The People Generalist plays a key role in supporting Safelite’s culture and will provide human resource support to Safelite’s leaders in store operations or on site leaders in distribution centers. This role will be the face of the People team for our associates and focus their time on the implementation of people strategies to effectively identify, hire, develop and retain top talent to drive extraordinary performance.

What You'll Do

• Acts as a trusted advisor to the leadership team to support overall operational effectiveness and performance.

• Acts as the  point-of-contact to support associates with a variety of HR questions

• Supports workforce planning by engaging in the forecasting process, acting as a liaison between the operations and talent acquisition teams and providing innovation solutions to local staffing challenges.

• Serves in a responsive manner to arising associate relations issues and manages conflict in varying situations such as performance coaching or dissatisfied associates; and directs associates to the appropriate resources for support as needed.

• Provides coaching and support to field leaders regarding culture development, organizational policies & procedures and communication of key initiatives.

• Supports the new hire process (I9, new hire paperwork, review of PTO, policies, benefits)

• Supports the corrective action process by writing documentation, tracking disciplinary steps and keeping files as needed.

• Assesses and implements proactive retention strategies.

• Collaborates with leaders in the effective implementation of 'people programs' such as recruitment, onboarding, learning & development, performance management, safety and union avoidance.

• Partners with leadership to assess leadership capability and ensure development and succession plans are in place to support current and future business requirements.

• Coaches and facilitates leadership development programs to build capability; ensuring organizational health by promoting associate engagement.

• Proactively seeks new ways of doing things to deliver better business results and effectively leads organizational change.

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years HR specialist or generalist experience, preferably in a fast-paced, store operations or distribution environment with emphasis in leadership coaching and associate relations

• Key competencies include: building relationships, influencing others and fortitude to challenge the status quo.

• Knowledge of employment best practices relative to employment law, performance management, employee engagement and optimal workforce planning

• Demonstrated stability, judgment and professional composure

• Strong interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills required in order to communicate and present across all levels within the organization

• Critical thinking skills and responsive, proactive, consultative work style required

• Ability to travel 10% of the time. (off-site meetings)

• BA/BS in HR, Business, or related discipline preferred

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This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job's essential duties because of an ADA disability. Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws and regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.

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