HR Generalist - Western Son Distillery

Sazerac Company Overview

Build your career at Sazerac! With almost 400 years of rich history, Sazerac Company has thrived as an independent, American family-owned company with operations in the United States and around the world. Since the 2000s, Sazerac has averaged double digit growth every year! Sazerac Company produces and markets the most award-winning bourbons and whiskeys in the world, including Buffalo Trace, Pappy Van Winkle, Eagle Rare, Blanton’s, and Sazerac Rye. Additionally, Sazerac owns many popular brands across a range of spirits, including Fireball, Southern Comfort, Seagram’s V.O., Myers’s, Goldschläger, Parrot Bay, 99 Brand, and Platinum Vodka.

We’re proud of our award-winning culture and distilleries. Our Louisville office has been named one of the “Best Places to Work in Kentucky” four times, and our Buffalo Trace Distillery has earned the title of “world’s most award-winning distillery” through the dedication of our craftsmen for well over 200 years. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced professional, Sazerac provides extraordinary opportunities for growth with competitive salaries and benefits in an exciting, entrepreneurial industry.

Job Description/Responsibilities

As the HR Genreralist you will provide human resources support for Western Son Distillery. You will be a steward of the desired culture, providing knowledgeable and professional guidance, administering HR functions such as compliance with employment laws and regulations, policies and programs; maintenance of employment records, hiring and staffing; onboarding; data collection and analysis; accurate maintenance of HRIS systems; benefits, and training and development.

Priorities

• Continuous communication and reinforcement of company culture. Team Member assessment of culture monitored on regular basis via Sazerac Culture Survey and limited use of Best Places to Work surveys. Tangible results in improvement of culture scores based on survey feedback.
• An ongoing effort to improve products, services, or processes. These efforts can seek "incremental" improvement over time or "breakthrough" improvement all at once. All are evaluated in the light of their efficiency, effectiveness and flexibility.
• Develop an external talent pool, base, LFE interviewing tools readily available to all, hiring managers able to identify and attract top talent, alignment around hiring and staffing process with all parties committed to move quickly to successfully close on hiring of top talent.
• PDS system design and implementation to include active PDS evaluation for each team member with regular feedback sessions between team member and manager, overall grid rating for each team member, 360 degree feedback program. Identify the #1 Skill to be developed by each team member.
  
  

Qualifications/Requirements

MUST

• Bachelor degree in business, human resources or related field
• 3 years relevant experience (minimum)
• Ability to handle multiple tasks at one time
• Excellent oral & written communication skills
• Strong computer skills and high comfort using technology and systems
• Strong analytical and technical skills
• Detail oriented
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work a fully onsite work schedule
  
  

PREFERRED

• Ability to communicate with all levels of an org
• Ability to quickly learn new systems/processes
• Human resources related professional certification
  
  

Min

USD $76,172.72/Yr.

Max

USD $114,259.08/Yr.