HR Business Partner

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Are you a HR Business Partner that is forward thinking, strategic, a change agent, and interested in using your HR skills to help attract, develop, and retain high performing teams, dedicated to exceeding expectations and driving results? Are you interested in being part of an HR organization that focuses on living our purpose by:

           1. Assuming ownership and taking accountability for our commitments to one another

2. Collaborating across functions in a clear, concise, and timely manner

3. Being consistent and fair

4. Being compassionate, mindful and empathetic

5. Supporting one another and celebrating our successes

If this sounds exciting to you, then consider joining our Chefs’ Warehouse HR Team as a Human Resources Manager!

POSITION SUMMARY:  This role will partner with HR Leadership and local business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employee engagement. In addition, they will own programs that run across the broader HR team. To be successful in this role, you must understand business priorities and translate them into the highest impact work.

To succeed, you will need a flexible skill set, including developing talent, ability to make quality decisions, execute tactically, drive results and collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations.

What you’ll do:

•            (People Manager Only) Lead and develop a team of HR professionals in a high growth, rapidly changing environment.

•            Strong drive to create a positive work environment.

•            Work in an environment which demands strong deliverables along with the ability to identify problems and drive appropriate solutions.

•            Successfully monitor the "pulse" of the employees to ensure a high level of employee engagement.

•            Provide generalist support to Leaders in the areas of Safety, Worker’s Compensation, Talent Planning, Performance Management, and Employee Relations.

•            Roll out corporate and regional programs and help lead change management with leadership team supported.

•            Ensure continuous learning and compliance with all applicable state and federal laws

•            Support an operations environment that has multiple shifts.

Success in this role will require influential partnership with middle management within the organization to execute the HR strategies that foster organizational and people effectiveness. The individual in this role must understand business priorities and translate them into an HR agenda that supports the business as it grows.

About you:

•            Bachelor's Degree, or equivalent work experience

•            3-5 years of progressive human resources experience

•            Experience in retail, distribution center, or manufacturing environment. Experience with a sales team or working knowledge of commissions.

•            Demonstrated experience managing and leading employees.

•            Proficiency with HRIS System

•            Human Resources experience with companies supporting 250-500 or more associates.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.