Human Resources Generalist

Human Resources Generalist

At Nestlé Health Science, we believe that nutrition, science, and wellness must merge, not collide. Here, we embrace the intrinsic connections of these three pillars, harnessing their collective strength to empower healthier lives. Our broad product portfolio includes renowned brands like Garden of Life®, Nature's Bounty®, Vital Proteins®, Orgain®, Nuun®, BOOST®, Carnation Breakfast Essentials®, Peptamen®, Compleat Organic Blends®, and more. We also have extensive pharmaceutical expertise, offering innovative medicines that aim to prevent, manage, and treat gastrointestinal and metabolic-related diseases. At Nestlé Health Science, we bring our best for better lives. Our people are challenged to bring fresh, diverse views and make bold moves to empower healthier lives through nutrition. We know brilliant ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. Here we embrace the entrepreneurial spirit and collaborate with teams that champion focused and forward thinking. We are committed to fostering professional growth and celebrating the achievements of our people along the way. We offer dynamic career paths, robust development, opportunities to learn from talented colleagues around the globe, and benefits that support physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Join us to innovate for impact and reimagine the future of health and nutrition for patients and consumers.

Job Description

The Facility Human Resources Generalist will provide a broad range of HR services to support: recruitment and succession planning, leave management and employee relations. This role will also provide support with both employment law and policy interpretation, compensation, staffing and benefits administration. The Facility Human Resources Generalist will also assist with employee rewards and recognition, as well as with regulatory compliance guidance and HR reporting too. This role works onsite Monday to Friday at our Nestle Health Science USA Manufacturing Facility in Savannah, GA.

Responsibilities

• Executing HR Strategy
• Aid in execution of the Nestlé People Strategy processes that attract, develop, recognize, and retain employees to support the organization's short- and long-term strategic business needs.
• Support Nestlé initiatives such as the Nestlé Management and Leadership Principles while executing workforce planning processes for the organization such as talent development, organizational planning, and organizational change management.
• Ensure the culture & working environment is open, empowering, fair, and equitable.
• Manage special projects in workforce management, strategic planning, quarterly/monthly people data reports and other ad-hoc works in progress.
• Recruitment
• Responsible for salaried and hourly staffing through onboarding and retention of the right talent with alignment to the sites' staffing strategy.
• Collaborate with talent management teams in recruitment, new hire processing, posts announcements, job descriptions, diversity recruitment strategies, interviewing candidates and other related tasks.
• Employee & Labor Relations
• Serve as liaison between employees and site leadership, as needed.
• Build and maintain relations with employees at the manufacturing site, to promote and foster an environment of open communication and transparent, candid feedback.
• Conduct investigations, provide coaching, and document findings, when required.
• Serve as liaison between employees and site leadership, as needed.
• Compliance
• Supporting a holistic safety focus by driving people related safety goals and business initiatives.
• Perform planned/impromptu investigations and audits to ensure and/or maintain EEO/AA/OFCC or Federal/State employment law compliance in practice as it related to hiring, training, transfers, or promotions of people assets.
• Perform additional HR-related duties and tasks as assigned by the Facility Human Resources Manager.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration or in a related field highly preferred.

• 3+ years of relevant full-cycle Human Resources work experience required, preferably working within a Manufacturing, Warehouse or in a Distribution environment (equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience will be considered).

• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint) required.

• Knowledge and thorough understanding of Federal and State employment laws (e.g., EEO, AA, FMLA, ADA, Unemployment Insurance Administration, and Worker's Compensation) required.

• Must have excellent communication (oral and written), presentation, follow-up and stakeholder management skills (including the ability to develop and maintain strong, cross-functional stakeholder relationships).

• Must be highly organized, attentive to detail, team-oriented and analytical.

• Willing and able to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines with minimal supervision.

• Approaches others with open mind, understand and motivates diverse individuals and groups

• Experience with HRIS and Timekeeping systems including SuccessFactors or Kronos a plus.

• Current or prior Project Management experience is desired (i.e.: conducting a wage survey or helping revising handbook policies).

• Bilingual in both English and Spanish languages is highly desired.

• Willing and able to travel up to and including 5% for business purposes required.

• Willing and able to work a flexible schedule Monday to Friday including mornings, afternoons and some evenings as required.