The Sr. HR Specialist supports HR initiatives, manages employee relations, guides operational solutions, and collaborates on talent acquisition and diversity efforts.
Position Title: Sr HR Specialist
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Burley
Grade: Grade 05
Requisition ID: 37439
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
The Sr. HR Specialist provides HR oversight in support of the Winning Culture Strategy. This role recommends process improvements, provides project leadership, and metrics oversight that allows for monitoring trends against key HR measures and market labor conditions. The Sr. HR Specialist provides expert support in four main areas leveraging knowledge of local / regional / cultural people practices:
1. Elevated employee relations, engagement activities & initiatives
2. Provide guidance and solutions for HR operational issues
3. Handles complex and escalated employee / labour relations matters, and supports compliance, policy and procedures
4. Liaison, partner with and collaborate with HR service center, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Compensation to drive employee solutions
In addition to these four main areas of support, the Sr. HR Specialist plays a key role in supporting all HR activities, programs, and projects.
What you'll be doing.
What you'll need to be successful.
About the team .
Reporting to the HR Business Partner, the Sr. HR Specialist is an individual contributor to the department while maintaining a strong cross functional relationship with business stakeholders, leaders, and personnel.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Compensation Package : $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 USD annuall y + bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits : At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Human Resources
Division: NA HR
Department: Burley Human Resources
Location(s): US - United States of America : Idaho : Burley || US - United States of America : Idaho : Boise || US - United States of America : Idaho : Fruitland || US - United States of America : Idaho : Nampa
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
Position Type: Regular - Full-Time
Position Location: Burley
Grade: Grade 05
Requisition ID: 37439
In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and passionate about creating exceptional work experiences - together. With a customer-first mindset, we make doing business with McCain easy.
About the role .
The Sr. HR Specialist provides HR oversight in support of the Winning Culture Strategy. This role recommends process improvements, provides project leadership, and metrics oversight that allows for monitoring trends against key HR measures and market labor conditions. The Sr. HR Specialist provides expert support in four main areas leveraging knowledge of local / regional / cultural people practices:
1. Elevated employee relations, engagement activities & initiatives
2. Provide guidance and solutions for HR operational issues
3. Handles complex and escalated employee / labour relations matters, and supports compliance, policy and procedures
4. Liaison, partner with and collaborate with HR service center, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Compensation to drive employee solutions
In addition to these four main areas of support, the Sr. HR Specialist plays a key role in supporting all HR activities, programs, and projects.
What you'll be doing.
- Provides executional support to HRBP and Plant Leadership Team to deliver shared business goals and HR initiatives that align to the Winning Culture Strategy
- Works in partnership with HR Business Partner and people leaders to drive a continuous improvement mindset to enable the everyday engagement of their teams
- Oversee and advise people leaders and employees with complex employment and labour relations issues, including overseeing the corrective action and attendance management processes
- Collaborate with the leadership team to support improvement in turnover and retention
- Working in collaboration with HRBP and TA resources to manage talent and succession with a strong focus on attracting, recruiting, and effectively onboarding diverse talent
- Working in collaboration with the HRBP's and our leaders to be an ambassador of driving diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Support regional implementation of CoE-driven processes, policies, and initiatives
- Participate in the execution of learning and development initiatives such as Great People Leaders and related programs from local and global COE
- Analyzes the data available through our McCain Systems, to identify trends and take insight driven actions while striving to continually improve.
- Review and support the development of our HR Procedures, to ensure compliance with legislative updates and best practice changes while playing a key role in the coordination of the HR aspects in Audits
- Ensure effective verbal and written employee communication
- Provide leadership and guidance to HR Specialist
- Support HR Specialist with the core areas of employee relations, labour relations, high volume recruitment, and in-scope LOA processes as needed
What you'll need to be successful.
- 2-4 years of experience as a HR Specialist or related progressive HR experience
- Bachelor's degree in human resources or a related field preferred
- Professional Human Resources certification an asset
- Prior experience with Labor Relations
About the team .
Reporting to the HR Business Partner, the Sr. HR Specialist is an individual contributor to the department while maintaining a strong cross functional relationship with business stakeholders, leaders, and personnel.
About McCain .
Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.
Leadership principles .
At McCain, our leadership principles guide how we engage with customers, collaborate as a team, and achieve success. We focus on understanding customer needs, driving innovation, empowering people, and taking ownership to clear obstacles and deliver results.
The McCain experience .
We are McCain. This statement is a testament to our collective strength and our individual value. Your contributions play a vital role in our success. Our winning culture is rooted in authenticity and trust, empowering us to bring out the best in one another. Here, you'll find opportunities to learn, grow, and thrive. Join us and experience why we're better together.
Compensation Package : $81,600.00 - $108,900.00 USD annuall y + bonus eligibility
The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.
Benefits : At McCain, we're on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person's needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.
Your well-being matters to us, and we're here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work - and at home.
McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to find appropriate solutions.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with McCain's Global Privacy Policy and Global Employee Privacy Policy , as applicable. You can understand how your personal information is being handled here .
Job Family: Human Resources
Division: NA HR
Department: Burley Human Resources
Location(s): US - United States of America : Idaho : Burley || US - United States of America : Idaho : Boise || US - United States of America : Idaho : Fruitland || US - United States of America : Idaho : Nampa
Company: McCain Foods USA, Inc.
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