Assistant Manager Human Resources

Food Manufacturing Plant Environment

• Actively support and participate in the plant’s safety process.
• Champion a culture that values individual differences, encourages associate involvement, and promotes continuous improvement.
• Support and develop a culture that provides consistent compliance with policy administration and work rules.
• Promote and develop a culture that supports a union free status (if non-union plant).
• Serve as liaison for local charitable, educational and civic organizations.
• Facilitate regular reviews of agreements and contracts with outside vendors to assure that costs for services provided are reasonable.
• Provide insight for employment law compliance.
• Assist in recruiting and staffing processes.
• Assist in successor planning, mentoring and Career Training Program (CTP) processes within the plant.
• Assist with the delivery of annual training plan to meets the needs of non-exempt level associates, including self-development.
• Assist with general orientation for all new associates.
• Assist with non-exempt compensation, incentive and benefit plans.
• Support and develop a forum for employee complaints/disputes/grievances.
• Encourage regular, timely, and open communication with all associates.
• Develop, support and maintain accurate associate data systems to support the needs of the operation and the company.
• Maintain accurate, well-organized and properly sorted associate hard copy files.
• Follow established programs, policies and practices to produce safe quality foods that meet regulatory and company requirements.
• Support the development, implementation, maintenance, and ongoing improvement of the SQF 2000 Systems.
• Accountable to the Kroger Manufacturing Food Safety and Quality Principles.
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.