Human Resources Manager

• Compensation: USD 85,000 - USD 100,000 - yearly

At Link Snacks
, we show up hungry, roll up our sleeves, plaid or otherwise, and dive straight into the hard work. We don’t hide from challenges; we hunt them down. We push harder, move faster, and take the kinds of big swings that built this business in the North Woods of Wisconsin four decades ago.

We’re everyday people who deliver extraordinary results. Innovation, creativity, and urgency aren’t buzzwords, they’re expectations. And just like the real protein snacks we make across our global house of brands— Jack Link’s® , Lorissa’s Kitchen® , Golden Island® , BiFi® , Peperami® and KOOEE!® to name a few—there’s nothing artificial about us. What you see is exactly what you get: humble, gritty, passionate people who show up every day ready to not just be a participate in the meat snack industry that the Link Family created, but to move faster, innovate harder and keep raising the bar so high, the rest of the world needs a ladder just to see it.

Dominating this space across the world takes a team. A team that runs together, succeeds together, and celebrates together. A team that’s full of relentless energy and spirit that can only be fueled by one thing: a fist full of our delicious meat snacks.

Real Meat Protein. Real People. Real Results. THAT is Link Snacks.

This role will be in based Underwood, IA and required to travel once monthly to Laurens, IA.

Link Snacks is looking for a seasoned Human Resources Manager to serve as a strategic and hands‑on HR business partner to manufacturing leadership, providing guidance and support to personnel and daily operations of the human resources department. Partnering with the leadership team to develop strategies that will enable the company to attract, recruit, and retain the best team members to meet its business objectives.

This role is a great combination of both thought leadership and execution. We are looking for an innovative Human Resources leader, a self‑starter who wants a hands‑on role in building structure, systems, programs, and processes to achieve business success. This role will have responsibility for managing the workplace culture and environment through high performing programs within compensation, performance management, organization development, benefits and team member engagement.

This role will be in Underwood, IA and required to travel once monthly to Laurens, IA.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The duties and responsibilities of this position shall consist of, but not be limited to, the following:

• Serve as a strategic HR business partner to plant leadership, providing guidance on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and people‑related business decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop the onsite HR team, establishing clear expectations, accountability, and consistent execution of HR processes and initiatives.
• Foster a positive workplace culture by promoting team member engagement, open communication, recognition, retention, and strong relationships across all levels of the organization.
• Manage team member relations, including workplace investigations, conflict resolution, corrective actions, performance concerns, and employment separations, ensuring fair, timely, and consistent resolution.
• Coach and support supervisors and managers on effective leadership, performance management, accountability, communication, and team member development.
• Partner with plant leadership and Talent Acquisition to support staffing strategies, workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, internal promotions, and retention initiatives.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and established HR procedures.
• Oversee…