HR Director Job Descriptions, Average Salary, Interview Questions

Provide coaching and guidance to site leaders and associates regarding employment issues in such areas as policy and procedure interpretation and application, dispute resolution, corrective action, leaves of absence, harassment, and terminations.

Primary responsibilities

• Analyze findings and review trends with senior management and recommend actions to ensure positive organizational changes
• Review, interpret, administer, and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, and company policies and procedures
• Develop and maintain the site’s Affirmative Action Program (where applicable), complete required Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) reporting, and ensure Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) compliance
• Perform investigations and prepare written responses to EEOC claims, unemployment claims, etc.
• Work with site leaders to create and maintain workforce staffing plans. Coordinate recruiting efforts with Sysco Business Services (where applicable) to ensure that competent, diverse, and skilled workers are hired, and workload levels are appropriate and maintained to minimize turnover
• Direct resources and activities to support a culture of prevention awareness and accountability across the organization
• Support the development of Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) plans to meet operational goals to reduce accidents, injuries, and incidents
• Provide day-to-day direction and support to site HR staff including proactive guidance, troubleshooting support, and issue escalation

Education required

• Bachelor’s degree with major or emphasis in Human Resources, Business Administration or a closely related field

Experience required

• At least 7 years (10 preferred) of demonstrated HR leadership and management experience in distribution/manufacturing environments

License and certifications preferred

• Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI) Professional Human Resources (PHR), Senior Professional Human Resources (SPHR), SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification preferred

Additional requirements

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job

The HR Director facilitates organization and leadership development efforts, working with employees and managers to address root causes of human resources issues. The HR Director may play a significant role in administering talent management and succession planning activity within client organization. Duties also include resolving employee relations issues through a systematic approach. The HR Director assists senior management in the development of solutions through cultural and process perspective organizational development.

Responsibilities

• Strategic business partner and change agent responsible for implementing people initiatives and cultural change at the department level
• Partner with the assigned client groups to manage employee relations issues, consult on organizational design, coach employees, and managers and support HR functional processes
• Drive the performance management process
• Lead the engagement survey roll out and all the supporting initiatives associated with increasing employee engagement at a company-wide level
• Actively participate in establishing long and short term goals and strategies for the function
• Special projects will be assigned to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the function

Basic requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• 12+ years of experience in related, progressive roles

Surescripts embraces flexibility through its hybrid work model where most positions are eligible to work a mix of days in the office and from home. For eligible positions, our hybrid model provides employees with scheduling options. In general, employees may work either 2 days a week in the office and 3 days from home or 8 days a month in the office and the remaining workdays from home.

Key responsibilities

• Establish HR Strategies to meet objectives of the business
• Drive and improve HR processes across all client groups
• Own, monitor and improve HR Metrics and KPI’s
• Drive a culture of performance, results, and positive employee relations
• Coach leaders on talent management, and performance differentiation
• Execute staffing processes at all levels within the business and develop staffing strategies to ensure a robust pipeline of quality candidates
• Deliver talent management processes, organizational assessments, earning strategies, and leadership development
• Implement competitive compensation, benefits, and reward and recognition programs
• Direct the planning and maintenance of communications
• Ensure legal compliance throughout human resource management

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resource Generalist experience
• 3+ Human Resources experience in a matrixed OR commercial organization (ex. pricing, sales excellence, marketing, offering management, etc.)

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA in Human Resources
• Strong data analytical skills (ex. process data, make data cohesive, tell a story with the data)
• Proficiency in MS Office software including solid experience working with Microsoft Excel (generating and interpreting pivot tables, graphs, and V-lookups)
• Strong organizational design (OD) experience
• Demonstration of ability to positively influence others, particularly leadership development and coaching
• Ability to partner across businesses/LOBs
• Strong business sense and acumen
• Ability to deal tactfully and confidently with internal and external customers
• Strong bias for action, a keen sense of urgency, and the ability to drive impactful results in a highly matrixed organization
• Strong written/verbal communication skills and understanding of executive conciseness
• Solid knowledge of employment laws and regulations