HR Assistant - St. Charles, MO - General Mills

OVERVIEW

Human Resources at General Mills is well-established as a strategic business partner, we enable our company to win and our employees to maximize their full potential by building competitively superior talent, agile organizations, world class capabilities and a distinctive and undeniable culture worldwide.

The HR Assistant provides overall administrative support to the HR Department and assists with full-cycle HR functions. This person is a motivated self-starter that can drive daily standard work independently with little supervision.  The HR Assistant will play an integral role with supporting payroll, coordinating contingent workforce labor, maintaining staffing/scheduling trackers, hiring and orientation, along with supporting additional plant or HR processes. The position reports directly to the HR Manager and must be willing to flex work hours to meet business requirements as appropriate. Core hours are expected to be from 8:00am – 4:30pm with 40 hour/week work schedule, Monday – Friday. Flexibility is needed to come in early or stay late at least one day a week to have at least an hour overlap with the night shift. When plant-wide meetings or events require working outside of standard hours, person will need to have flexibility to accommodate.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• HR Process Support:
  • Assist with production hiring logistics and new hire orientation process.
  • Manage contingent workforce roster and the approval of timecards.
  • Support and partner with Payroll to administer compensation changes, non-standard payments, payroll deductions, and off-cycle payouts.
  • Provide day-to-day HR customer service to all plant employees, including researching and resolving questions or issues.
  • Support maintenance of employee personnel files and documentation in compliance with Global Internal Audit standards.
  • Provide leadership for HR process improvements.
  • Support local Work Force Management initiatives and HR processes.
  • Assist with FMLA, Disability and Leaves of Absence cases in partnership with the General Mills Disability Service Center
  • Partner with Plant Admin on Employee Engagement initiatives.
  • Lead and manage additional tactical and administrative HR processes for the plant.
  • Listen to employee issues/concerns and escalate to the appropriate support.
• Admin support:
  • Answer phone calls, and relay messages to appropriate departments.
  • Back up support for managing the badge system; create/delete badges.
  • Prepare documentation folders and schedules for orientation.
  • Support contingent workforce with weekly orientations.
  • Ensure adherence to all plant safety and food safety policies.
  • Support other duties, plant and function initiatives as needed.
• Support in Plant-wide events:
  • Recruiting Events
  • Network Events (Veterans Day, International Women’s Day, Pride Month, etc.)
  • Employee Engagement Activities

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• High School Diploma with 1-2 years of HR or related experience
• Display a high level of integrity.
• Able to manage and protect confidential information.
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for results.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and able to manage multiple priorities/workstreams.
• Practical and creative approach to problem solving and ability to work with ambiguity.
• Strong computer skills and system proficiency: Workday, Outlook, Excel, and Power Point. applications, reporting skills, and Work Force Management or other payroll software knowledge.
• Self-starter enjoys working in a high-paced manufacturing environment.
• Process-oriented, with continuous improvement mindset.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s Degree in any major; Business, HR Management, Industrial Relations or related field preferred.
• 3-5 years of HR or related work experience.
• Previous work in a manufacturing setting not required buy preferred.
• Strong customer service, leadership, influence skills, and ability to apply sound judgment to decision-making.
• Ability to build trusting business partnerships through candid, objective communication.
• Commitment to self-development and development of others.

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS

• This role is not remote eligible
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.