Human Resources Business Partner

ABOUT US

Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group (SOTG), a division of the Fortune 500 Seaboard Corporation, is a globally integrated leader in agricultural commodity trading, processing, and logistics. With milling facilities in 14 locations across 10 countries and 10 trading offices in 9 countries, we produce approximately two million metric tons of grain-based products annually.

Our vertically integrated approach‑spanning procurement, transportation, and processing‑ensures quality, consistency, and supply chain efficiency. We manage bulk freight and chartered vessels, overseeing logistics for both in‑house and third‑party customers. Every year, we source, transport, and market around 14 million metric tons of diverse commodities, supporting food security and economic growth in the regions we serve.

At SOTG, we are driven by innovation, collaboration, and sustainability. Our business model fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, empowering our teams to take ownership, find creative solutions, and drive impact.

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment activities to include posting jobs on websites and Linked In, resume reviews, interview scheduling, conducting interviews, preparing offers, etc.
• Strategically source and attract candidates for all domestic positions for the division, serve as back‑up for overseas recruitment activities.
• Partner with hiring managers to create job descriptions and develop effective recruitment strategies for open positions.
• Manage annual performance management process to include system enhancements, employee communication/education, HR review of annual scorecards, reporting, etc.
• Serve as super‑user for HRS to include employee document management, applicant tracking, new employee onboarding, leave tracking, expense tracking, system enhancements, troubleshooting technical issues, etc.
• Update payroll system and complete necessary forms for new employees, terms, transfers, employee data, banking, etc.
• Manage annual payroll audit.
• Complete and distribute annual compensation statements for expatriate employees.
• Distribute new hire, separation, and transfer memos for domestic employees.
• Coordinate annual Code of Ethics and compliance training for employees to include enrollment, pulling completion reports, troubleshooting system/login errors, and following up with employees to ensure training is complete, etc.
• Manage annual employee census, human capital and pay ratio reporting process.
• Assist with annual salary review and bonus process to include data collection, reporting, payroll updates, etc.
• Assist with salary administration to include banding and market research.
• Effectively communicate company culture and values throughout recruitment process and assess candidates’ cultural fit with the company.
• Assist with domestic and overseas new hire onboarding and orientations.
• Maintain and upload new hire documents, conduct reference and credit checks and manage employee document management, applicant tracking, onboarding, system enhancements and troubleshooting within HRIS/ATS.
• Maintain a recruitment dashboard to track and ensure metrics are met.
• Champion employee referral program and internal application process.
• Schedule and manage monthly recruitment status meetings in coordination with HR Business Partner and maintain the internal recruitment status report.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment firms.
• Assist with Linked In recruitment platform efforts to include posting jobs, candidate sourcing and outreach.
• Partner with Communications Specialist to create an employer brand and develop new and innovative solutions for utilizing Linked In and various platforms to attract top talent.
• Conduct 30/60/90‑day follow-ups with new employees and report metrics.
• Partner with Seaboard Corp HR to develop the domestic internship program annually. Manage campus recruitment and all hiring activities for interns. Partner with management to determine the number of interns required on an annual basis. Partner with Communications Specialist to develop campus recruitment fliers, etc.
• Establish relationships and partner with recruiters from other Seaboard divisions to better understand…