Human Resources Recruiter & Onboarding

Kraft Heinz, Inc.; Kendallville (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraft Heinz, Inc. in Indiana invites an HR Recruiting & Onboarding Partner to join our plant team. You will support staffing needs, coordinate interviews, manage onboarding from hire to placement, and partner with plant leadership to ensure a smooth candidate experience.

You will handle benefits enrollment, maintain accurate records in Workday, and participate in safety and training initiatives. The role requires strong communication, organization, and ability to work across shifts in a

Qualifications

• 1-2 years HR experience in a corporate or plant environment.
• Ability to interact effectively with staff at all levels, including executives.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, organizational, analytical and communication skills.
• High level computer skills including databases, word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Flexible and innovative in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.
• Experience supporting recruiting and onboarding processes.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting & Staffing Partner with HRBP and plant leadership to assess staffing needs and maintain plant staffing levels.
• Coordinate interviews and hiring activities with supervisors and plant leadership.
• Coordinate the new-hire onboarding process from hire through orientation and placement.
• Coordinate and lead new-hire and temporary employee orientation.
• Work with Training Coordinator to ensure onboarding and training completion.
• Ensure new employees receive required facility, scheduling, and system information.
• Maintain confidentiality of candidate, employee, and business information.
• Coordinate temporary employee placement and schedule; manage conversions to full-time.

Skills

HR experience

Stakeholder engagement

Presentation

Facilitation

Organizational skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal communication

Written and oral communication

MS Office

Recruiting experience

Onboarding experience

Workday

Tools

Workday

Job description

• 1. 1 to 2 years of direct experience in HR field
• 2. Ability to effectively respond to and interact with all levels of organizational staff, including executives
• 3. Competencies include excellent presentation/facilitation, organizational, analytical, interpersonal and written/oral communication skills
• 4. Requires high level computer expertise, including use of database, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation applications
• 5. Flexible, innovative in a fast paced, growth-oriented and time-critical environment
• 6. Proven experience supporting recruiting and onboarding processes, including candidate coordination, new hire orientation, and facilitating a smooth and effective onboarding experience.
• Recruiting & Staffing Partner with the HRBP and plant leadership to assess staffing needs and maintain appropriate plant staffing levels.
• Maintain and update plant staffing plans.
• Serve as a recruitment business partner for hourly plant staffing.
• Communicate professionally with internal and external candidates while ensuring a positive candidate experience.
• Evaluate external applicants through phone screens, plant tours, and face-to-face interviews.
• Coordinate interviews and hiring activities with supervisors and plant leadership.
• Maintain appropriate communication with candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Flex work hours as needed to support recruiting initiatives across facility shifts.
• Hold and execute job fairs and open interviews when staffing gaps are a need.
• Coordinate the new-hire onboarding process from hire through orientation and placement.
• Coordinate and lead new-hire and temporary employee orientation.
• Work closely with the Training Coordinator to ensure new employees complete all required onboarding and training.
• Ensure new employees receive required facility, scheduling, and system information.
• Participate in orientation and applicable new-hire meetings.
• Ensure onboarding documentation is completed accurately and timely.
• Responsible for coordinating benefits enrollment, maintaining accurate records, and tracking employee participation to ensure timely and compliant processing.
• Ensure temporary employees follow established facility onboarding procedures.
• Coordinate temporary employee placement based on facility staffing needs.
• Build and execute the weekly temporary schedule.
• Handle temporary employee evaluations.
• Manage and track the temporary-to-full-time employee conversion process.
• Coordinate internal interviews and ensure they are completed in a timely manner.
• Manage employee hires, transfers, and other employee movements within applicable HR systems, including Workday.
• Ensure employee records accurately reflect hires, transfers, promotions, and other employee movements.
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities within recruiting, onboarding, staffing, and workforce planning processes.
• Develop and follow through on improvement projects.
• Build effective working relationships with Human Resources, Operations, Training, supervisors, Process Owners, and employees.
• Participate in facility teams and initiatives.
• Maintain confidentiality of candidate, employee, and business information.
• Flex work hours as needed to support recruiting, onboarding, and staffing initiatives across facility shifts.
• Report all safety concerns and potential hazards to a supervisor or manager.
• Participate in facility safety initiatives.
• Uphold KHMS standards as detailed in the plant's KHMS training program.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the HRBP.