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Position Title: Sr. HR Specialist  

Position Type: Regular - Full-Time ​

Position Location: [[cust_locationName]] 

Requisition ID:  34442 

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About the role.

In every role, McCainers are ambitious, curious, and interested in helping each other create good work experiences. We think about the customer and make doing business with McCain easy.

Key Responsibilities: We’re looking for someone to support and guide leaders, managers, and employees through escalated employee relations matters like investigations, misconduct, and disciplinary actions. You’ll partner with Talent Acquisition to drive local recruitment efforts, source top talent, and ensure hiring aligns with business needs. Managing voluntary and involuntary separations, handling leave of absence processes, and working closely with vendors to ensure compliance will be key parts of your role. You’ll also collaborate with HRBPs and leadership on workforce changes, organizational updates, and legal requirements. Beyond that, you’ll help enhance HR services, maintain HRNow content, and champion employee engagement and retention initiatives—all while being a true McCain brand ambassador.

Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of experience as a HR Generalist.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related field, or equivalent combination education and experience.

Skills:

• Comprehensive HR policy and process knowledge and the ability to apply it.
• Extensive Employee Relations experience with strong knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Ability to understand and apply HR compliance requirements.
• Strong business acumen coupled with project management and analytical skills.
• Proven teamwork capabilities; strong relationship management and interpersonal skills.
• Strong ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with impact and handle confidential information.
• HR Project delivery with a continuous improvement mindset.
• Working knowledge of HR systems, particularly SuccessFactors and Service Now, Kronos and/or Dimensions is a plus.

Benefits of the role.

In this role, you’ll have the chance to shape workplace culture, influence employee experiences, and drive engagement. Enjoy flexibility within office hours to accommodate work-life balance, competitive salaried pay, a Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP) bonus , and company-provided tools like a mobile phone and laptop. You'll also benefit from professional growth opportunities through training, networking, and strategic company insights, all of which can open doors for career advancement. Whether specializing in talent management, employee relations, or compliance, your expertise will make a lasting impact. The role offers a dynamic mix of tasks, from policy development to conflict resolution, ensuring no two days are the same. Most importantly, you’ll play a key role in supporting employees’ well-being and career growth, all in a field with strong job stability and growing demand across industries.

About McCain

Click Here to learn more about McCain and how we provide you with opportunities to make an impact that matters.

Leadership Principles.

Our principles, each with related practices, guide our actions across the organization. Together, they address how McCain interacts with our customers and employees, and how we work as individuals and collectively to find success. While each role adheres to the Leadership Principles, individual roles may focus more on a specific principle or principles.

We are customer obsessed. Customers are our starting point. By understanding their needs and leveraging data and consumer insights, we drive mutual success.

We think big and plan ahead. Through ambition, curiosity, and smart risks, we can accomplish goals, refine processes, and innovate to scale success.

We bring out the best in our people. We create safe spaces for our people so that trust and empowerment come naturally. Inclusion is about listening first, showing humility, and working together.

We act like owners. Together, we clear obstacles and do the work that makes us all successful and proud to be part of McCain.

The McCain experience

We are McCain: this statement is about our power collectively and our importance individually—your impact is a significant part of the business. Our winning culture focuses on authenticity and trust so we can always bring out the best in our people. Here, you have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive while being yourself. Join our team to see why we’re better together.

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The above reflects the target compensation range for the position at the time of posting. Hiring compensation will be determined based on experience, skill set, education/training, and other organizational needs.

Benefits : At McCain, we’re on a mission to create a winning culture that puts employee safety and wellbeing at the heart of what we do, every day. We understand and appreciate that each person’s needs are unique and ensure our benefits & wellbeing programs reflect that. Employees are eligible for the following benefits: health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Wellbeing programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. Coverages are aligned to country, provincial and state governing plans and can vary by work level, location and nature of the role. Additional benefit details available during the application process.

Your well-being matters to us, and we’re here to provide you with the necessary resources to support you in being your best self at work — and at home.

McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. We see value in ensuring we have a diverse, antiracist, inclusive, merit-based, and equitable workplace. As a global family-owned company we are proud to reflect the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that diversity drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger. 

 
McCain is an accessible employer. If you require an accommodation throughout the recruitment process (including alternate formats of materials or accessible meeting rooms), please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.

 
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Job Family:  Human Resources
Division: [[division_obj]] 
Department: ​[[department_obj]] ​
Location(s): US - United States of America : Wisconsin : Wisconsin Rapids 

Company:  McCain Foods Limited 

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