City of Shakopee

SR. HUMAN RESOURCES GENERALIST

The Sr. Human Resources Generalist is responsible for supporting the HR strategy in alignment with the company’s goals and objectives. This role also leads policy and process adherence, manages payroll, handles employee relations and performance management, manages full cycle recruitment, oversees onboarding and offboarding, and manages employee benefits and perks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adhering to the HR Strategic Plan to support the mission, vision and values of the organization, with a focus on attracting and retaining talent

• Managing policies and processes that provide clarity for employees and mitigate risk for the organization

• Managing the talent acquisition process and the employee lifecycle including employee performance and development; interviewing candidates and making recommendations to leaders on hiring decisions

• Manages on-boarding activities for new hires

• Accurately processing payroll on a timely basis with close attention to detail

• Entering and maintaining accurate employee changes in HRIS throughout the life cycle of the employee from hiring through termination

• Partnering with Head of HR to facilitate the annual merit increases, bonuses, promotions, and off-cycle compensation process

• Driving health and welfare benefits initiatives, including leading annual enrollment employee communications, ensuring benefits are aligned with payroll, and dealing with complex employee questions and issues within HIPAA guidelines

• Managing training and development activities, providing reports, analyzing data, and working with leaders and Head of HR to identify training needs within the organization

• Creating department checklists to ensure all processes are followed consistently

• Designing volunteer and community support programs in which the company and employees can participate

• Handling employee relations and unemployment issues, including documentation, and elevating to the Head of HR, as appropriate

• Preparing HR metrics and reporting that provide meaningful information to the business

• Effectively promoting diversity and adeptly working with multicultural teams within the organization, fostering an inclusive and equitable environment

• Creating and maintaining annual HR calendar with important company dates and events

• Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements, staying up-to-date on new legislation, and implementing required policies and practices

• Ensuring compliance with HR record retention

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree

• Minimum of 5 years of professional Human Resources experience, food manufacturing or related industry preferred

• Prefer multi-lingual in both English and Spanish

• Ability to effectively communicate and implement policies and processes to drive continuous improvement

• High level of integrity and trust with the ability to protect confidential information

• Ability to handle diverse human resources and conflict management issues in a professional and mature manner

• High level of knowledge of benefit programs with ability to effectively communicate them to employees

• Ability to adapt as the needs of the role and company evolve with flexibility in a dynamic and ever-changing industry

• Strong level of experience in Human Resources on an operational and functional level

• Critical thinking with clear, fact-based written and verbal communication skills

• Experience with payroll processing and systems

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

• REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: This role will report directly to the Head of HR
• WORK LOCATION: This position will be based out of our Shakopee, MN office with the opportunity to work from home 2 days per week
• STATUS: Exempt
• SALARY: $75,000-80,000 based on experience + bonus (eligibility starting in 2026)