Position Title: HR Specialist - Prepared Foods

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time

Position Location: Florenceville Main

Requisition ID: 27263

We are seeking a strong communicator to join us as an onsite Human Resources Specialist for our Prepared Foods Plant, based in Florenceville-Bristol. As the successful candidate, you will be responsible for providing HR support to Prepared Foods, CCS and facilities in three main areas: employee relations, talent acquisition of high volume roles, and managing the employee leave of absence process. You will be leveraging your knowledge of local requirements and practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support people managers and employees with Employee Relations issues (activities may include conducting investigations, managing appeals, addressing misconduct, issuing discipline, suspension, and/or termination).

• Execute recruitment efforts, such as maintaining job requisitions, running talent acquisition events, proactively sourcing candidates, and developing/maintaining the local candidate pool(s).

• Manage candidate assessment and selection process to ensure alignment of talent and local business needs/succession plans.

• Process voluntary and involuntary separations for in-scope employees, mitigating any potential risks and adhering to local legal requirements.

• Manage in-scope employee movement and contract management, including the updating and changing of personal and individual work data.

• Manage employee leave of absence process, including working closely with vendor, and initiating the leave of absence within the HR system.

• Work with any relevant local authorities / vendors to ensure local legal requirements and business needs are adhered to.

• Share insights and trends with key stakeholders to drive more effective / efficient HR customer service delivery.

• The above information indicates the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this role. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience as a HR Generalist

• Bachelor degree in Human Resources or a related field

• Professional Human Resources certification would be an asset

• General HR knowledge; comprehensive HR policy and process knowledge

• Ability to apply HR knowledge / experience across HR policies, programs, processes and functions

• Strong knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations

• Strong business-specific knowledge coupled with project management and analytical skills

• Proven teamwork capabilities; strong relationship management and interpersonal skills

• Strong ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with impact and handle confidential information

• Working knowledge of HR systems is beneficial, particularly SAP and SuccessFactors

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About McCain:

McCain Foods is proud to be a family and values-driven company. Our values are integral to our culture, helping to shape how we operate, how we work together and the choices we make. They are a big part of what makes us unique. McCain Foods opened their first production facility in their hometown of Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. McCain Foods quickly established itself within the Canadian marketplace and then began a journey to become the world's largest manufacturer of frozen French fries and potato specialties.

McCain products can be found in thousands of restaurants and supermarket freezers around the world. In addition to fries, McCain also produces other foods, including appetizers, oven meals, vegetables, and juice for both the retail and foodservice industries.

McCain offers full benefits including:

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance

• Pension Benefits

• Career Development & Education Reimbursement Assistance

• Apprenticeship, Internship, & Coop support and opportunities

Sustainability and Planet Friendly Practices are at the heart of McCain:

We have embarked upon a journey to create planet-friendly food. We are committed to investing in resource-efficient operations in factories and farms.

• We are moving to 100% renewable energy by 2030.

• Donating 200 million meals to food banks and NGO worldwide by 2025.

• Implementing regenerative agricultural practices across 100% of our potato acreage by 2030.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.

McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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Job Family: Human Resources
Division: NA HR
Department: Human Resources CA
Location(s): CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Florenceville-Bristol || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Centreville || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Hartland || CA - Canada : New Brunswick : Somerville

Company: McCain Foods (Canada)