Generalist I, Human Resources

Company Overview

Why Choose Us?

Novolex is a leading manufacturer of food, beverage, and specialty packaging that supports multiple industries including foodservice, restaurant delivery and carryout, food processing, grocery and retail, and industrial sectors. Novolex manufacturing and sourcing expertise spans a diverse range of substrates including resin, paper, molded fiber, aluminum and more. We provide customers a broad array of stock and customized solutions with 120 product categories, 250 brands and over 39,000 SKUs.

Our Sustainability Commitment

The Novolex sustainability vision is built upon three pillars: our products, our operations and our people. Each is critically important to our growth and future as a business. These pillars form the foundation of our company-wide commitment to sustainability, helping us achieve our ambitious goals through our wide-ranging initiatives.

Job Description

Job Summary: We're looking for an HR Generalist I to support day-to-day human resources operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment. In this role, you'll partner closely with plant leadership and employees to support staffing, employee relations, compliance, benefits and leave administration, onboarding, payroll support, and workforce programs. You'll play an important role in helping us maintain a safe, compliant, and engaged hourly workforce through responsive service, accurate recordkeeping, and hands-on HR support.

What You'll Do:

· Provide day-to-day HR support to employees and supervisors in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

· Maintain HRIS data and personnel files to support accuracy, compliance, and timely follow-up on documentation.

· Apply HR policies, practices, and procedures consistently across the site.

· Support benefits administration, including open enrollment, employee communication, and wellness initiatives.

· Respond to employee questions and help resolve workplace concerns in a timely and professional manner.

· Support recruiting, engagement, retention, performance management, and other workforce programs.

· Administer leave and accommodation processes, including FMLA, ADA, workers' compensation, STD, and LTD.

· Manage hourly recruiting activities, including job postings, interviews, candidate flow, and applicant tracking.

· Coordinate onboarding and offboarding activities, including orientation, retention efforts, and exit processes.

· Support payroll processes to help ensure employees are paid accurately and on time.

· Partner with staffing agencies to help manage staffing levels, hours worked, and workforce needs.

· Conduct workplace investigations, escalate concerns as needed, and support conflict resolution efforts.

· Communicate updates to HR policies, procedures, and employee benefit programs.

· Support site safety policies and regulatory compliance, including required manufacturing safety programs.

· Maintain day-to-day HR systems, records, and administrative processes.

· Take on other related duties and special projects as assigned.

What We're Looking For:

· Associate degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

· Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field preferred.

· Three years of HR support, HRIS, or related experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

· Experience with HR systems such as Workday, UKG, Beeline, and iCIMS is preferred.

· Strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, including the ability to handle sensitive employee matters.

· A strong customer service mindset and the ability to remain professional in high-pressure situations.

· Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work across all levels of the organization.

· Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple priorities.

· A proactive, solutions-focused approach with sound judgment and a practical work style.

· The ability to build effective working relationships across diverse teams and employee groups.

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $54,300-$90,500 + bonus + benefits. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target salaries for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. At Novolex, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.

The benefits for this role include 401(k) plan with company match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings accounts, paid vacation, and sick days, paid parental leave, paid holidays and wellness program.

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Company Benefits

What You'll Get From Us

Benefits

With safety as our top priority and a commitment to employee well-being an important focus, we offer comprehensive and competitive benefits that include medical, dental and vision insurance as well as a variety of other well-being resources focused on mental, physical and financial health. Specific benefits and well-being programs may vary depending on where you work.

Community Engagement

At Novolex, giving back to the local communities that support us is important. Our Focused Giving Program prioritizes support for organizations whose missions promote sustainability initiatives or address food and hunger needs. We also encourage facility level support of activities in the communities where our employees live and work.

Training and Development

We offer constant opportunities for advancement. From skills development to advanced education programs, training and development programs and courses are available through MyLearning. Programs include company and industry training curricula, support for formal education through the Tuition Reimbursement Program (Non-Union), and a Learning Management System that supports and enhances employee skills at all levels of the organization.

Novolex is committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices, including but not limited to selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, and compensation to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to age, race, color, national origin, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, handicap or disability, genetics, citizenship status, service member or veteran status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. Any individual who, because of his or her disability, needs an accommodation in connection with an aspect of the Company's application process should contact View email address on click.appcast.io .

Formerly Pactiv Evergreen

Job Locations US-IL-Bedford Park

ID 2026-34069

Category Human Resources

Position Type Full Time

Pay Type Salaried