Sr. Manager, HR - Quality

Kraft Heinz•Chicago, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sr. Manager, HR - Quality is responsible for driving efforts in people strategies, talent development, change management, and organizational efficiency within the Food Safety & Quality (FSQ) team in North America. This role plays a critical part in shaping an exceptional employee experience and ensuring operational excellence within the FSQ Function. The position involves strategic HR leadership, overseeing recruitment and talent acquisition, managing employee relations, handling budget management, driving performance management, fostering company culture, and actively participating in talent management and employee engagement initiatives.

Requirements

A minimum of 5 years HR experience in Employee Relations, Staffing, Talent Management, Change Management and Performance Management.
Strong business acumen and leadership in HR.
Ability to partner and influence strategic priorities.
Active curiosity, insight orientation and external perspective about people and business performance.
Broad generalist HR skills across a range of populations with increasing responsibility.
Experience assessing, designing and recommending organizational changes and simplification.
Ability to engage, inspire, and influence people and to develop strong partnerships and coach leaders.
Future focused, think ahead and anticipate opportunities, leveraging an outside in perspective through understanding of market trends.
Experience in change strategy and transformation.

Responsibilities

Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with the company's goals.
Provide guidance to management on workforce planning, employee relations, and performance management.
Act as a trusted advisor to leadership on organizational development and talent management.
Assess organizational structures on a regular basis to ensure proper resourcing.
Proactively lead the movement and development of talent in alignment with staffing needs; facilitate the movement of talent within field sales organization and central teams.
Leverage HR analytics to provide leaders with data-driven insights and recommendations on workforce trends, turnover rates, and employee satisfaction.
Oversee the full-cycle recruitment process to attract and retain top talent, partnering with hiring managers to identify talent and capabilities needed.
Serve as the primary point-of-contact for employee concerns and foster a positive work environment.
Resolve workplace issues effectively, maintaining confidentiality and impartiality, minimizing any risk.
Promote open communication and ensure alignment with company values.
Actively manage team budget and optimize costs on a continual basis.
Lead all organizational redesign decisions; ability to facilitate organization, process and people assessments to narrow gaps and drive efficiencies.
Seek opportunities to drive efficiencies while improving value.
Drive a robust performance management process inclusive of quarterly development discussions ensuring managers are properly trained to set performance and development goals and give feedback.
Lead the OPR process with your client group, which includes onboarding new leaders to the process and developing all session materials.
Collaborate with managers to address underperformance issues with actionable improvement plans.
Drive the Kraft Heinz Culture and Values by leading big cultural initiatives such as Management By Objectives (MBOs), Continuous Improvement and process mapping, as well as ensuring Meritocracy within the organization.
Collaborate to increase DEI efforts.
Actively participate in talent development, and retention strategies, ensuring that the organization has the right people in the right roles.
Identify and develop future leaders within the organization, supporting leadership development programs and succession planning.
Help promote a positive organizational culture and employee engagement initiatives, providing insights and recommendations based on employee feedback and metrics.