Human Resources Business Partner
Description
NATURAL FIBER WELDING, INC.
We are in the news! We have amazing partners like Allbirds and Ralph Lauren! You should apply today If you want to be part of a company that is well on its way to changing the way the world views textiles! Natural Fiber Welding, Inc. (NFW) developed technologies that rely on plentiful natural materials, not petroleum and plastic. NFW is driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, innovative ideas, and the desire to commercialize new products from nature and is comprised of a team of scientists, engineers, and business leaders that are inspired to impact the world. We are looking for exceptional talent who can contribute to our exciting and fast-paced, rapidly growing organization.
Human Resources Business Partner
Our ideal candidate is an HR superstar with oodles of experience with HR procedures, benefits administration, is a confidentiality czar, and can juggle various administrative tasks in a timely manner. In addition to handling employee relations and coaching leaders through difficult situations, administrative duties include maintaining personnel records, managing HR systems and documents, developing and implementing policies, administering all benefit plans and updating internal databases.
Essential Job Functions:
- Oversee Benefits and Compensation systems, implementations, carrier connections, and updates
- Ensure accuracy of data in benefits and compensation systems as well as in vendor partner systems
- Manage employee records with confidentiality, proactively auditing and updating the HRIS (Paylocity) with current information to ensure data integrity and cleanliness
- Provide support to employees with all HR-related topics and resolve any issues that may arise
- Process bi-weekly payroll for all W-2 employees (hourly and salaried) timely and accurately
- Consistently review, update, and maintain payroll best practices to improve efficiency for payroll and HRIS processes
- Ensures that once an offer is accepted the employee is hired into the HRIS and onboarding process is completed prior to the employees first day
- Create and maintain the job catalog and the position evaluation process. Ensure proper classification of employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act
- Coordinate workers’ compensation claims
- Processes and administers all leave of absence requests and disability paperwork: medical, personal, disability and FMLA.
- Manage benefits offerings to increase the company’s ability to attract, develop, and retain top talent and all associated processes and administration
- Manages relationship with staffing agencies and assists with recruiting efforts
Requirements
Education/Experience Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Business Administration, Management or related field required
- Successful completion of HR Certification required; in-process certification is acceptable
- 5+ years of experience in coaching, employee relations, recruiting, compensation, or HR program development and implementation
- Applied knowledge of federal, state and local laws and statues of employment
- Thorough understanding and hands-on application of internal and external HR principles, concepts, practices and standards
- Experience working with various employee classifications including exempt and non-exempt; contract, remote and full-and part-time status
- Experience in textile design/manufacturing industry is a plus
Competency Requirements
- Experience objectively coaching employees and members of management through complex, difficult and emotional situations
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion
- Confidentiality, confidentiality and confidentiality
- Demonstrated experience in HR functions: payroll, benefits administration, employee relations, legal and regulatory, onboarding
- Demonstrated ability to be a team player
- Understanding of safety systems and enforcement of safety rules and policies
- Grace under pressure
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the position.
NFW provides you with access to a telehealth benefit, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long term disability, critical illness, accident insurance, three healthcare plan options, a discretionary 401k plan and paid vacation and sick time.
Qualified candidates should submit a cover letter addressing their qualifications for the position and current resume.
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. While we sincerely appreciate all applications, only those candidates selected for interview will be contacted.
NFW is an Equal Opportunity Employer.