Gordon Food Service Looking for HR Generalist – Store at Wyoming, MI Full Time

The Human Resources Generalist supports our retail Store leadership teams by providing training and development, employee relations, and Gordon Food Service (GFS) cultural development advice, assistance, and consultation to other departmental leaders at an expert level. They also ensure that practices established by Home Office Human Resources are implemented and followed.

How you will make an impact in this role?

• Recruiting and Onboarding: Delivers interview skills training to managers. Supports Diversity and Inclusion initiatives related to the recruiting function and AAP. Supports the orientation process for new hires and managers.
• Performance Management and Employee Relations: Educates and consults leadership on the Performance Management process, understands and leverages the Talent Management Suite (TMS), coaches employees and managers on employee relations performance, practice or policy issues, promotes the open door policy. Responds to, investigates and determines course of action for complaints from GFS employees or others in regards to Gordon Food Service.
• Learning and Development: Educates and assists leaders on the GFS Leadership Development initiatives. Facilitates training and monitors required leadership training and development for completion and effectiveness. Utilizes TMS (Workday) to manage learning and development activities.
• Compensation and Benefits: Understands GFS compensation practices and policies and ensures leaders understand how to properly implement. Assists with process for annual compensation changes and bonus payouts. Plans and supports benefits enrollment processes as well as educating employees and leaders on GFS retirement plans, benefits and wellness initiatives.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Understands and promotes GFS Diversity and Inclusion Vision and Guiding Principles.
• Absence Management: Manages and/or supports the administration of Workers Compensation, short and long term disability and FMLA using applicable software to manage processes.
• Provides insights on how to interpret HR metrics such as turnover, new hires, diversity and AAP.
• May perform administrative functions related to general human resources responsibilities to include processing unemployment claims, managing the training database, entering new hires and others as required.
• Administers exit interviews.

Does this sound like you?

• Four (4) or more years of human resource generalist experience with advanced knowledge of employment law and regulatory agencies or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field is required.
• Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR) or Professional Human Resources (PHR) certification is highly preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation skills, and problem solving skills.
• Experience with HRIS Systems (current technology is Workday).
• Knowledge of current trends and developments in the field.
• Ability to develop solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity. Refers to policies and practices for guidance.
• Understands Affirmative Action plans and EEOC compliance.
• Occasional travel may be required – less than 10% of the time.

Welcome to Gordon Food Service! We are excited that you are thinking about opportunities with us, and we have an amazing story to share.

Our Human Resources professionals are here to ensure that we have both the tools and the culture in place to maximize the performance of our people and ensure that they feel valued and recognized. Our retail Store HR team works daily with the business to bring the “people perspective” into the discussion and also to support our employees through their work life cycle, preserving the culture that makes us unique. In addition, HR teams in our Stores provide the strategy, processes, and programs that allow us to attract, develop, reward, and retain a workforce of over 3,500 employees.

We offer annual bonuses, great benefits, 401k with company match, profit sharing, paid time off, hybrid 2 days remote and 3 days in Wyoming, MI office work schedule and so much more!

Benefits

We take care of each other at Gordon Food Service. Employees love our competitive benefit plans, which include all the things you would expect and a few that you might not!

Get a quick glance at who we are and the impact you could have on the food service industry. There’s a seat at our table for you!

Be part of an amazing culture where what matters to you, matters to us!

Gordon Food Service values our customers and understands that their success is largely dependent upon their workforce. To demonstrate our commitment to our partnership, we will require any candidate who works for a Gordon Food Service customer to provide a letter of support from their management if they are selected for the interview process.

Gordon Food Service is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants and employees will receive consideration for employment, or in terms or conditions of employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability. The EEO is the Law poster is available here: http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, please submit your request to [email protected] and use the words “Accommodation Request” in your subject line. Please keep in mind this method is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability.

All Gordon Food Service locations are tobacco-free.
Gordon Food Service is a drug-free workplace and drug tests all employees.