Why Work for KeHE?
- Full-time
- Pay Range: $87,230.00/Yr. - $116,270.00/Yr.
- Shift Days: , Shift Time:
- Benefits on Day 1
- Health/Rx
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible and health spending accounts (FSA/HSA)
- Supplemental life insurance
- 401(k)
- Paid time off
- Paid sick time
- Short term & long term disability coverage (STD/LTD)
- Employee stock ownership (ESOP)
- Holiday pay for company designated holidays
Overview
At KeHE, we're obsessed with creating solutions, unboxing potential, and serving others - and it all starts with you. As an employee-owned distributor of natural and organic, specialty, and fresh products, we're committed to making a positive impact and scaling our success together. With a culture that fosters development and opportunity, you'll be embarking on a career that's moving forward. When you join KeHE, you're becoming part of a team that is a force for good.
Primary Responsibilities
The Human Resources Manager, Sales will be responsible for supporting the human resources needs for remote field sales employees and safeguards confidential company information. Primary responsibilities include employee relations, workers compensation and safety, learning and development, recruiting, and employee engagement. This person must drive a progressive, proactive, positive employee relations culture and increase levels of engagement, enablement, and retention. The successful candidate will understand the necessity and value of building and maintaining collaborative working relationships with their leadership partners and the regional HR Sales and Corporate teams. The role of HR Culture Champion is a critical one to the success of this position and accountabilities are accomplished by fostering an environment consistent with KeHE's culture, mission and values.
Essential Functions
- Manages all human resources materials, including personnel files, new hire forms, I-9s, W-4s, 401k plan, manuals, and other personnel documents to ensure that files are current, confidential, complete, and in compliance with company and government regulations and deadlines.
- Disseminates human resources policies, procedures, and programs to ensure that all employees are well informed and work in compliance with policies and regulations.
- Ensures planning, monitoring, and appraisal of employee work results by training managers to coach and discipline employees; scheduling management conferences with employees; hearing and resolving employee grievances; counseling employees and supervisors.
- Administers the benefit program such as life, health, dental, vision and disability insurance, 401(k) vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance. Reconciles monthly insurance billing.
- Manages employee Leave of Absence program and monitors those employees with either beginning or ending LOA's and/or monitor progress during their LOA.
- Prepares employee separation notices and related documentation, and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations.
- Conducts management and employee training necessary to remain in compliance.
- Conducts internal workplace investigations, presents facts and ensures proper resolution.
- Leverages talent acquisition support to source, screen, and interview candidates for open positions.
- Performs new hire employee orientations while leveraging talent acquisition support.
- Leverages safety support to administer and manage workers compensation; including reporting and handling claims and collaborating with appropriate parties.
- Responsible for all data entry into the HRIS system.
- Maintains working relationship with Union officials and adheres to terms of labor contract by monitoring day-to-day implementation of policies concerning wages, hours and working conditions.
- Represents management in investigating, answering, and settling grievances, by arranging and scheduling grievance hearings between union personnel, supervisor and the Management team.
- Responds to all EEOC and/or NLRB charges.
Minimum Requirements, Qualifications, Additional Skills, Aptitude
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management or a related field is preferred.
Qualifications / Additional Skills / Aptitude:
- Demonstrated ability to invite diverse perspectives, promote and inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity.
- Must have the ability to make recommendation to effective resolve emotional and complex problems or issues, by using judgment that is in consistent with standards, practices, policies, procedures, regulation or government law.
- Capability of prioritizing and handling multiple projects simultaneously, under tight time constraints.
- Able to work effectively with peers, region and corporate leadership, and the sales force in a productive collaborative environment coupled with the ability to be decisive is needed.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions.
- Travel to company events, table tops and shows is required.
Requisition ID
2025-27007
Equal Employer Opportunity Statement
KeHE Distributors provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits all forms of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or faith, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training as well as the administration of all Human Resources and Talent Acquisition processes.