General Description
The Senior Human Resources Manager serves as a strategic partner to site leadership, translating business priorities into people strategies that strengthen organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, workforce performance, and culture. This role leads core HR programs and site HR delivery while reinforcing accountability, ownership, meritocracy, and a compliant, inclusive workplace.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnership and Organizational Effectiveness
Partner with site and functional leaders to align people priorities with business strategy and operational goals.
Leverage data, technology, and AI-enabled tools to improve decision-making, efficiency, and organizational impact.
Identify organizational, workforce, and capability needs, translating insights into practical plans that advance business outcomes.
Lead and support organizational effectiveness, culture, and change initiatives.
HR Team Leadership and Manager Capability
Lead the site HR team to deliver consistent, effective HR programs and services.
Assess manager capability needs and partner with HR leadership to build practical development plans.
Coach leaders to set clear expectations, reinforce ownership, and lead in a performance-based culture.
Advise leaders and employees on HR policies, employee relations, discipline, and workplace matters.
Talent, Performance, Learning, and Total Rewards
Lead site execution of goal setting, performance management, talent management, and rewards processes in support of ownership, accountability, and meritocracy.
Support learning, development, and total rewards programs that strengthen attraction, retention, and performance.
Communicate HR initiatives clearly and ensure alignment with site and company priorities.
Employee Relations, Engagement, and Change
Build leader capability to support effective employee relations, engagement, and retention.
Serve as an objective resource and escalation path for employee-relations matters.
Lead people initiatives that improve engagement, retention, recognition, and culture.
Advance HR policies and practices that support accountability, ownership, and fair, merit-based decisions.
Compliance, Communications, and HR Operations
Ensure HR practices align with company policy and applicable employment laws.
Communicate HR programs, policies, and initiatives with clarity and credibility.
Continuously improve HR practices to meet evolving business and workforce needs.
Data, Analytics, and Special Projects
Track and interpret HR metrics and workforce insights to inform business decisions.
Apply critical thinking, analytics, and emerging AI capabilities to strengthen HR strategy and execution.
Lead strategic initiatives, transformation efforts, and special projects as needed.
Education and Experience
Bachelor?s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
Advanced degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field is preferred.
Minimum of 10 years of progressive HR experience, including organizational initiatives, transformation leadership, and business strategy; 10 years in an HR business partner, senior HR generalist, or comparable advisory role.
Experience supporting leaders and employees in a manufacturing environment, including an hourly workforce.
Demonstrated experience coaching leaders and leading HR programs; experience supervising or developing HR team members is required.
PHR or SPHR certification is preferred.
Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated business acumen and sound working knowledge of employment practices and applicable employment laws.
Strong capability across employee relations, performance management, talent development, workforce planning, recruiting, and engagement.
Strong coaching, relationship-building, conflict-resolution, and change management skills.
Ability to model ownership, accountability, performance differentiation, and meritocracy.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate HR programs clearly to varied audiences.
Sound judgment, discretion, and ability to maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive employee matters.
Pay Range for Senior Human Resources Manager
The Senior Human Resources Manager base pay range $130,000 - 155,000 USD/annually. The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine?s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum for new hire salaries for the Everett, WA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee?s rate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time. In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth. The Senior Human Resources Manager position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state, and local minimum wage laws.
This position is also eligible for a target bonus of 15%.