Human Resources Manager

Ocean Spray is hiring for a(n) Human Resources Manager! We’re a team of farmers, thinkers, creators, and doers. Whatever your title, whatever your role — it always comes back to this: we’re a farmer-owned co-op where everyone rolls up their sleeves to get the job done. Three maverick farmers started it all — and we’ve been making our own way ever since.

The Plant Human Resources Manager will lead the human resources function at the plant level. Your responsibilities will include managing employee relations, overseeing staffing processes, implementing HR policies and procedures, and ensuring compliance with labor laws and regulations. You will collaborate with plant management to develop strategies for salary planning, benefits programs, and training initiatives. Additionally, you will be responsible for ensuring a safe and inclusive work environment and effective delivery of services to employees.

A Day in the Life...

• Responsible for providing vision, leadership, planning, project coordination, and management for the development of a cost-effective HR program.• Responsible for analyzing and directing all functional related activities within the scope of Human Resources Management: staffing, compensation, employee relations, training, legal compliance and reporting.• Accountable for ensuring a balance of fairness and continuity as well as successful delivery of functional services to users throughout the organization.• Supports and supports food safety and quality program indicatives within the plant environment.• Plan, direct and coordinate annual salary planning process.• Conduct appropriate market research, rewrite job descriptions as necessary, plan and monitor Pay for Performance Program updating and revising as needed, develop merit pool (salary budget) and ensures that salary administration and local or plant specific benefits programs meet regulatory compliance and equity within the organization. • Where union exists, negotiate union contracts and monitor administration and compliance with collective bargaining contract; maintain effective and cordial business relationship; act as liaison between Ocean Spray and the Union. In union-free environments, maintain a union-free status in the workplace.

What We Are Looking For:

• Ability to manage people• Excellent listener• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, negotiating)• Time management• Critical thinking• Training and coaching skills• MS Office• HRIS• PHR licensed

Education:

Bachelor's or University Degree (Required)

Work Experience:

At least 5 Years of Experience

Benefits:

• Complete insurance package on Day-1 that includes a plethora of health and wellness programs

• • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance

  • Health savings account

  • Flexible spending account

  • Life and accident insurance

  • Employee assistance program

  • Telehealth services

  • 1:1 health coaching

  • Supportive benefits for all the stages of your life

• 401(k) with up to 6% Company matching; additional potential discretionary match at year-end

• Short-Term Incentive/Performance bonuses

• Flexible scheduling options

• Vacation pay, up to three weeks of time (pro-rated for your first year of employment)

• Holiday pay for 12 holidays

• Career development and growth opportunities

• Tuition/Education assistance programs

• Access to LinkedIn Learning

• Scholarship programs for children of employees

• Parental leave

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions – Back-up care, tutoring, etc.

• Adoption assistance

• Bereavement leave

• Up to $300 fitness reimbursement

• Up to $300 massage reimbursement

• Employee appreciation events

• Employee discounts

• Charitable giving

Who We Are:

You might have our iconic cranberry juice in your fridge or have gotten into heated holiday debate about what’s better - canned or fresh cranberry sauce. But did you know that the hardworking people growing the superfruit in our products are 700 family farmers that own our cooperative? They entrust us with what is most precious to them to create new and innovative products that will delight consumers and grow this beloved brand today and into the future.

Team members, farmers, consumers and communities alike-we value what makes us unique and strive to connect our farms to families for a better life by living our values:

• Grower Mindset – We embrace our grower-owners innovative spirit and heritage through confidence, learning and focus on the future.

• Sustainable Results – Guided by purpose, we are focused on delivering results for our grower-owners.

• Integrity Above All – We are ethical, doing the right thing for our grower-owners, customers, consumers and each other

• Inclusive Teamwork – We build diverse and inclusive teams that strengthen our cooperative.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.