HR Manager - St. Louis​/Salem

Human Resource Manager – US Foods

Location:

St. Louis, MO (with travel to Salem, MO and off‑site metro sites twice a month).

• Ensure and promote a genuine safety culture, modeling safe behavior and holding leaders accountable for safety initiatives.
• Advocate for a positive employee experience, identifying and escalating risks and opportunities to enhance engagement and retention.
• Assist in developing department goals, advising on policy application, providing training where needed.
• Execute communication and change campaigns for strategic HR initiatives, ensuring employee adoption and ROI.
• Lead investigations and support compliance, summarizing findings and providing recommendations to management and legal teams.
• Support recruitment, staffing and retention strategies, onboarding, performance improvement plans, and individual development plans.
• Coach on hourly discipline and performance management, assist leaders with talent assessment and planning.
• Lead leave administration and the interactive process, collaborate with ADHR and legal, and support Workers Compensation.
• Collaborate with market leaders to align HR practices with business objectives and keep up with legal changes.
• Maintain accurate documentation related to staffing, recruitment, training, grievances, affirmative action, and personnel files.

• Internal:
  Front‑line leaders, managers, and directors across Finance, Supply Chain, Sales, and Human Resources; associates at all levels.
• External:
  Job candidates, recruitment agencies, and occasionally customers.

• Primarily office‑based with significant interaction at distribution centers, driver domicile yards, and battlefield parties with distribution team and territory managers.

• Minimum 6 years HR experience, including at least 4 in a professional (non‑administrative) role.
• Experience consulting with and advising small management teams.
• Strong foundation in core HR functions and processes.
• Knowledge of employment legislation (ADA, FMLA, EEOC, FLSA, Title VII).
• Proficient with MS Office, HRIS systems, and presentation skills.
• Travel requirement: 10‑15 %.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.

• SHRM certification desirable.

• Valid driver’s license with clean vehicle record.

• Prior employee relations experience and experience in a collective‑bargaining environment.
• Affirmative action experience in a federally funded contractor setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills with a sound decision‑making judgment.

• Health insurance, pre‑tax spending accounts, retirement plan, paid time off, short‑term and long‑term disability, employee stock purchase plan, life insurance.

Base salary range: $65,000 – $100,000, dependent on experience, education, and location.

U.S. Food & Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage qualified applicants of all races, colors, religions, sex, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, ages, genetic information, protected veteran status, and disabilities to apply.