HR Manager in Aurora, Colorado at Windigo Logistics LLC

Primary Responsibility:

Serves as a Business Partner to provide HR support, guidance and consultative services enabling managers to make informed business decisions. Manage the effective implementation of HR initiatives, policies and procedures, employee engagement/relations, performance management, training, manage the development and effective implementation, compensation and affirmative action planning.

Essential Functions:

Support the company’s goals and objectives by aligning and partnering with multiple client groups to deliver HR solutions that meet managers’ and employees’ needs.

Develop relationships to understand the business environment, strategy and employee implications of business decisions and practices.

Provide coaching to managers and contribute to the development of managers’ skills.

Ensure compliance with Federal, State and Local employment laws and Company policies.

Assist management with policies, procedures, programs, and technical questions.

Partner with functional groups to deliver business required initiatives and program implementation as well as policy and procedure roll-outs, benefits, HRIS tool optimization, etc.

Provide consultative support and advice to management on appropriate resolution of employee relations issues.

Manage investigations of all types including research and documentation of all legal, policy, or procedure-related issues.

Facilitate HR activities such as new hire onboarding, transfer assimilations, compliance protocols, termination/separation meetings and exit interviews.

Ensure all HR documentation is processed timely and accurately (Personnel files, I-9 documentation, E-Verify, HRIS transactions, compliance records, etc.).

Partners with the Payroll and Benefits teams.

Serve as a resource for employment claims and inquiries as needed.

Produce and/or review reports requiring analysis and data compilation utilizing tools available (turnover, trends, budgeting, compensation, legal requirements, etc.).

Other projects and duties as assigned

Qualifications & Experience:

Requires a bachelor's degree in a related area (Human Resources, Management or Business).

Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management or SHRM (PHR) Certification is preferred.

Relative industry experience in Operational type companies such as Warehousing, Distribution, Transportation or Manufacturing preferred

Bilingual: English and Spanish preferred

HRIS day-to-day application administration experience required. Experience with ADP a plus,

Ability to create and affect change. Lean or Six Sigma experience helpful

Strong interpersonal skills and judgment in communicating with various levels of internal staff and external parties

Familiarity with union environment preferred

Demonstrated customer service orientation, strong relationship building approach and mentoring philosophy desired

Possess strong knowledge of employment laws and experience with developing and implementing policies and procedures

Excels in a team environment and demonstrates a collaborative approach

Excellent written and oral communication skills, including formal and legal responses

Possesses flexibility and initiative to assist in related areas. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple simultaneous deadlines.

Possess a high sense of urgency in meeting objectives and deadlines

Mediation and negotiation skills

Excellent project management capability, including but not limited to, planning, time management, collaboration, decision-making, execution, and presentation skills

Must have previous experience with Talent Management, Organizational Development/Effectiveness, Employee/Labor Relations, and Change Management

Must be able to uphold confidentiality at all times

Must have strong work ethic; an individual who takes great pride in their work and wants to grow their career in the Human Resources and/or recruiting field

Technically savvy individual with excellent computer skills including experience with MS Office, HRIS, Applicant Tracking Systems, Performance Management Systems, etc.

Physical Requirements:

Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions

Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending

Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work

Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks

May require travel by automobile and airplane up for business

May require a visit to facility operations in cold temperatures

May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds

Requires the use of various electronic tools

Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes

Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management Windigo Logistics is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW