Human Resources Assistant (HRA) - Green Bay Plant

Hours: Core hours are expected to be from 8:00am to 4:30pm, with 40hour/week work schedule, Monday-Friday.

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 Administrator provides overall administrative support to the HR Department and assists with full-cycle HR functions. This person is a motivated self-started that can drive daily standard work independently with little supervision. The HR Assistant will play an integral role coordinating plant-wide activities and events, supporting hiring and orientation, along with supporting additional plant or HR processes. Role will provide administrative support to the Plant Manager and HR Manager and their departments. This position reports directly to the HR Manager and must be willing to flex work hours to meet business requirements as appropriate. When plant-wide events require working outside of those hours, person needs to have flexibility to accommodate.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

Plant-wide events coordination & support:

• Holiday Events/Parties
• Recruiting Events
• Network Events (Veterans Day, International Women's Day, Pride Month, etc.)
• Employee Engagement Activities
• Coordinate plant-wide communications as needed

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 Workbrain initiatives and HR processes.
• Assist with FMLA, Disability and Leaves of Absence cases in partnership with the General Mills Disability Service Center
• Manage employee locker assignment.
• Partner with HR Business Associate with Employee Engagement initiatives.
• Lead and manage additional tactical and administrative HR processes for the plant.

Admin support:

• Check-in visitors, answer phone calls, and relay messages to appropriate departments
• Manage the badge system; create/delete badges.
• Organize and prepare food and drinks for meetings
• Order and coordinate office supply orders for the plant
• Order Flowers
• Update Plant Calendar
• Manage all methods of communication for the plant
• Manage Meeting Room Booking
• Ensure adherence to all plant safety and food safety policies
• Sort mail/mailbox updates, packages, etc
• Assist Safety Manager with safety shoe program for the plant.
• Support other duties, plant and function initiatives as needed.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• High School Diploma
• 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.
• Able to manage budgets and execute projects on time, within budget
• Strong computer skills and system proficiency: Workday, Outlook, Excel, and Power Point applications, reporting skills, and Workbrain or other payroll software knowledge
• Self-starter, enjoys working in a high-paced manufacturing environment
• Process-oriented, with continuous improvement mindset

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous HR or related work experience in a manufacturing setting.
• Strong 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.
• Preferred Bilingual in Spanish

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS:

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

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best - bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what's next.