Florida Crystals is a leading domestic sugar producer and North America’s first fully integrated cane sugar company, guiding our sugar from farm to table. We are America’s first and only producer of certified organic sugar, grown and harvested in the United States. Our renewable energy facility is the largest of its kind in North America and provides clean energy that powers our sugar operations, which helps us reduce our use of fossil fuels. Florida Crystals also sustainably farms rice, sweet corn and other vegetables in rotation with our sugarcane. Our rice mill is the only rice mill in Florida.

OVERVIEW

The Senior Human Resources Generalist will be assigned to specific client groups, and contributes a high level of energy to the implementation of Florida Crystals Corporation people and organization agenda. The individual must be able to deliver high quality results through formal and informal influence of others. Success in this role is based upon being able to demonstrate clear value to the business by executing against key objectives through partnership/ collaboration with key stakeholders in HR and the business.

DETAILED ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Talent Management

• Manage talent management activity aimed at building talent for the enterprise. This includes creating and presenting talent reviews, succession planning, high potential programs, and career development/pathing.
• Collaborate with business leader to create new hire induction plan to ensure a positive employee assimilation into the FCC organization.

Employee Engagement

• Proactively participate and lead local communication/engagement plans aimed at optimizing employee engagement and creating a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Anticipate and pre-empt employee issues/ concerns. Address employee concerns in a collaborative matter if/ when they occur.
• Administer HR policies in a consistent basis, as needed.
• Provide positive counsel and advice to employees and supervisors, as needed.
• Be a visible presence with clients by maintaining visibility and forging positive relationships with clients.

Talent Acquisition

• Partner with stakeholders to execute demand planning activity which anticipates hiring and capability needs for given period of time.
• Recruit and hire candidates to fill vacancies within targeted cycle time.
• Coordinate elements of hiring process including recruitment, phone screen, interview, background check, medical physical, etc.
• Manage regulatory requirements related to tracking of applicant data.

Reward, HRIS, HR Operations

• Proactively ensure compliance with legal, statutory and company policies and procedures of HR-related processes and programs.
• Provide education and support to employees around benefits.
• Update changes to the employee files to document personnel actions and to provide information for payroll, benefit carriers and other internal/external areas.
• Support efforts to ensure high quality salary planning process.
• Manage personnel files and any other HR-related administrative management, in a high quality confidential manner.
• Performs other duties as required.

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years of professional high quality experience in Human Resource as either a Specialist or Generalist, preferably a combination of both, supporting corporate client groups.
• Experience providing HR support in an industrial/manufacturing or distribution/logistics business preferred.
• Experience in managing an HRIS database.
• High skill level in Microsoft Office Suite (PPT, Excel, Word).
• Ability to speak with a high level of professionalism and presence to individuals or groups.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university. Degree major in HR or related discipline preferred but not required.
• Advanced degree desired, but not required.
• Professional Certification desired, but not required.

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Business Acumen & Partnership – Demonstrated ability to understand the business and align HR activity to meet business and employee needs at both strategic and operational levels.
• Emotional Maturity – Ability to withstand pressure and manage emotions effectively to create the right effect on people and organization.
• Energy – High positive energy to take on continuous and complex business challenges in a fast-paced environment. Persistence to drive to solutions despite obstacles and/or competing priorities.
• Ethics & Integrity – High degree of personal integrity in all business dealings.
• Execution – Attentive to detail and demonstrated ability to deliver on accountabilities in order to help the business and the team be successful. Track record of high-performance.
• HR Functional Skill – General awareness, exposure, and understanding across most HR sub-disciplines.
• Influencing & Engagement Skills – Ability to proactively engage and influence others at all levels, at times without formal authority. Confidence and ability to have critical conversations, if necessary.
• Judgment/Decision-Making – Ability to think through issues and make decisions, often without all facts and information or high levels of direction.
• Problem-Solving & Opportunity Identification – Ability to frame clear problem statements and use objective information and data to help solve complex business challenges and generate options and solutions for business leaders. Identify opportunities for HR to contribute value to the business.
• Teamwork/Collaboration – A great team player with a great attitude, good customer service orientation, and focused on delivering outstanding results to their clients and the business, overall.
• Working Independently & Efficiently – Ability to work independently with strategic direction. Ability to work with a diverse, geographically-dispersed population.

LOCATION OF ROLE

• West Palm Beach, FL

TRAVEL

Ability to travel as needed throughout domestic locations. Travel varies from 0-5%

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.