HR Manager- Field and Distribution

Wonder • Swedesboro, NJ

17d • $86,500 - $97,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Human Resources Manager serves as the strategic HR partner to the Site Operations Leader for a 24/7 production and distribution facility. The role connects HR and Operations to improve workforce performance, leadership capability, organizational effectiveness, and employee experience while ensuring compliant and consistent HR practices.

The HR Manager owns the site’s people strategy, translating business and operational needs into workforce actions. The role also leads and develops an onsite HR team responsible for administrative HR activities, including orientation, reporting, documentation, and routine HR processes.

The position is based in Swedesboro, New Jersey. The facility operates 24/7, and the schedule must be flexible based on business needs; evening, overnight, weekend, holiday, and/or off-hours support may be required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 5 years of progressive HR experience, preferably supporting production, distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or other high-volume operational environments.
• Demonstrated experience partnering directly with operational leaders on workforce and business challenges.
• Strong experience in employee relations, culture, workforce planning, leadership coaching, and organizational problem-solving.
• Previous experience leading or developing HR team members.
• Strong analytical, communication, influencing, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to translate business needs into practical workforce strategies.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs; evening, overnight, weekend, holiday, and/or off-hours support may be required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting large hourly workforces in production, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, or similar environments.
• Experience with Workday or comparable HR systems.
• Demonstrated success improving workforce performance, retention, leadership capability, or organizational effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Site Operations Leader on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, labor needs, and business performance.
• Translate operational priorities into HR and workforce solutions that improve productivity, staffing stability, retention, and leadership effectiveness.
• Lead workforce planning, staffing analysis, succession planning, talent reviews, and organizational changes.
• Use workforce data and operational trends to identify risks, diagnose root causes, and recommend actions.
• Ensure people decisions support both employee experience and business outcomes.
• Coach leaders on performance management, employee relations, attendance, communication, corrective action, and policy application.
• Lead employee-relations matters and investigations within established escalation guidelines.
• Identify recurring employee, leadership, or organizational issues and develop solutions that address underlying causes.
• Build manager capability and reinforce leadership ownership of people management.
• Partner with Operations and Talent Acquisition to maintain appropriate staffing levels and workforce readiness.
• Monitor turnover, retention, absenteeism, vacancies, labor trends, and other workforce indicators.
• Strengthen onboarding, employee engagement, recognition, development, and retention efforts.
• Identify high-potential talent and support succession and leadership development.
• Lead, coach, and develop an onsite HR team.
• Delegate and oversee orientation, reporting, documentation, recordkeeping, and other administrative HR processes.
• Ensure accurate and timely execution of HR operations while maintaining focus on strategic business partnership.
• Ensure compliance with employment laws, company policies, and required HR practices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package with equity and a 401(k).
• Choice of medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Company-paid short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid time off, including flexible time off for exempt employees, paid vacation for non-exempt employees, and paid sick leave in compliance with applicable law.
• Paid parental leave.
• Discounted meals and exclusive perks across the Wonder family of brands.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager