Title:  Assoc, HR Generalist

Job Summary

This role will support team members, enable growth, provide high touch employee service, and be an advocate of West's culture and mission. You will be a trusted advisor to our departmental leaders, partnering to build and strengthen their high-performing teams and ensuring we are making the right people decisions. You will support our employees as a true advocate to help them grow and thrive. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, affirmative action, and employment law compliance. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide HR business partner support across all assigned business clients within designated location.
• Support the implementation of global human resource initiatives under the direction of the HR leadership team.
• Provide the appropriate HR support in the acquisition, development and retention of talent, working in close collaboration with talent acquisition teams; including back ground checks, scheduling interviews, greeting candidates upon arrival, new-hire onboarding, etc.
• Provide HR clarification around benefits, payroll, HR policies and practices to employees.
• Enter employee information into the HRIS system for processing (i.e., new hires, terminations, promotions, leave of absences, etc.).
• Support HR in performance management cycles within the West Talent Gateway system, including gathering data and sending emails to ensure compliance.
• Site administrator back up for Learning Management System including scheduling online learning classes, tracking attendance and maintaining files.
• Serve as HR liaison between the local and global HR functions depending on business issue. Ensure that consistent practices are maintained between HR and the business.
• Actively participate in HR forums to further progress the organization’s HR value proposition.
• Consults with managers and supervisors regarding employee performance issues and assists with the disciplinary process by helping conduct employee termination discussions and mediating and assisting in solving employee performance and/or work issues.
• Collaborating with managers and Corporate HR Compensation on job reclassifications and writing of job descriptions.
• Conducting workplace investigations, including cases related to discrimination and sexual harassment, and escalates to HR Manager and Plant Manager.
• Workplace planning to include assisting with and identifying personnel and training needs.
• Uses data, statistics, evidence-based research, benchmarks, HR and business metrics to facilitate decision-making.
• Participate in weekly plant GEMBA walks, be visible and accessible to all team members.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Responsibilities

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in relevant business or human resources discipline. required

Work Experience

• Minimum 3 years 3-5 years HR experience or equivalent in education. required and
• Experience with HR business systems (i.e. Ultimate, SuccessFactors, SAP HCM) and MS Office applications. preferred

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Team player actively contributing to positive team spirit.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Works to the highest level of professional standards.
• Self-Organization, time management and prioritization.

License and Certifications

• SHRM certification. Upon Hire preferred

Travel Requirements

Physical Requirements

Additional Requirements

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• Regularly uses hands and fingers to operate computer keyboard.
• Must follow and comply with Plant’s Dress and Hygiene Code (SOI).