DISTRICT HR SPECIALIST

The Kroger Co.•Denver, CO

About The Position

The District HR Specialist drives sourcing, recruiting, selection, and onboarding to support fully staffed stores with friendly associates. The role conducts interviews and makes hiring decisions, partners with stakeholders on succession planning, and safeguards the accuracy, integrity, maintenance, release, storage, and confidentiality of associate data. The specialist demonstrates the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety. The position supports store leadership with HR processes, programs, employee relations, training, data administration, compliance, and retention efforts. It also travels to store locations to advance HR initiatives and consult with management and onsite staff. The specialist must be able to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience in human resources or retail department management.
Knowledge of HR business processes and employment laws.
Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
Ability to build and maintain cooperative business partnerships.
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and responsibilities effectively.
Excellent presentation, oral, and written communication skills.
Proven knowledge and experience using external recruiting sites and resume databases, and conducting external recruiting activities.
Ability to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in human resources.
Experience in recruiting or hiring, training and development, coaching, employee relations, and/or HR strategy.
PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification.

Responsibilities

Conduct interviews, make hiring decisions, manage the offer process, and initiate prescreening tests and background checks.
Drive sourcing, recruiting, selection, and onboarding for store positions; verify that new associates are properly onboarded and trained.
Assist the division HR department with associate investigations.
Lead and support store leadership in implementing HR processes, procedures, and programs that promote engagement, culture, and retention.
Advise and coach management on associate issues, including leaves of absence, workers’ compensation, PTO, policies, retention, performance, and succession.
Coordinate and deliver associate training programs as appropriate, including new-hire orientation, manager-on-duty training, and department-leader development.
Serve as a subject matter expert on associate data, human resource information systems, policies, and processes.
Respond to and resolve associate inquiries with urgency and a high level of service.
Conduct exit interviews and feedback discussions to identify and track trends that may affect retention.
Support talent acquisition with the creation and ongoing maintenance of hiring requisitions and the new-hire onboarding process, including background checks, drug screens, I-9 forms, and new-hire paperwork.
Assess data submissions for completeness and resolve discrepancies.
Support record requests by retrieving appropriate documentation and providing it to business partners when needed.
Collect data about current processes and develop improved methods with stakeholder input.
Comply with federal, state, and local labor laws, including minor labor laws, and support compliance with food and alcoholic beverage laws and regulations.
Accurately and promptly process HR data entries involving wages and salaries, terminations, status and position changes, new hires and rehires, transfers, time-accrual maintenance, associate personal-information updates, and other HR activities.
Travel to store locations to drive HR initiatives and provide consultation and support to management and onsite staff.
Maintain the confidentiality of associate data and records.
Perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.