Human Resources Manager

Cogent Talent Solutions • Kansas City, MO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The HR Manager leads the company’s human resources functions and partners with leadership to support workforce planning, employee engagement, recruitment, retention, compliance, compensation, benefits, and professional development. The position establishes consistent HR practices across the organization while providing practical, confidential, and employee-focused support. It is based in person in the Kansas City office and supports all four offices. Travel to each office is not expected, but is encouraged to learn each office’s culture. The role is responsible for developing HR strategy and executing day-to-day HR operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of progressive-responsibility HR experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other relevant business systems.
• Proficiency in HRIS platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws, HR practices, and confidential recordkeeping requirements.
• Sound judgment and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Strong employee-relations, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with employees, managers, senior leaders, and external partners.
• Strong organization, documentation, and project-management skills, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
• Collaborative, service-oriented approach and confidence to provide candid, practical guidance.
• Ability to adapt HR practices to the evolving needs of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• 7–10 years of HR experience preferred.
• SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent HR certification preferred; alternatively, ability to obtain certification within an established period after hire.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with senior leadership to align workforce planning, recruiting, retention, and employee-development strategies with company goals.
• Establish HR processes, systems, and documentation that can scale with company growth.
• Provide leadership with appropriate workforce metrics (KPIs) and recommendations.
• Monitor workforce trends and recommend proactive staffing and retention strategies.
• Develop and implement the departmental budget.
• Develop recruiting strategies that support company growth and workforce needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop job descriptions, coordinate candidate screening and interviews, and support consistent selection practices.
• Coordinate pre-employment activities, onboarding, orientation, and required employment documentation.
• Manage employee offboarding, including exit interviews, documentation, benefits coordination, and internal notifications.
• Manage recruitment efforts through career fairs.
• Evaluate recruiting and onboarding effectiveness and recommend improvements.
• Support a positive workplace culture and serve as a confidential, approachable resource for employees and managers.
• Provide guidance on employee-relations matters, facilitate conflict resolution, respond to employee concerns, and coordinate fair and appropriately documented workplace investigations.
• Coach managers on communication, employee engagement, documentation, and consistent policy application.
• Administer or oversee payroll processes, including employee changes, deductions, reporting, and coordination with payroll providers.
• Lead employee health and retirement benefit programs through annual renewals and employee enrollment.
• Maintain accurate employee records within the HRIS and related systems.
• Conduct and maintain market compensation benchmarking.
• Monitor applicable employment-law developments and recommend policy or process changes.
• Maintain legally required employee records, notices, and documentation, and coordinate required reporting and compliance activities.
• Support workplace safety, leave administration, accommodations, and workers’ compensation processes, as applicable.
• Review the employee handbook regularly and recommend updates when business or legal requirements change.
• Manage the company’s performance-management cycle, including goal setting, midyear discussions, year-end reviews, and related documentation.
• Partner with technical and business leaders to identify training and professional-development needs.
• Track completion and effectiveness of required and company-sponsored training.
• Coordinate leadership development, mentoring, and career-path initiatives.
• Support succession planning and workforce continuity efforts for key roles.

What This Job Offers

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