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ABOUT THE COMPANY

Founded in 1888, Lee Kum Kee, a Hong Kong-based global food company, specializes in creating condiments and sauces that promote Chinese cuisine worldwide. With more than 300 products to choose from, Lee Kum Kee takes the mystery out of cooking authentic and delicious Asian foods in the comfort of your kitchen. Lee Kum Kee is committed to providing authentic and innovative condiments and sauces featuring the highest quality ingredients. Armed with a unique management culture, stringent quality control, superb and innovative products, coupled with the century long brand reputation, Lee Kum Kee has achieved unanimous recognition and won numerous prestigious awards.
Lee Kum Kee (USA) Inc., a division of Lee Kum Kee International Holdings Ltd., has its headquarters and manufacturing facilities in Southern California with more than 500 employees (Americas Zone Region). We are looking for the best and brightest talents to join our company and work together to bring the next level of success!

POSITION SUMMARY

The HR Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner position is responsible for providing people and organization solutions and supporting the US Supply Chain function in building a highly capable, engaged, and agile team to achieve its business targets. The HR Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner is part of the Supply Chain Leadership team and serves as a functional expert on all HR related issues. The successful HR Manager, Supply Chain Business Partner acts as an employee champion and change agent. The role assesses and anticipates people and organization needs, develops, and implements integrated solutions to address these needs.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each major responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the major responsibilities.

REQUIRED EDUCATION, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, Organizational Development or related discipline from an accredited 4-year university.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as an HR Business Partner in a supply chain, manufacturing, or distribution center/warehouse environment.
• Proven successful records in driving cultural change and capability building in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.
• Hands-on experience in multiple human resource disciplines, including performance management, training & development, workers’ compensation, leave of absence, recruitment, employment relations, and investigation.
• Demonstrated understanding and application of HR legal compliance; maintained and expanded knowledge and understanding of existing and proposed federal and state employment laws/regulations.
• Certification in PHR or the ability to obtain PHR certification within one year of employment is required.
• Experience in lean manufacturing or continuous improvement is highly preferred
• Strong logical, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• A self-starter, fast learner, and able to work independently with minimal supervision, with a can-do and learning attitude.
• Collaborative, responsive, and proactive team player; strong ownership and high integrity.
• Able to handle confidential information; attention to detail is a must.
• Well-organized, able to prioritize tasks and handle multiple tasks in a fast-paced work environment.
• Proficient in MS Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Visio; ADP, Success Factor, or other HRIS systems, including running ad hoc reports.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Bilingual in English and Spanish is required.
• Demonstrated excellence in verbal and written communication skills.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

• The individual must be able to apply basic mathematical concepts to perform daily functions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strategic alignment: collaborate with senior leadership to create and implement HR strategies supporting the overall business objectives of the supply chain
• Being a Lee Kum Kee corporate value and culture advocate, implement programs and initiatives to ensure employee culture awareness and behaviors.
• Talent management: focus on attracting, developing, and retaining skilled employees, particularly in high-demand areas like production, quality, warehousing, and logistics management.
• Facilitate the annual objective setting, regular review, and year-end performance appraisal process, in support of the Supply Chain function in building a high-performing organization.
• Assess capability gaps, work with related Supply Chain functions, and the HR Learning and Development team in developing and implementing effective training programs and solutions to build supply chain organizational capabilities.
• Facilitate the annual employee engagement survey, results analysis, and improvement action planning to improve employee engagement continuously.
• Act as employee advocate, listen to employee and answer employee questions, create solutions to address employee concerns individually and systematically.
• Work closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, increase productivity, and improve retention.
• Manages and resolves employee relationship issues. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations and provides immediate and long-term solutions.
• Develop and implement plans to facilitate two-way effective communication across the Supply Chain organization.
• Facilitate the talent review and succession planning process to ensure a sustainable talent pipeline.
• Provide guidance and coaching to support managers and supervisors in becoming highly effective people managers.
• Monitor and analyze key organizational efficiency metrics and provide decision support to the leadership team.
• Analyze and assess organizational effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
• Workforce Planning: use data and evidence to identify workforce needs and address future challenges.
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of federal and state employment laws & regulations related to day-to-day management of employees to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Reports, manages, and monitors all workers’ compensation case files and leave of absence cases, follows through on all open claims and leaves.
• Administer various human resources policies and procedures and assist in the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures.
• Work closely with the Global Supply Chain HR team and Zone HR team, HR CoE teams (talent acquisition, Rewards, Learning and Development), and HR and Administrative Shared Service team to implement various HR programs and initiatives.
• Other duties or projects may be assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities, but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
• This is largely a sedentary role; however, some filing is required. This would require the ability to lift files, open filing cabinets and bend or stand on a stool as necessary.
• This position may regularly require long working hours and occasional weekend work as job duties demand

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

• This job operates in a professional office environment.
• This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers and smartphones