Warehouse HR Business Partner

Human Resources Support

• Recruiting and hiring applicants, conducting new team member orientation, and benefits classes.
• Maintain close contact with corporate human resources to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, and state/federal employment laws and regulations.
• Support team member relations efforts, ensuring high morale and productivity.
• Attend local job fairs, establish relationships with schools and temporary agencies, draft and place employment advertisements.
• Accept Referral Bonus Forms and forward to Corporate Human Resources.
• Maintain current job requisitions and prepare and post internal and corporate job opening announcements.
• Carefully review and process applications, conduct preliminary interviews, pre-employment testing, check references, and arrange pre-employment drug screens.
• Coordinate the application process and conduct preliminary interviews, pre-employment testing, check references, and arrange pre-employment drug screens.
• Support the Warehouse Manager and supervisors in team member relations efforts; work to ensure high team member morale, and coordinate the progressive discipline process and application of other human resources policies with local management and corporate.
• Conduct new team member orientation, ensure timely completion of new hire paperwork, and benefit enrollment information.
• Place orders for uniforms, review billing from uniform company, and prepare for payment.
• Process team member status changes for the Warehouse Manager approval and submit to corporate human resources.
• Cook up and coordinate driver drug testing, physicals, ensure DOT compliance, and maintain DOT driver files.
• Answer questions from team members concerning benefits, insurance, and any personnel questions that may arise.
• Maintain the performance evaluation schedule and coordinate the distribution of performance evaluations to Distribution Center Supervisors, making certain that performance evaluations are completed in a timely manner.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, and federal laws and regulations.
• Report all accidents to either risk management or claim administrator as directed by risk management.
• Work with risk management driving eligibility administrator to ensure driving eligibility requirements are satisfied, including pre-employment MVRs and drug testing.
• Coordinate post-accident claim management with injured team member’s supervisor, DC safety supervisor (if applicable), and risk management.
• Assist injured team members with instruction on initial medical care, as well as follow-up with medical provider regarding work releases and restrictions.
• Work with DC Safety Supervisor (if applicable) and team member’s supervisor to ensure understanding and compliance with restrictions.
• Ensure workers’ compensation claims are handled in accordance with all state and federal employment laws to prevent claims from alleged retaliatory discharge, ADA, FMLA, etc. actions.
• Coordinate various training programs for DC team members and supervisors.
• Process all invoices for approval and payment.
• Maintain petty cash and coordinate funds with Springfield.
• Enter team member payments on account and do daily bank deposits and work with the credit department on team member accounts.
• Support the DC manager and supervisors and assist with developing reports and procedures for team member information, productivity tracking and various other reports.
• Track various labor reports and turnover for DC management and DC operations.
• Schedule, train, and assist clerical team members in all aspects of daily operation.
• Perform evaluations and recommend pay adjustments.
• Serve as a liaison to DC operations.
• Ensure DC compliance and familiarity with company policies, procedures, and other information.
• Assure distribution and information flows properly from corporate to the DC supervisors and team members.
• Coordinate and monitor funds and activities for local team activity committee.
• Maintain all office equipment and supplies.
• Handle special orders for office furniture, equipment, etc.
• Send payroll at the end of each pay period for DC team members.
• Attend supervisors' meetings updating supervisors on HR and administration information and produce minutes for distribution.
• Coordinate information from all DC departments and work with internal communications to produce weekly flyers.
• Aid in travel arrangements for DC team members when necessary and coordinate company vehicles as needed.

Skills/Education/Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• 2+ years previous experience as a Human Resources Specialist
• Proficient in PC programs, ten-key, data entry, and mid-range computer systems
• Strong interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent communication, leadership, and employee relations skills specifically in recruiting and counseling
• Must be able to multitask and work well in a team environment
• Experience with PCs
• Desired: College degree in a related field
• 2+ years as a Human Resources Specialist in a distribution center environment
• Fluency in multiple languages (Spanish is highly desired)