Corporate Human Resources Generalist

Who We Want:
We are seeking a Human Resources Generalist to support our corporate team's administrative functions and provide customer service to our salaried team members. The ideal candidate will be highly self-motivated, solution-focused, and passionate about assisting others and building relationships. This individual will monitor the employee-employer relationship and collaborate with leadership to foster an environment that keeps employees motivated and productive while championing Challenge's Core Values. The perfect candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly growing setting, demonstrating a strong ability to work independently on a variety of projects while sharing a positive attitude and energy with their internal customers and teammates.

What You'll Do:

• Acts as a liaison between managers and employees assigned to corporate functions across the organization to learn about, investigate, respond to, and resolve employee relations issues matters
• Acts as a resource for management on matters of employee discipline to ensure a consistent application of all policies and procedures
• Coordinates the internal dispute resolution process upon receiving an employee request
• Supports the Talent Acquisition team's recruitment and retention efforts and leads corporate cultural committee meetings
• Ensures the consistent application of company policies, issues written discipline documents, investigates alleged misconduct, and coaches leadership on disciplinary matters.
• Ensures adherence to all federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Assists in maintaining, monitoring, and updating Human Resources policies and forms while ensuring that regulatory requirements are met.
• Promotes effective and positive communication between HR and all corporate employees.
• Works with HR leadership to develop, document, and implement enhanced Human Resources processes when needed
• Manages multiple administrative workflows, including Challenge's immigrant worker program and other legal matters.
• Meets with new managers to orient them to HR processes. Conducts in-services on Human Resources topics for management as needs are identified
• Is the representative and contact for all corporate employees in the HR function.
• Supports the VP of Human Resources with other duties as assigned

When and Where:
This will be a 830-5PM position located at our Corporate Office in Walker, MI.

Occasionally, this may require you to arrive early, stay late, or work on weekends, outside of our regular hours, to ensure we successfully meet customer needs, deadlines, or urgent requests.

What You Need to Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field required
• 1-3 years of human resource management experience
• Manufacturing or automotive background experience preferred
• Must have knowledge of human resources principles including benefits, recruitment, state and federal employment and labor law, and employee relations
• Strong ability to communicate at various levels of the organization (written and verbal)
• Organizational savvy: possesses the ability to understand the culture in which one operates, and is able to effectively influence and drive change
• Comfortable working within a matrix organization
• Highly motivated self-starter and able to perform at multiple levels (strategic, tactical, administrative)
• Able to simplify and clarify situations and processes; delivers operational value through intelligent application of processes
• Excellent IT Skills, particularly Microsoft Office and HRIS systems
• Passion for customer and company success
• Positive team player
• Thrives in a hands-on environment
• Takes responsibility for actions, results, and mistakes
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity in all aspects of work
• Occasional travel as needed to other plants with corporate employees