Want to?build a stronger, more sustainable future and cultivate your career? Join Cargill's global team of 160,000 employees who use new technologies, dynamic insights and over 154 years of experience to connect farmers with markets, customers with ingredients, and people and animals with the food they need to thrive.
The Employee Relations and Employee Experience Senior Specialist will serve as a member of the human resource solutions team responsible for delivering employee experience and employee relations services to the business. Under limited supervision, you will use employee relations knowledge to coordinate complex processes and deliver human resource services, which include conducting investigations, corrective actions, conflict resolution, leave management, industrial/labor relations, and monitoring compliance programs. In this role, you will also help execute and deliver employee experience services such as onboarding, local training delivery, performance management, employee engagement and recognition programs.
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES
Consult with human resource and business managers and supervisors to interpret and provide strategic partnership to create solutions in complex employee experience, employee relations and labor relations policies, programs and processes.
Conduct investigations concerning employee/management inquiries and employee suggestions and/or complaints.
Design and deliver training/education sessions for employees, human resource professionals, supervisors and managers related to employee experience and employee relations policies, programs and processes.
Build and maintain key internal and external relationships, which may include business leaders, hiring managers human resource professionals, industry contacts, employees and union representatives.
Work with legal resources and consultants to ensure employee experience and employee relations activities adhere to company policy and legal and regulatory requirements.
Independently handle complex issues with minimal supervision, while escalating only the most complex issues to appropriate staff.
Other duties as assigned
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience
Minimum of four years of related work experience
Demonstrated ability to build strong relationships and lead by influence
Experience conducting investigations, anticipating issues, problem solving and implementing solutions
Demonstrated ability to lead and implement HR processes and client focused solutions
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum of six years of related work experience
Master's degree
HR Certification
Experience in working with HR partners outside of business location
Experience designing and deliver training/education sessions for employees
Experience working in a union environment, and managing grievance processes
Bi-lingual in Spanish
Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet.
At Cargill, everyone matters and everyone counts. Cargill is committed to creating and sustaining an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees are treated with dignity and respect. As such and in alignment with our Guiding Principles, Cargill's long-standing equal employment opportunity policy prohibits discrimination and harassment against any employee or applicant based on race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status, family status, citizenship status, veteran status, military status, union affiliation, or any other status protected by law.
Cargill also complies with all applicable national and local laws and regulations pertaining to non-discrimination and employment.
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