Sr HR Generalist

Freudenberg Group • Findlay, OH

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About The Position

The Sr HR Generalist owns day-to-day HR programs and employee lifecycle activities, serving as a trusted partner to employees and leaders. The role supports a manufacturing environment through employee and labor relations, workforce metrics and improvement initiatives, workforce planning, talent development, and organizational effectiveness. It also follows a structured succession and development path toward broader HR Manager responsibility, including strategic HR leadership and leadership of the site HR function.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, or a related field, with approximately 5+ years of progressive HR Generalist experience; substantial equivalent HR experience may be considered.
• Hands-on experience across multiple HR disciplines, including payroll, LOA/FMLA, ADA, workers’ compensation, employee relations, performance management, investigations, and employment-law compliance.
• Employee and/or labor relations experience in a manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or similarly fast-paced operational environment.
• Ability to advise frontline employees and leaders.
• Experience owning HR metrics or KPIs, analyzing workforce trends, identifying root causes, and leading measurable improvement actions.
• Experience partnering with business leaders, influencing decisions, solving complex people issues, and connecting HR priorities to operational objectives.
• Leadership aptitude, business acumen, strategic thinking, communication, sound judgment, and change-management capability.
• Ability to build credibility across hourly, professional, and leadership populations.

Nice To Haves

• Motivation and demonstrated potential to progress into an HR Manager role.
• Ability to take increasing ownership of site HR strategy, workforce planning, talent development, organizational effectiveness, and leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day HR programs and employee lifecycle activities, including payroll administration, leaves of absence, ADA accommodations, workers’ compensation, attendance, benefits support, and HR compliance.
• Advise employees and leaders on employee relations, performance management, policy interpretation, corrective action, investigations, conflict resolution, and workplace concerns.
• Support labor and employee relations activities with site leadership to address workforce issues, strengthen employee engagement, and maintain productive working relationships in a manufacturing environment.
• Own and analyze HR KPIs and workforce metrics, identify trends, and develop practical improvement plans for retention, attendance, engagement, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• Partner with business and operations leaders on workforce planning, organizational needs, talent development, succession planning, and people strategies.
• Lead and support HR projects and continuous improvement initiatives to improve processes and HR effectiveness and deliver measurable business results.
• Develop capabilities in strategic HR leadership, business planning, organizational effectiveness, talent management, and leadership of the site HR function in preparation for broader HR Manager responsibility.

What This Job Offers

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