(Korean Bilingual) Senior HR Generalist

About the Role

Title: HR Senior Generalist. Location: Fort Lee, NJ. Reports to: HR Director. Job Type: Exempt, Full Time. Department: Human Resources.

The Senior HR Generalist will support Our Client’s human resources functions with a strong focus on talent acquisition and recruitment. This role will lead recruiting efforts and also support employee relations, compliance, onboarding, and HR administration.

Requirements

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, interviewing, hiring, onboarding, and retention support (approximately 50% of the role).
  
• Partner with hiring managers and business leaders to identify staffing needs and develop recruiting strategies across multiple departments and operational teams.
  
• Develop an understanding of departmental operations and hiring priorities to identify and attract qualified candidates.
  
• Manage multiple recruiting priorities and ensure positions are filled within established hiring timelines.
  
• Support recruitment across operations, supply chain, corporate, retail, and support functions.
  
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for corporate and field positions.
  
• Develop and implement recruiting initiatives to attract talent.
  
• Manage relationships with external recruiting agencies, job boards, colleges, and community partners.
  
• Coordinate and participate in job fairs, hiring events, and recruiting campaigns.
  
• Track recruiting metrics and provide hiring updates and reports to leadership.
  
• Assist with onboarding, new hire orientation, and employee integration.
  
• Serve as a resource for employees and managers on company policies, workplace concerns, and HR-related inquiries.
  
• Promote positive employee relations, communication, engagement, and workplace safety.
  
• Support employee disciplinary actions, investigations, and documentation as needed.
  
• Maintain employee records and update HRIS (G-HR) system.
  
• Support the performance review process and assist with HR reporting, audits, and administrative tasks.
  
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, with focus on New Jersey and New York requirements.
  
• Support HR policy implementation and maintain HR documentation and records.
  
• Assist employees with basic benefits inquiries and enrollment support.
  
• Support annual open enrollment and employee benefit communications.
  
• Coordinate with benefit vendors and HR team regarding employee benefit administration.
  

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive HR experience, including significant recruitment and talent acquisition responsibilities.
  
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field (preferred).
  
• Experience managing full-cycle recruitment, onboarding, and employee integration processes (required).
  
• Strong experience recruiting for a wide range of positions across various functions (required).
  
• Previous experience with HRIS systems (required). Experience with ADP Workforce Now (preferred).
  
• Franchise, Food & Beverage, or multi-location industry experience (preferred).
  
• Basic knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including wage and hour, discrimination, harassment, and leave laws, particularly in New Jersey and New York.
  
• Basic knowledge of Leave of Absence (LOA), FMLA, Workers’ Compensation administration, and HR operations.
  
• Strong communication, organizational, multitasking, and interpersonal skills.
  
• Must be proficient in English; Korean or Spanish language proficiency (preferred).
  

Benefits

Compensation

$70,000.00 to $90,000.00 Annually