Employee Experience Manager

Your Story.
Maintains and enhances a positive employee experience by planning, implementing, and evaluating human resources policies, programs, and practices. The Employee Experience Manager partners with local management team to execute HR initiatives that support the business and build a positive employee experience across his/her location.

Your Passion. Our Culture.
At Sargento, you work for a company you believe in, with a family of people who believe in you. Our culture stems from a simple premise: Hire good people and treat them like family. At Sargento, you can make decisions based on how they affect people as well as the long-term health of our company. You will be encouraged to make a meaningful difference in the community, in the company and in your career. With diverse experiences and tools to learn and develop, you can transform your aspirations into reality. If you're ready for the right place to belong and grow your career, you can find it here.

Benefits that set us apart.

• Comprehensive medical including Fertility, Adoption benefits, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Employer 401K contribution in the top 1% of the nation
• Relocation Assistance
• Tuition Assistance
• Access to Employee Store

What You Do.

• Maintains the work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for all positions.
• Maintains organization staff by counseling managers on candidate selection; conducting and analyzing exit interviews; recommending changes.
• Oversees new hire orientation and plans, implements and evaluates onboarding and training programs.
• Assists Compensation & Benefits by scheduling and conducting hourly job evaluations; ensuring pay structure system is administered and adhered to for all positions, conducts Open Enrollment meetings
• Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of salaried and hourly employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
• Recommends disciplinary action and termination decision to Associate Director Employee Experience
• Maintains familiarity with Talent Acquisition, Organizational Development, Compensation and Benefits programs and serves as a liaison between employees and appropriate subject matter expert as needed.
• Ensures a positive workplace, with a supportive culture which enhances employee engagement & appreciation, diversity & inclusion, rewards & recognition execution, and community involvement.
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; conducting investigations; maintaining records; representing the organization at hearings.
• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
• Oversees the maintenance of historical human resource records in the company HRIS; keeping past and current records.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; participating in professional societies.
• May lead team initiatives as needed.
• Maintain complete and steadfast confidentiality in all matters regarding Human Resources.
• Travel between company locations is required.

Your Education and Experience.

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university; with three to five years experience and/or training in Human Resources or Supervision.

COMPETENCIES - (as defined by SHRM at a minimum of early-level expertise)

1. Human Resource expertise: including Strategic Business Management and Workforce Planning, Risk Management, Employee and Labor Relations and HR Technology
2. Relationship Management: including Customer Service (internal and external), People Management, Negotiation and Conflict Management, Community Relations and Employee Engagement
3. Consultation skills: including Coaching, Project Management (Vision, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation), Analytic Reasoning, Problem-solving, Creativity and Innovation, Respected Business Partner, Career Development/Talent Management/People Management, Time Management
4. Leadership and Navigation: including Resource Management, Succession Planning and Change Management
5. Communication: including Social Technology and Social Media
6. Cultural Effectiveness: including Diversity Perspective, Cultural Awareness and Respect, Tolerance for Ambiguity
7. Ethical Practice: including Rapport building, Trust building, Personal, Professional and Behavioral Integrity, Personal and Professional Courage
8. Critical Evaluation: including Critical thinking, Research Methodology, Auditing skills and Knowledge management
9. Business Acumen: including Strategic agility, Business knowledge, Systems thinking, Economic awareness, Effective Administration, Knowledge of government and regulatory guidelines, HR and Organizational Metrics/Analytics/Business Indicators

Our Story.
With over 2,400+ employees and net sales of $1.8 billion, Sargento Foods is a family-owned company that has been a leader in cheese for more than 70 years. We created the world's first, successful pre-packaged sliced and shredded natural cheeses. Sargento is based in Plymouth, Wisconsin, where we manufacture and market shredded, sliced and snack natural cheese products, as well as ingredients and sauces. Sargento is known for the exceptional quality of our products and for product design, packaging and merchandising innovations that have transformed our industry.

To learn more about our culture and values, please visit our website at https://careers.sargento.com/us/en.

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