HR Associate

About LiDestri Foods

LiDestri Foods has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and producing innovative food products for our national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs over 1,000 people across three U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies and the most highly inventive retailer brands.

Excellent Pay and Benefits:

• Great career-pathing
• Professional development, including unlimited online training courses
• Health insurance with premium contributions
• Dental, vision, HSA
• 100% company paid life insurance and long-term disability
• 401k with employer match
• Paid time off to include- vacation, sick pay, wellness time off, and 10 holidays
• Company bonuses
• And many more.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Support the HR Team at assigned location in an administrative capacity including but not limited to HR, clerical and customer service functions.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist employees with daily questions as the first point of contact for the department
• Updates HRIS with employee change requests, processes paperwork, submits changes to payroll
• Schedules meetings and interviews as requested by HR Team
• Assists HR Manager with projects as needed
• Coordinates pre-employment screening process including confirming onboarding schedule with all parties
• Coordinates offboarding process including all applicable paperwork and notifications
• Participates in New Hire Onboarding
• Issues new hire, contractor, and replacement identification badges
• Makes photocopies, scans/emails/faxes documents and performs other clerical functions
• Maintains all employment files, including creation and filing
• Maintains accurate records including I-9s, job requisitions, NYS DOL Variances (in NYS), etc
• Completes HR PowerPoint slides for monthly production meetings
• Verifies Wellness documentation and enters all Wellness hours/pay earned
• Distributes LEAF Award certificates to managers and distributes/tracks the awards to employees
• Maintains physical postings in designated areas current employment law posters, lists of internal job postings, benefits changes, and any other HR-related updates
• Completes monthly bill coding for cost centers and reconciliations
• Responsible for creating various weekly and monthly reports regarding hours worked, headcounts, etc
• Report food safety & quality problems to personnel with authority to initiate action
• All other tasks as required by manager

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Associates or Bachelors degree in HR, Business, or related field preferred or High school diploma/GED with 2 to 4 years of experience
• Previous exposure to clerical work in an HR environment
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills
• Must have strong time management, task prioritization, and organizational skills
• Must have strong attention to detail
• Ability to work with diverse group of employees
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Regularly required to sit, use hands
• Occasionally need to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, with a potential of up to 25 pounds
• Sedentary office environment
• Occasional exposure to manufacturing plant floor requiring the use of personal protective equipment (ear plugs, safety glasses, bump cap, skid-resistant leather shoes, etc.);
• Must follow Good Manufacturing Practice (hair net, no jewelry, no fake nails or eyelashes, no food/drink, gum, etc. in manufacturing Plant).

Compensation details: 23-25 Hourly Wage

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