HR Generalist
Description
Fluidra’s looking for a Human Resources Generalist to join our team in Sparks, MD.
WHAT YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE
Reporting to the Sr. Manager of Human Resources and functioning in a shared services environment, the HR Generalist position requires a senior HR professional who can work closely with management across all key HR areas, with a specific focus on recruiting, employee relations, performance management, and succession planning. Incumbent must be able to utilize core skills such as communication, influencing, facilitation, problem resolution and critical thinking to implement HR initiatives and effect organizational change. Additionally, you will:
- Assist, advise and coach all levels of management on Human Resources issues and leadership development
- Provide HR expertise in employee relations, and compliance, protecting the rights of employees as well as the rights and responsibilities of the company. Handling employee issues, including disciplinary actions, conducting internal employee relations investigations and drafting related documentation with minimum supervision
- Drive on-boarding processes to ensure successful introduction to Fluidra
- Effectively create highly professional written and oral HR communications, including executive summaries, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, public speaking, ER investigations, report writing; maintain professional interactions with all levels of employees (executive to direct labor)
- Originate and lead HR practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high performance, world-class culture that emphasizes our values (innovate and pursue excellent, passion for results, user-driven and customer focused, respect and develop each other, lean thinking, honesty and trust, and teamwork) and goal attainment to support the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce across all levels within the organization
- Drive companywide engagement activities. Initiating, proposing and implementing with a successful outcome.
- Efficiently manages work flow and deadlines, performs short and long term planning, makes policy and program recommendations, and recommends/initiates new approaches, policies and procedures to support continuous improvement and LEAN activities in both department efficiency and services provided.
- Conducts new-employee orientations; monitors career-pathing program
- Provide HR expertise in employee relations, and compliance. Protecting the rights of employees as well as the rights and responsibilities of the company.
- Handling employee issues, including disciplinary actions, conducting internal employee relations investigations and drafting related documentation
- Build a strong consultative relationship with assigned departments. Act as key HR point of contact, trusted advisor, and sounding board for business unit managers, supervisors, team leads, and employees.
- Manage the exit interview process, providing timely follow up to managers.
- Completes special projects by clarifying project objective, setting timetables and schedules, conducting research, developing and organizing information.
- 15-25% travel
WHAT WE SEEK
- 3 + years experience as a HR Generalist
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, both written and oral
- High Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
- Strong project management, presentation and facilitation skills
- Ability to work in a demanding and dynamic fast-paced environment with the flexibility to adjust to changing priorities and deadlines
- Strong desire to consistently perform at high levels, achieve the best, motivate others and commit to creating a world class HR function/team
- Approachable, professional, positive attitude that leads to the creation of effective relationships with internal and external customers
- Detail oriented
- Bilingual (Spanish) a plus
- Experience in a manufacturing environment a plus
EDUCATION
- BA/BS Degree preferred (major in Human Resources, Organizational Behavior, Psychology, Labor Relations, Business Management or related field)
WHAT WE OFFER
An exciting opportunity to dive in and begin your career with a company that offers a competitive total rewards package that includes:
- 3 weeks of paid vacation
- 11 paid Holidays
- Full range of health benefits including medical, dental & vision, short & long-term disability
- 401(K) matching (100% of first 3% contributed, 50% of the next 2%)
- Health and wellness programs / gym reimbursement
- Educational assistance up to $7,000 per year
- Company sponsored FUN events!
- Generous product discounts
WHO WE ARE
Fluidra is a publicly listed company focused on developing innovative products, services and IoT solutions for the residential, commercial and wellness pool markets, globally. The company operates in over 45 countries, has over 7,000 employees and owns a portfolio of some of the industry’s most recognized and trusted brands: Polaris®, Jandy®, CMP, S.R. Smith, and Zodiac®. We also sell products under the Cover‐Pools®, iAquaLink®, Grand Effects® , Dell® and Nature2® names. With these combined resources we’re able accelerate innovation in critical areas like energy-efficiency, robotics and the Internet of Things.
Our focus is on creating the perfect pool and wellness experience responsibly. We take our mission to heart, and our employees embody these guiding principles in everything we do: passion for success, honesty & trust, customer collaboration, teamwork and inclusion, learn and adapt, excellence and innovation.
Don't meet every single requirement listed? At Fluidra, we thrive on building an inclusive workspace, so if you are excited about this role and your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyways! You may be just the right candidate for this role or another role in the organization. Fluidra is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Fluidra recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, or any legally protected characteristic.