HR Generalist

**Position Snapshot**
Business area: Nestlé Canada

Job title: HR Generalist (On-Site)

Location: Toronto; ON (72 Sterling Rd)

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive total rewards benefits package including Health and Dental benefits that start on day one of employment
- Company matched pension plan
- Three week of Vacation and five personal days (Personal Paid Holidays)
- Excellent training and development programs as well as opportunities to grow within the company
- Access to Educational Assistance & Tuition Reimbursement
- Bonus eligibility
- Free Headspace Account - guidance to create habits to support your mental health
- Up to 50% off - Nespresso Coffee Machine, Capsules and accessories
- Access to the Discount Company store with Nestlé, Nespresso, and Purina products (Located across various Nestle offices/sites)
- Additional discounts on a variety of products and services offered by our preferred vendors and partnerships

**A little bit about us**
While Nestlé is known for KitKat, Gerber, Nescafe, and Häagen-Dazs, our recipe for success comes down to one thing: our people.

We strive to lead a people-focused culture that empowers employees to bring their authentic selves to work every single day. There are 3,000+ members of Nestlé Canada celebrated for taking action using agility, courage, and trust to find solutions that benefit the business or greater good. We’re a team of change makers, who are curious and challenge the status quo, who try new things to help drive us forward.

Our focus is not only on nourishing our customers, but also about enriching you. We know that empowerment leads to strong employee engagement, a great work culture, and motivated employees.

**Position Summary**
We are looking for a HR Generalist based at our Sterling Road Factory reporting into the Senior HR Factory Manager. This role will be responsible to continuously improve Employee Relations processes and champions HR practices in alignment with the factory objectives. In addition, you will provide support to the leadership team and all employees with high quality of information, advice and service.

**A day in the life of an HR Generalist**
As an HR Generalist you will be responsible for key areas including employee engagement, labour relations, HR process management and recruitment.

Some activities you will lead include:

- Establish and maintain effective win-win working relationships with managers, employees and their representatives through an environment that cultivates communication and co-operation.
- Promote and develop a culture and environment that is productive, open, empowering, safe and equitable and mentor others to behave and make decisions in line with Nestlé Management and Leadership Principles and Nestlé Corporate Business Principles.
- Participate in grievances and other dispute resolution processes and investigations
- Hourly Performance Management
- Supports Compliance for HR
- Ensure effective support to all hourly and unionized workforce, including hiring, transfers, end of contract, retirement, long term leaves, parental leaves, reporting, time management and payroll activities.
- Work as part of cross functional HR team to develop HR practice and process developments that enhance the HR contribution to the business.

**What will make you successful?**
- 3-5 years HR Generalist experience preferably in a unionized manufacturing environment
- Experience in coaching and developing people
- Flexible work schedule in order to improve service to internal and external customers
- Degree level or HR Professional designation

We have a friendly, supportive team with a coaching and mentoring environment. There are real opportunities for future development and progression - this really could be a move towards the exciting opportunity to drive strategy and build an HR career.

**What you need to know**

Nestlé Canada is an equal-opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility. We encourage qualified applicants to bring their diverse and unique experiences as a result of their education, perspectives, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs.

If you are selected to participate in the recruitment process, please inform Human Resources of any accommodations you may require. Nestlé will work with you in an effort to ensure that you are able to fully participate in the process.