Human Resources Assistant Jobs in Kansas City, MO

RSC Human Resources Business Partner

About This Role

We have an opening at our Retail Support Center in Kansas City, MO, for an HR Business Partner (HRBP). This role serves our second shift, with a Sunday-Wednesday, 4-10’s schedule. A strategic partner, the HRBP aligns people strategies with business objectives and serves as a trusted HR consultant to RSC leadership. Recruiting and staffing are significant responsibilities of this position, and the HRBP is expected to take an active, hands-on role in attracting, identifying, and hiring talent needed to support the operation. This includes partnering with leaders to understand staffing needs, maintaining strong candidate pipelines, supporting sourcing and screening activities, coordinating the selection process, and helping drive timely hiring results.

Beyond recruiting, the HRBP serves as an employee champion and change agent, assessing and anticipating HR-related needs and proactively partnering with the HR Manager to develop integrated solutions. The HRBP builds effective partnerships across the HR function, both within the RSC and with Ace Corporate, to deliver value-added service to management and employees that supports the organization's business objectives. The HRBP also maintains a strong understanding of the Retail Support Center’s financial position, operational goals, workforce needs, culture, and external trends that may impact the business.

What You’ll Do

• Lead, support and encourage Ace Values: Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility and Teamwork.
• Take an active, hands-on role in recruiting and staffing, including sourcing, screening and interviewing candidates, partnering with hiring leaders, and maintaining strong candidate pipelines to meet staffing needs.
• Develop and maintain successful working relationships in order to influence and provide effective HR processes, advice and support. Under guidance, provide proactive coaching, consultation and direction to management in areas of staffing, employee relations, policy administration and performance management. Consults with HR Manager to ensure solutions comply with policies and laws.
• Conducts less complex employee relations investigations and determine and/or recommend the best corrective action for each situation with consultation from the HR Manager to ensure solutions comply with policies and laws.
• Create a positive employee relations environment which enhances strong employee relations and high-level performance and lead by example.
• Provides day-to-day performance management (coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions, terminations, and goal setting).
• Conduct New Hire Orientation, 15/30/45-day new hire check-in’s, stay interviews, and safety observations.
• Partners with HR team to support leave of absence process along with workers’ compensation claims as assigned.
Supports site engagement events.

Ace Hardware is committed to promoting and maintaining a safe, healthy and injury-free environment for all team members. This is our number one priority, and we will support programs and initiatives that focus on this commitment. It is critical that all team members take responsibility for their safety as well as the safety of others to ensure that Ace Hardware is a world class safety organization.

What You Need to Succeed

• Be a safety champion by promoting a safe and productive workplace through your own actions, including the proper use of PPE, safe operation of powered equipment and safe lifting techniques as determined by the role.
• Be an active participant in contributing to a successful safety culture in the facility.
• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related field preferred
• PHR/SPHR preferred
• Minimum 2-5 years progressive HR experience
• Passionate "does whatever it takes" attitude.
• Ability to multitask and work well in the high-pressured environment.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills, with the ability to create effective relationships throughout the organization with both rank & file as well as upper management.
• Successful and demonstrated HR generalist experience with proven track record in recruiting, compensation practices, organizational development, employee relations, performance management, federal and state respective employment laws.
• Proven presentation and training experience, focus group facilitation
• Solid knowledge and experience with investigative / interviewing techniques
• Develop strong trusting relationships in order to influence, gain support and achieve results.
• Effectively envision, develop, and implement new strategies to address business issues.
• Be self-directed and motivated.
Take initiative to identify and anticipate business needs and make recommendations for implementation.

Compensation Details:

$58000 - $72000 per year

Why should you join our team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don’t often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life’s necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Semi-Monthly Pay

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)

• 18 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 9 paid holidays depending on the month of hire

• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents

• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution for the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10% of total eligible compensation

• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review

• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It’s a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering our employees opportunities to help Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation

• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events

• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off

• Adoption cost reimbursement

• Identity theft protection

* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable plans and policies.

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Equal Opportunity Employer
Ace Hardware Corporation is committed to a policy of promoting equal employment opportunities. The company recognizes the importance of diversity and leveraging the skills and talents of all people to the mutual advantage of each individual and the organization. The company is committed to the prevention of employment discrimination related to race, religion, color, sex (including sexual harassment), gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability and military or veteran status, sexual orientation or any other action covered by federal or applicable state/local laws.

Disclaimer

The pay range for this position starts as listed in the job posting, but could be higher based on education and experience. Please note, compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each opening. We take into consideration the minimum requirements outlined in the job description, such as an individual’s education, training and experience, the position’s work location, required travel (if any), and external market conditions when determining the final salary for potential new hires.

Be aware that salary estimates published via alternate online job boards may not be a true representation of the actual pay range offered for this position. Please refer to the Ace position description for the accurate starting pay range information and feel free to discuss this with a Talent Acquisition professional if you are chosen to move forward with an interview.

This written “Position Description” is not intended to cover all aspects of the position listed. It is meant to cover the basic/general essential job functions of a particular position. Ace Hardware Corporation reserves the right to change job duties, including essential job functions, according to business necessity.

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