Senior Human Resource Generalist

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Human Resource Generalist to support both strategic HR programs and day-to-day people operations for a manufacturing organization. This role blends hands-on human resources leadership with deep HRIS expertise, helping ensure reliable employee data, compliant processes, and efficient system performance across key HR functions. The ideal candidate brings strong judgment, analytical capability, and the ability to partner across teams to improve hiring, employee support, compensation insights, and policy administration.

Responsibilities:
• Direct HR system updates across core people functions, including setup, testing, validation, and rollout of changes spanning areas such as employee records, benefits, talent processes, and onboarding.
• Develop and refine complex workflow designs while managing large-scale data changes to support business needs accurately and efficiently.
• Uphold HR system standards by aligning configuration decisions with governance expectations, established best practices, and broader organizational design guidelines.
• Administer foundational HR master data, including organizational structures, roles, job groupings, profiles, and work locations, to maintain consistency across the system.
• Perform regular audits of HR data, investigate inconsistencies, and strengthen data quality controls to support dependable reporting and compliance.
• Collaborate with IT and technical partners to address integrations, user access, security-related updates, and system issue resolution.
• Manage employee programs and HR processes such as benefits support, policy development, handbook maintenance, and procedural documentation for the workforce.
• Lead recruiting activity for exempt, nonexempt, student, and contract positions; coordinate onboarding activities; and support career development initiatives.
• Provide guidance on employee relations matters, conduct exit discussions, and assist with transitions in a thoughtful and compliant manner.
• Use HR metrics and reporting to identify trends in compensation, benefits, training, and recruiting, then present recommendations that support operational improvement and management decision-making.• 7+ years of human resources experience, including substantial responsibility in HR systems, employee relations, compliance, and talent support.
• Demonstrated background working with HRIS platforms, with strong preference for experience in SAP SuccessFactors HCM and related reporting or analysis tools.
• Knowledge of compensation practices such as benchmarking, pay analysis, incentive programs, and compensation administration.
• Experience supporting recruiting efforts, workforce planning, career development, and succession-related initiatives within a business environment.
• Solid understanding of HR compliance requirements, including employment eligibility verification, recordkeeping, and annual reporting obligations.
• Ability to manage sensitive data with accuracy, perform audits, and maintain strong data governance standards.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, particularly when partnering with leadership, IT teams, and operational stakeholders.
• Manufacturing industry experience is preferred.