Sr HR Manager

About Us

Since our founding in 2011, Nature’s Bakery has been baking better-for-you snacks to nourish families and enable them to thrive. We believe that the choice to snack healthier should be an easy and desirable one. Today, we are a top 7 granola and snack bar brand, with approximately 750 employees baking soft-baked snacks with real, recognizable, and wholesome ingredients, such as whole grains and sun-ripened fruits.

Our marketplace success led us to join forces with KIND to create a health and wellness platform within Mars, Inc. While continuing to operate as a standalone company, we are now part one of the most well-regarded consumer goods company in the world. That independence allows us to remain an agile, insurgent brand committed to our brand purpose and founding.

Nature’s Bakery is a fast-growing company with a bright future ahead. We have achieved great things, and there is more opportunity for growth both on the digital and retail shelves, through expanded distribution with existing and new retail customers. To achieve our aspirations, we are expanding our team of growth-minded, nimble, and entrepreneurial individuals who like to roll up their sleeves and get things done. We think like owners, act like operators.

So, come join us to create a world of snacking that is both good, and good for you.

About The Role

As Senior HR Manager, you will serve on the Operations Leadership Team for our Salt Lake City, Utah production facility (also referred to as a bakery) and will help create, direct, and execute on people plans to help grow our bakery in terms of both production volume and headcount. The Senior HR Manager will be a true generalist, supporting diverse organizational needs including workforce planning, employee relations, talent management, employee retention, and engagement.

This role reports to the Vice President of People and will manage two Human Resource professionals.  Additionally, it will have the support of onsite talent acquisition partners, a site coordinator, and HR Centers of Excellence (COE).

The Critical Success Factors

You will be most successful if you:

• Thrived in a high-volume, fast-moving manufacturing environment where you have successfully been able to manage simultaneous multiple mission critical priorities;
• Earned the trust of and partnered effectively with organizational leaders to drive change or transformation to improve workplace culture and engagement, and business performance;
• Developed or influenced the development of key people programs in areas related to performance management, employee relations, workforce planning, coaching and feedback, leave management, organizational design, change management, among other things;
• Either informally or formally led a team toward achieving results for their business units through coaching and accountability; and
• Developed and/or revised HR policies, such as attendance, performance improvement plans, vacation, sick, PTO, or leave.

The Ideal Candidate

In addition, our ideal candidate loves being a subject matter expert in Human Resources as much as they love being in the business. The candidate believes that to effectively advise the business, an HR professional must know the business. The HR Manager candidate is an effective influencer, who leverages facts, data, and analysis to influence and achieve the best results for the organization.

The Minimum And/Or Technical Requirements

At minimum, the candidate for the HR Manager must have:

• At least 7 years of general HR experience, two of which must have been in leading people in a formal or informal capacity
• A bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience); a master’s in Human Resources, Business, or Management is a plus
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM certification is a plus;
• Generalist experience in HR disciplines such as wage and hour, disability and leave management, recruiting, talent planning, and performance management.
• Experience leading the execution of people strategies for a site, facility, or business unit
• Project management skills
• Problem solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills
• Strong consulting and influencing skills
• Effective written and oral communication skills

What we offer you

Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance offered for eligible employees
• 401(k) plan with a company match that vest on day 1 of eligibility
• Paid vacation
• Paid time off
• Holiday pay (11 days)
• Paid short-term disability
• Paid life insurance
• Banfield Pet Insurance Discounts
• Wellness Benefits and Discounts
• Employee Assistance Program 

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