Human Resources Director

Under the direction of the Vice President, Human Resources, the Human Resources Director oversees and administers a broad range of HR functions, including recruitment, compliance, compensation, benefits, leave administration, HRIS administration, payroll coordination, and employee data management. Provides leadership and guidance to the HR team and partners with management to support organizational needs and operational objectives while ensuring compliance with applicable laws, regulations, collective bargaining agreements, and company policies.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Provides leadership and direction to the HR team, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and operational priorities.
• Partners closely with the Employee Relations Director and Safety/Workers’ Compensation/Training Director to ensure coordinated and effective HR support across the organization.
• Develops and mentors team members, fostering accountability, professional growth, and strong decision-making capabilities.
• Oversees the distribution of work and team performance, ensuring priorities are met and resources are effectively utilized.
• Establishes expectations and ensures timely resolution of employee and operational issues through appropriate delegation and follow-through.
• Drives team involvement in planning, process improvement, and problem-solving initiatives.
• Evaluates team performance, identifies development opportunities, and supports succession planning within the department.

• Partners with leadership to support strategic hiring and workforce planning decisions across General & Administrative (G&A) and Post-Harvest operations.
• Oversees and ensures consistency in the end-to-end hiring process, including job postings, candidate selection, in collaboration with HR team members.
• Collaborates with Employee Relations to ensure a smooth and compliant onboarding experience, maintaining alignment with company standards and business needs.
• Develops, maintains, and administers the Company's job description program, partnering with management to create, review, and update job descriptions to ensure positions accurately reflect organizational structure, duties, qualifications, reporting relationships, compensation practices, and compliance requirements.

• Reviews and administers job classification, compensation, and organizational structure changes, ensuring alignment with business needs, collective bargaining agreements, company policies, contractual obligations, and applicable employment laws.
• Partners with management to evaluate positions, reporting relationships, and workforce needs, providing recommendations regarding organizational structure and staffing.
• Leads coordination and execution of collective bargaining agreements annual wage increases across multiple employee populations, ensuring alignment with company policies.
• Partners closely with Payroll to ensure accurate and timely implementation of all pay-related changes.

• Oversees administration of employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, retirement, and other company-sponsored benefits.
• Administers benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations in accordance with plan provisions and eligibility requirements.
• Coordinates benefit administration related to new hires, layoffs, leaves of absence, qualifying events, and terminations.
• Oversees administration of the Company's 401(k) plan, including eligibility, enrollment, payroll deduction administration, vendor coordination, participant communications, and compliance with plan requirements.
• Serves as a resource to employees regarding benefit programs and coordinates with benefit vendors to resolve enrollment, eligibility, and coverage issues.

• Oversees the administration of all leave of absence programs, including FMLA, CFRA, PDL, and other applicable leaves, ensuring compliance from initial request through return to work.
• Oversees the interactive process under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), including evaluation of reasonable accommodations, coordination with management, and documentation of decisions.
• Ensures accurate determination of leave eligibility, designation, and tracking, including intermittent and reduced schedule leave.
• Partners with management to assess leave and accommodation requests, balancing compliance requirements with operational needs.
• Ensures all leave and accommodation processes are documented and administered in compliance with applicable laws and company policies.

• Oversees the accuracy and maintenance of employee data and HRIS configuration, executing system setup based on approved organizational changes.
• Manages HR system updates related to:
• New hires,…