HR Generalist

Job Description

The HR Generalist role has responsibility to provide a full range of day to day and project HR support. This role also serves as a primary point of contact to Supply Chain associates within Fortune Brands Innovations, for general HR questions and support. This role provides operational support in the areas of recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, performance management, communication, engagement and HR policies and procedures.  

This is a hybrid position reporting the Fortune Brands Innovations HQ in Deerfield, IL.

RESPONSIBLIITIES:

• Acts as a primary contact and support to Fortune Brands Innovation Supply Chain associates for HR questions and partners or escalates issues to corresponding HR Business Partner.
• Responsible for onboarding guidance and execution to ensure successful onboarding to Fortune Brands Innovations for all new hires.
• Supports the performance management process for supply chain teams and broadly across Fortune Brands Innovations.
• Drafts communications, announcements and finds creative ways to deploy important talent messages.
• Acts as the HR partner for the supply chain office engagement committee. Participates in events, engagement committee meetings and is actively involved in driving cultural initiatives and engagement across teams.
• Supports the HR Business Partner in day-to-day HR support which may include answering employee questions, partnering with people services and employee relations, conducting exit interviews, etc.
• Supports regular HR processes such as merit and bonus, quarterly discretionary equity process, organization talent reviews, employee engagement survey, etc.
• Supports processing employee changes in HR systems by partnering with various HR team members to execute in various HR systems.
• Supports team building sessions through Predictive Index facilitation, New Leader Assimilation support, team summits.
• Manages projects as part of the broader HR transformation including process mapping, gathering documents, data and information.
• Manages and participates in other HR and Ad Hoc Projects.

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s Degree required (Degree in HR or relevant field preferred) and a minimum of 4 years working in a HR environment. HR Generalist experience required.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills required; ability to communicate with associates at all levels of the organization
• Strong, proven customer focus and service
• Expert knowledge of MS Office products including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook
• Previous experience with HR systems preferably Workday a plus
• Must be highly organized and able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Must be a proactive problem solver and be able to work independently
• Strong project management skills
• Must be an independent and creative thinker
• Must embrace flexibility and be comfortable with change  
• Ability to prioritize tasks efficiently to meet ongoing commitments and to achieve larger goals