Human Resources Generalist

Job Summary and Scope:

This Hybrid Remote/Office Role is based out of our Headquarters in Atlanta- Sandy Springs.

The HR Generalist is a hands-on role supporting the Veritiv’s US distribution centers. This role is critical in executing people initiatives, performing employee relations activities, and providing superior customer support. This role will be tasked with driving HR functional excellence and process improvement in conjunction with the HRBP organization.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support Employee Relations activities – primarily benefits and payroll follow up, investigation support, and employee engagement activity – to drive a positive culture for supported regions and/or business groups
• Support Labor Relations activities for represented locations, including active participation in grievance resolution, contract administration, and contract negotiations
• Drive effective change management to accelerate the successful execution of Veritiv business strategies and HR Priorities
• Assist in driving the effective execution of recurring HR Processes (performance management & talent development, compensation & merit planning) across Veritiv
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners, Compensation/ Benefits, HR Systems, Talent Management, Legal, Labor Relations and key business stakeholders
• Organize and lead multiple projects to deliver timely results on highly visible Human Resources strategic initiatives: Initiate, develop, and lead project teams from concept to launch, through lessons learned, and final implementation/closeout of project
• Provide support including HRIS (Workday) system activity for requisitions, new hires, promotions, reporting/analytics
• Support
• Travel approx. 20% of time, attending business meetings and maintaining a presence in supported locations.

Qualifications / Knowledge & Experience:

• Bachelor Degree from an accredited university or college

• Minimum 2 years successful human resources, project management, or analytics experience within a large organization preferred
• Lean/six sigma process experience desirable
• Desire to become a HRBP, or similar role, in another HR function

• Must have a high level of integrity, energy, perseverance

• Proven analytical capability with HR and business/financial data

• Demonstrated ability to motivate a team, coach, manage multiple projects, work under pressure, and adapt to sudden changes in the work environment essential

• Excellent verbal, written, people, and diplomacy skills required (including ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers at different levels of the organization)

• Effective interpersonal, presentation, negotiation and conflict management skills required.
• Technological and Professional expertise required: specifically PC Microsoft Office (word, excel, PowerPoint, projects, etc.); exposure to current HRIS systems (workday, Oracle, etc.); Project Tools (Smartsheet, etc.)
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