Seven Stars Bakery is looking for a skilled Human Resources Director to support our five cafes and baking facility, all located in Rhode Island. Reporting to the CEO, the HR Director will provide overall strategic and tactical leadership, and is responsible for building organizational capability through the development and implementation of HR policies, practices, programs, and procedures, including talent management, culture and engagement, staffing, succession planning, training and development, employee relations, labor relations, total rewards (compensation, benefits, wellness), and leading management as well as HR metrics and budgeting. This position is also responsible for managing and minimizing organizational risk and liability related to employment matters.
A Day in The Life of An HR Director:
Business Partner
● Understands and models the company culture. Acts as a steward of company resources,
mission, vision, and values. Promotes sustainable business practices and applies diversity
and inclusion in all aspects of responsibilities.
● Embraces an agile work environment and guides others through change and continuous
improvement.
● Works cooperatively and positively with fellow team members, customers and vendors
spiriting a respectful workplace where everyone is welcome.
Talent Management
● Develop and implement talent programs and processes to achieve business goals and
result in an internal pipeline of top talent, increased retention, and highly engaged teams.
Critical work streams include performance evaluations/performance management,
identification and succession planning for critical roles, integration of capability framework to key programs, developing career pathways, talent segmentation and resulting actions
● Provides HR support to managers including coaching and guidance on associate relations issues, policy interpretation, performance management, problem solving, worker
compensation and leave of absence administration
Talent Acquisition
● Lead the end-to-end execution of the recruitment process from needs identification,
strategy development, sourcing, attraction and selection, through to offer, always
providing insights, recommendations and communication throughout
● Define the target candidate profile and recommend a talent identification strategy through targeted advertising sources & active/passive recruiting
● Utilize effective sourcing and messaging strategies to attract active and passive
candidates; leverage employee referral programs, recruiting boards, internet, social media,
industry and community organizations to build a strong talent pool – including diverse
talent
Training & Development
● Creates learning and development programs and initiatives that provide internal
development opportunities for employees
Employee Engagement & Culture
● Coordinates employee involvement activities, plans employee appreciation events and
coordinates volunteer events
● Drive a positive company culture that creates a memorable employee experience
● Diversity & Inclusion
● Develops, recommends, and implements diversity programs that are in keeping with
objectives and which ensure compliance with the current legal requirements
● Maintains statistics necessary to monitor the effectiveness of diversity programs and alerts leadership to difficulties encountered in attaining and maintaining compliance with
established goals and objectives
● Performs analyses of data and takes appropriate action to improve diversity effectiveness
● Compensation & Benefits
● Oversees employee benefits including 401(k) retirement plan, medical/dental/vision and
voluntary benefit offerings
● Plans attractive compensation and benefits packages to increase retention
● Oversees payroll and HRIS system data integrity
● Compliance
● Maintains compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance
● Ensures staff complies with health and safety regulations
Competencies
● Strong investigative and research skills – knows where to find relevant talent, how to generate interest, network, and obtain referrals
● Ability to learn the business at an accelerated pace and educate candidates on Seven Stars Bakery
● Broad thinking and perspective of current talent acquisition trends and best practices, including learning and using new recruiting related tools and technology
● Ability to gather and analyze data regarding employment markets, history and trends including the ability to communicate this data.
● Leadership presence and the ability to coach & influence Hiring Managers
● Successful history learning and navigating geographical markets and diverse roles; utilizing that knowledge to develop creative and effective recruiting strategies
Qualifications
● Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, human resources, marketing, or other related field or equivalent experience
● 5-7 years’ experience in Human Resources
● Experience in hospitality industry preferred
● Experience with Union relations and collective bargaining agreements, preferred
● Strong recruiting and demonstrated ability to improve talent acquisition strategies
● Demonstrated expertise training managers and employees
● Strong organizational, critical thinking and communications skills
● Experience with applicant tracking systems and candidate sourcing channels
● Knowledge of US employment law
● Excellent relationship management and judgment skills
● Experience transforming data into insights to develop actionable plans
Our employees enjoy the following benefits:
● Competitive pay
● Paid sick time (up to 40 hours)
● Paid vacation
● Participation in our medical/dental/vision plans (Seven Stars pays 75% of the individual premium) for full time employees
● Participation in our 401(k) plan with a 4% company match
● Generous meal and drink allowances (bread and pastries galore!)
● Potential for growth within the organization