Operations People & Culture Generalist

Operations People & Culture Generalist

Grow With Us! Hudson is North America's leading travel retailer. For over 30 years, Hudson has met the needs and wants of travelers in more than 1,000 duty-free, duty-paid, and food & beverage stores. Opportunity, growth, and meaningful rewards! We offer:

Competitive salary range - $65,789 - $77,399 per year + Q. Bonus

Health, dental and vision insurance

Generous paid time off (vacation, flex or sick)

Holiday pay

*401(k) retirement plan

*Company paid life insurance

*Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts across all company brands

Employee assistance program

Training and exciting career growth opportunities

Referral program – refer a friend and earn a bonus

*Benefits may vary by position so ask your recruiter for details.

Purpose: The HR Generalist runs the daily functions of the assigned People & Culture department including managing employee relations, hiring and interviewing staff, enforcing company policies, and administering pay, benefits, and leave.

Essential Functions:

• Establishes and maintains a position of trusted adviser to all operations managers.
• Partners with the HR Manager to establish and maintain a positive and visible HR presence in the branch among associates at all levels.
• Identifies trends and regularly communicates branch level issues with the HR Manager
• Collaborates with and provides daily advice to operations managers on employee discipline, performance management, retention, engagement, rewards, and recognition.
• Maintains in depth technical knowledge of HR best practices, federal/state/local regulations and statutes, and company HR policies and procedures, ensuring they are fully considered before HR decisions are made.
• As applicable, fully understands collective bargaining agreement, and answers questions related to union practices.
• Conducts confidential HR counseling, investigations and exit interviews
• Gathers, analyzes, understands, and monitors operational data and useful HR metrics such as turnover rates, wage rates, staffing levels, diversity, and sales data to help forecast and plan for staffing needs.
• Collaborates with regional HR staff to proactively source, recruit, screen, interview, offer, hire, and orient candidates/new hires.
• Develops and maintains relationships with community-based organizations to enhance applicant pool.
• Develops and delivers new hire orientation, required policy training and corporate developed trainings.
• Understands airport/landlord policies and procedures and partners with operations to ensure compliance.
• Responds to associate inquiries and questions related to compensation, leave, scheduling, assignments, complaints, policies and procedures, and the full-cycle on-boarding process.
• Performs general HR functions including but not limited to employee file maintenance, preparation of logs, and PeopleSoft systems data entry and maintenance

Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment:

Requires 4-year college degree or equivalent work experience

Requires minimum of 3-5 years of HR Recruiting or related HR Generalist experience

Experience in handling and working in a 1,000+ employee matrix organization

Food and Beverage or Retail experience

Requires the study and knowledge to earn SHRM certification will provide a foundation for successful performance in this role

Requires the ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents, as well as interact comfortably with associates

Requires leadership skills and ability to be part of a team with minimal day-to-day supervision

Requires working knowledge of HR technical subjects

Requires proficiency with HR and business software/systems and experience with preparing documents, spreadsheets and presentations

Requires national, regional, and area travel

Your team is counting on you as an HR Generalist to:

Work a full-time schedule

Open availability and able to work on weekdays and weekends.

Working at Denver International Airport

Avalta, including Dufry, HMSHost Corporation, Hudson, and affiliates ("the Company"), is an equal opportunity employer. It is the Company's policy to ensure equal employment opportunity in all aspects of employment and to comply with anti-discrimination laws and regulations. The Company prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal opportunities to applicants and team members without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, age, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, related medical conditions and lactation), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, national origin, disability, military service and veteran status, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances (referred to as "protected characteristics"). All offers are contingent upon successful completion and passing of background checks and/or employment verification results.