HR Coordinator - Contract

Aspire Bakeries is a North American baking company with a leadership position in specialty frozen baked goods. Formed from leading bakery companies, its innovative food portfolio includes breads, artisan breads, buns, cookies, donuts, muffins and pastries from beloved brands like La Brea Bakery®, Otis Spunkmeyer®, and Oakrun Farm Bakery®. With 13 bakeries in North America, we are committed to driving innovation, predicting upcoming consumer trends and flavors, and exceeding our customers’ expectations. Aspire Bakeries champions the values of Integrity, Ownership, Customer Focus, Creativity and Care to help us deliver on People Safety, Food Safety, Quality and Collaboration.

Provide hands on support to the Human Resources function by contributing to the further development and implementation of HR policies, procedures, practices and programs and enhancing the employee experience.

Responsibilities:

• Provide HR support and advice to management and employees to ensure the fair and equitable application of Human Resources policies and procedures, assist with general inquiries
• Foster positive employee relations and effectively manage employee relations, coach and counsel both management and employees on conflict resolution, disciplinary action and other employee relations issues.
• Participate in various Human Resources initiatives and projects in support of Company goals
• Provide administrative support to the Central Service group and other Canadian Bakeries as needed.
• Provide local support to US Payroll department as necessary

• Support Talent Acquisition in local recruitment and selection process (posting jobs internally, coordinating job fairs, schedule interviews, prepare and present job offers)

• Host new hire employee orientations as required, and ensure all online onboarding, paperwork and training is completed.  Ensure applicable excel files are updated as necessary
• Assist and/or lead Onbaording Program, preparing monthly onboarding metrics,  responsible for new hire check in/stay interviews. Providing feedback summaries to HR/Hiring Manager
• Act as liaison with temporary agency for managing temp to perm candidates and the hiring process
• Prepare weekly reports, such as HR metrics and staffing reports
• Participate in weekly staffing meetings with managers to understand hiring needs in bakery
• Complete exit interviews and provides feedback to HR Manager
• Assist in the implementation and communication/training of all HR policies and procedures
• Enter and maintain data in HRIS; including all transfers, terminations and other data entry to ensure accurate and complete information and reporting is available
• Manage the probationary review process, working with Supervisors/Managers to ensure completion.
• Lead the social committee and manage the organization of company social events
• Manage Bakery job description administration, updates and upload to internal system (ETQ)
• Perform other administrative duties as assigned, such as employment letters, payroll reimbursements, bereavement baskets,  etc
• Ensure that all employees are aware of their responsibilities specific to food safety, legality and quality
• Perform all other duties assigned

Qualifications:

• College Diploma or University Degree in Human Resources and working towards a CHRP designation is reqruied
• Knowledge of  ESA, Human Rights Code, OHSA , WSIB Regulations and other related legislation pertaining to workplace Human Resources is required
• 1-3 years experience in a Human Resources role, specifically manufacturing environment preferred     
• Strong communication & interpersonal skills
• Self starter with demonstrated ability to work with minimal supervision
• Good organization and follow-up skills
• Strong computer knowledge, including prior working knowledge with a HRIS

We thank each applicant for taking the time and effort to submit your resume, however, only candidates to be interviewed will be contacted. Our organization is committed to promoting the independence, dignity, integration, and equality of opportunity of persons with disabilities by ensuring the accessibility of our facilities and services. Accommodations are available for all parts of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants need to make their required accommodations known in advance.