’s moving forward. When you join KeHE, you're becoming part of a team that is a force for good.

Primary Responsibilities

The Human Resources Manager, Commercial Sales serves as a pivotal strategic business partner, aligning HR initiatives, for a dedicated sales team, with greater enterprise business priorities. This individual will join a collaborative, fun team dedicated to supporting leaders at all levels with a strategic and service mindset. In addition to basic HR compliance and administration, this role will primarily focus on employee relations, workforce planning and selection, development, retention of talent, Workers Compensation and Leave Administration, and overall engagement.

The successful candidate will build and maintain collaborative relationships and courageously challenge decisions, practices, and others.

This individual is a cultural guardian, a change champion and aligns themselves to work that is supporting the goals and needs of the leaders and business. The Human Resources Manager must be an adaptable, strong communicator, assert a progressive and proactive approach, advocate for the employees and teams, and foster an inclusive environment consistent with KeHE's culture, mission, and values.

Essential Functions

• Employee Relations: Partner with leaders on engagement needs, ensures information is disseminated and employees are well informed of company happenings, completes workforce investigations and seeks proper resolution, manages workplace accidents, and promotes a culture of safety and wellbeing for the employees, works with employees and manages employee leave programs, monitors turnover and conducts exit interviews.
• Org Design & Workforce Planning: Partners with leaders on assessing talent and workforce planning, monitors candidate flow and recruitment efforts of the Talent Acquisition team, interviews, and coaches on candidate selection, completes the onboarding and orientation process for new employees, partners with individuals and leaders on development planning, conducts workplace training and fosters conversations around people matters. Lead and support efforts in organizational structuring, workforce forecasting, and talent alignment to support business expansion across multiple regions.
• Employee Experience: Engage employees and study our engagement data to create memorable experiences or touchpoints aimed at promoting connectedness, inspire others, strengthen our culture and aid in retaining top talent.
• Analytics & Insights: Use data to influence decision-making. Present metrics that shape and contribute to leadership and people strategy.
• Compliance and Policy Management: Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulations, and policies and support employee relations.
• Data Integrity and Administration: Ensure data accuracy across HR systems and identify opportunities to streamline workflows and automate manual tasks, balancing tactical administration and strategic partnership with our COEs.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Ability to contribute and support to the overall goals of the Human Resources Department.
• Demonstrated ability to instill trust, invite diverse perspectives, promote bold ideas and solutions.
• Inspirational and relational leader with a high level of credibility and collaboration.
• Promote an inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity.
• Must have the ability to make recommendations to resolve emotional and complex situations by using ethical judgment that is in consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation, or government law.
• Ability to be agile and capable of prioritizing and handling multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to travel to company meetings and events.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams.

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or a related field is preferred.
• PHR, SPHR preferred.
• 5+ years of relevant human resources business partner experience.

Physical Requirements:

• These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Requisition ID

2026-29867

Equal Employer Opportunity Statement

KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.