Sr. HR Generalist

Overview

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The Senior Human Resources Generalist serves as the HR Business Partner foron-site leaders and associates across3 plants in the IA area(Altoona, Clive, IA Cold Storage).This role provides strategic and hands-on HR support for approximately
200associates and
10leaders acrossallplants.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, the Sr. HR Generalist partners closely with operations, safety, and HR leadership to build a culture of trust, care, and accountability. The role ensures consistent execution of HR strategies that drive retention, employee engagement, performance, and compliance — while supporting Marzetti’s Growth Behaviors and People Strategy.

Building Capability & Leadership Support:

• Leads learning and development strategies aligned with business goals, including leadership development and succession planning.
• Partners with management to implement initiatives that support growth, change management, and workforce optimization.
• Support sand influences organizational design, change management, and workforce strategy tied to cultural transformation and operational excellence.
• Partner with thesite
  
  HRLeadersand Plant Leadership Teams to alignpeoplestrategies with operational priorities and business outcomes.
• Coach and influence leaders to model Marzetti’s Growth Behaviors and uphold company values of Hunger, Respect, Courage, and Humility.
• Partner with site HR Leaders on succession planning, high-potential identification, and development strategies.
• Advises leaders on policy interpretation, performance management, and consistent application of HR practices.

Employee Relations &Associate Engagement:

• Drives employee engagement, ensuring that employees voices are heard, suggestions are addressed, and continuous improvement actions are taken
• Serve asprimarypoint of contact for weekend employee relations issues, ensuringtimelyand fair resolution.
• Lead onboarding, assimilation, and early engagement efforts for weekend shift new hires to drive retention success.
• Build trust and connection through visible HR presence and employee communications: from Town Halls to beginning ofshift meetings, ensuring that clear and consistent messages are shared between leadership and the workforce.
• Coachesandcounselsleaders and employees on employee relations matters consistent with company policies, legalconsiderationsand company priorities,serving as an advocate for both employee and company concerns.
• Partner with leadership to analyze and act on engagement data, driving improvement in retention and satisfaction

Talent Acquisition:

• Partners with
  
  HR Manager,Talent Acquisition,and business leaders to forecastweekendtalent needs and build strategic pipelines.
• Analyzes talent metrics to improve hiring outcomes and retention strategies.
• Identifies and supports ongoing activity related to succession planning.

Culture & Organizational Health

• Champion an inclusive, positive, and high-performing work environment across both facilities
• Reinforce Marzetti’s “Better Together” mindset by fostering collaboration between weekday and weekend teams.
• Identify opportunities to enhance recognition, communication, and development across all shifts.
• Support implementation of organizational development, training, and retention initiatives led by Corporate HR and Supply Chain People Strategy.

Total Rewards Management

• Collaborates with Total Rewards andsit HR leadersto implement and communicate compensation and benefits programs.
• In partnership with thesite HR leaders, guides leaders through performance calibration processes and strategic compensation reviews, aligning talent outcomes with performance expectations.
• Acts as a resource forpayequity reviews andsupportsinitiatives to ensure internal fairness and market competitiveness.

Other Responsibilities

• Ensurescompliancetoall federal,stateand local laws and company…