What are the responsibilities and job description for the Bilingual Human Resources Business Partner position at Vaco by Highspring?
We are seeking an HR Business Partner to join our team at our Swedesboro, NJ bakery. In this role, you will serve as both the site Employee Relations leader and the dedicated HR Business Partner for a major production line, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant people practices while partnering with operations leadership in a large?scale, 24/7 manufacturing environment.
Core Accountabilities (What You'll Be Doing)
- Lead all complex and high?risk employee relations matters, including investigations, policy interpretation, and corrective action to ensure fair and compliant outcomes.
- Serve as the primary HR Business Partner for assigned production lines, aligning people strategies with operational and business priorities.
- Coach and develop supervisors and managers on employee relations fundamentals, documentation, performance management, and effective leadership behaviors.
- Own and maintain site?level ER standards, playbooks, templates, and investigation processes in alignment with enterprise policies.
- Oversee attendance and performance management practices, ensuring consistent application of policy and defensible documentation.
- Act as the site subject matter expert on Performance Management and Performance Improvement Plans, guiding leaders through effective execution and follow?up.
- Analyze ER data and trends to provide insights that drive proactive risk mitigation, leadership effectiveness, and culture improvement.
Minimum Qualifications (What You Bring to the Table)
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, business, labor relations, or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of progressive HR or Employee Relations experience.
- At least 2 years of experience leading complex employee relations investigations.
- Strong working knowledge of employment law, ER best practices, and performance management.
- Proven ability to coach and influence leaders at multiple levels in a fast?paced environment.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of a manufacturing environment, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Bi-lingual in Spanish/English
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com.
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.