HR MANAGER

Job Category: Management, Business & Financial

Requisition Number: HRMAN
003973

• Full-Time
• On-site

Showing 1 location

Paynesville, MN 56362, USA

• Pay or shift range: $61,300 USD to $72,800 USD. The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job‑related reasons.

AMPI owns six Midwest-based manufacturing plants where 10 percent of the nation’s American‑type cheese and processed cheese is produced. The cooperative’s award‑winning cheese and powdered dairy products are marketed to food service, retail and food ingredient customers. In 2019, the co‑op launched its Dinner Bell Creamery brand and accompanying Co‑op Crafted promise, highlighting more than 50 years of dairy farm families partnering with skilled cheese makers.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

This list of duties and responsibilities is not all inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties and responsibilities as management may deem necessary from time to time:

• All AMPI employees have an obligation to report employee safety, food safety and food quality issues to personnel of authority.
• Coordinates facility recruitment by sourcing candidates, conducting interviews, and referring qualified applicants. Extends job offers and arranges background checks, drug screens, and physicals. Conducts new hire orientation.
• Assists with workers’ compensation and OSHA compliance programs. Through the workers’ compensation carrier, monitors the progress of employees with claims.
• Ensures legal compliance with all federal and state regulations applicable to the human resource areas such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA). Completes the location’s affirmative action plan, provides training and completes outreach.
  
  Monitors human resource processes for compliance, posts notices, maintains records, investigates and resolves employee complaints, and recommends changes necessary to achieve compliance.
• Maintains all Human Resources related records, including separate file systems for personnel records, employment selection process records, I‑9 forms, affirmative action/equal employment related records, records related to complaint investigations and employee performance issues. Ensures confidentiality and limited access according to procedure.
• Leads and manages all Human Resource functions in areas including but not limited to answering HR questions, benefit enrollment, entering and processing new hires, changes and termination information, background checks, performance reviews, forms, policy updates and conducting stay and exit interviews. Assists with planning and presentation of meetings including division meetings.
• Responsible for communication to the union. Manages and responds to union grievances. Participates in collective bargaining contract negotiations.
• Supervises and trains direct reports while serving as their backup support.
• Oversees learning and development for all employees, running reports, assigning affected training and ensuring completion of assigned courses.
• Creates statistical reports (KPIs) for weekly and monthly review by leadership team. Analyzes monthly HR metrics, identifying unfavorable trends and implementing corrective actions to curb unfavorable trending.
• Maintains accurate employee information in HRIS system.
• Serves as payroll backup by reviewing and updating timecards and schedules as needed.
• Reviews employee timecards for completeness and accuracy. Enters and adjusts employee schedules and employee timecards as necessary. Tracks and reports absenteeism.
• Coordinates paid time off (PTO) requests from request to approval for timely processing. Processes cash outs of PTO in lieu of taking PTO when applicable.
• Enters new employee transactions, changes in personnel status, and terminated employee transactions.
• Provides administrative support for benefits by assisting with the efficient…