HR Generalist
Company: The Hershey Company
Location: Hershey
Posted on: April 23, 2025
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Job Description:
HR Generalist
Posted Date:
Apr 22, 2025
Requisition Number:
125110
Job Location: Hershey, PA (West Hershey Plant)
Pay Level: 1A
Summary:
The Hershey Company West Hershey Plant is a Union plant producing
Hershey Products such as Kisses, Hershey Bar, Rolo and Syrup in a
high-speed complex environment.
The HR Generalist is responsible for supporting human resources
organizational capability. This will involve supporting, driving,
and implementing HR initiatives to increase organizational
effectiveness, build capability and talent of workforce and team,
initiating appropriate documentation to maintain employee records,
executing appropriate action in support of employee relations.
Additional network support may be required.
Responsibilities:
Labor Initiatives
Interacts positively with union leadership team and handles
investigations, complaints and grievances in a professional and
confidential manner. Communicates as appropriate when decisions are
made, and changes are made to policies via SIMS meetings or other
training methods.
Supports implementation of talent development and learning efforts
to meet organizational needs.
Ensures positive employee relations through proactive employee
communication, prompt issue resolution and fair & equitable policy
administration.
Manages day-to-day employee relation's questions surrounding policy
and procedures and partners with appropriate resources for timely
solutions.
HR Excellence
Facilitates business performance by utilizing knowledge of the
business and interrelationships to influence strategy and
decision-making.
Contributes to human resource compliance efforts by ensuring
guidelines and policies are consistent and enforced in the areas of
FMLA, ADA, FLSA, etc.
Facilitates, recommends, and supports a consistent approach to
business process and procedures.
Overcomes obstacles to delivering quality HR services.
Leverages and educates others on available technology, shared
services, HR services and procedures to meet customer needs.
A Great Place to Work
Supports employee engagement planning process and
administration.
Supports the facilitation of the change management process.
High Performance Culture
Identifies opportunities and recommends changes to increase
performance, reduce cost, and positively impact metrics through
analytical approaches, including the tracking of key data and
analyzing trends.
Utilizes knowledge of business trends to create and implement
clear, relevant, and actionable plans.
Tracks and develops plans to remove obstacles for success.
Minimum knowledge, skills and abilities required to successfully
perform major duties/responsibilities:
Ability to adapt to competing demands and shifting priorities
Ability to establishes & maintain constructive, positive working
relationships (Relate well to individuals with diverse backgrounds,
ability to provide an HR perspective, yet be open to the group's
point of view)
Effective oral and written communications skills, excellent
interpersonal skills, and computer literacy
Ability to facilitate training/learning in large group
presentations
Results orientated (Complying with all laws and regulations; and
maintaining focus on productivity and bottom-line results)
Strong problem solving and decision-making skills (Gather & analyze
information, draw appropriate conclusions, generate viable
alternative solutions to problem, & evaluate the consequences of
each alternative)
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Education:
Bachelor's degree, or graduate degree in Human Resource Management
or related discipline required
PHR or SHRM certification preferred
Experience:
3-5 years of experience in Human Resources required, with 1 year in
a leadership capacity
Ability to lead projects to completion
Competent in Labor/Employee Relations, Recruitment and Selection,
Benefits and Compensation, as well as policy and procedure
interpretation.
Ability to work and communicate effectively with others across
levels and functions while working on multiple tasks in a matrix
organization.
Ability to make decisions based on all relevant information and
develops recommendations/solves problems, based on data.
Must have working knowledge of state and federal laws along with
practical application.
Must have experience in administering FMLA, affirmative action
planning, and workers compensation management and unemployment.
Ability to facilitate training/learning in large group
presentations.
Human Resources experience in a manufacturing environment
preferred
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Keywords: The Hershey Company, Lower Merion , HR Generalist, Human Resources , Hershey, Pennsylvania
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