Brief Description

The VP of People and Business Operations will be responsible for building and supporting a center of excellence shared service model at Baldor. This role will lead a team of professional individuals who will help create, lead and drive processes within the areas such as Benefits, Compensation, HRIS systems, Compliance and Policy, Employee Relations, and Payroll. This role will be the machine behind the engine for current and future growth potential of Baldor, with a specific focus on ensuring programs are designed to achieve organizational and operational objectives in alignment with Baldor’s growth plans and build metrics that support achievement of these initiatives. A key and critical component of this role is to provide governance, structure, and discipline behind common HR processes across a decentralized diverse employee population base. They need to enable creating systems and programs that work from the warehouse floor to the corporate headquarters.

Responsibilities:

Oversee functional elements of HR and a team of HR Professionals consistently looking for ways to improve employee experience from hire through exit processes.
Review current work and determine ways to improve workflow, case management and future self-service technologies to optimize efficiency and enhance effectiveness. Determine well defined performance indicators and service level agreements.
Provide data insights and workforce analytics to share insights on organizational health and to utilize in HR Planning.
Build formal HR Governance structures and metrics that are well defined and supported by the business and HRBP’s.
Review and provide solutions to administrative processes including outsourcing, automatic or eliminating.
Provide expertise and knowledge to meet internal and external regulatory requirements and work with key stakeholders such as Legal, Safety, IT, Marketing, etc.
This position will remain well-informed on industry trends and will be active within the professional HR community where possible and will challenge the organization to continually develop best practices within HR and business operations.
Ensure that HR Processes are developed and performed in compliance with all legal and organizational requirements, standards, and procedures. Partner with internal General Counsel to review progress against compliance standards.
Oversee team that provides the administration and evaluation of all compensation and benefit programs to create a compelling employee proposition that attracts highly capable, mission and culture aligned talent.
Orchestrate management of strategic vendors.
Optimize HRIS to meet workforce and compliance requirements and create opportunities for automation, reporting and reduction of manual processes.
Overseeing and assisting with Human Resource projects to ensure that Human Resources policies and procedures are developed continuously to meet overall business requirements Ensure the delivery of projects is in alignment and compliance with third party service providers, BMO’s business units, HR departments and lines of business.
Provide information and coordinate activity related to established HR Policies, Procedures or Regulations.
Actively participates and seeks to have a key role in strategic business discussions.
Partnering with key stakeholders to understand business issues and propose solutions via process or technical means.
Ensures HR COE’s provide active governance over suppliers and service providers to ensure superior implementation of technology, upgrades, updates, defect resolution and project implementations.

Requirements:

Experience in building shared service HR Models with expertise in Benefits, Compensation, Employee Relations, Compliance and Talent Acquisition.
Strong Technology and Data Analytics Competencies. Must be able to tell a story with data. Prior experience identifying and launching an HRIS System preferred.
Must be adept at change management and project management skills. Knowledgeable in process maps, RACI’s, project charters and project management. Experience with creation of SLA’s and project management including but limited to usage knowledge of project management software’s such as Microsoft Lists & Microsoft Planner.
Must like an environment that is entrepreneurial and willing to build from the ground up.
Performs complex tasks typically following established processes.
Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Must be able to multi-task and work independently as well as contribute to the overall success of the team

Education and Experience:

Requires a bachelor's degree. Master’s Degree preferred.
Minimum of 6-years in Human Resources, HRIS, Comp/Benefits, and Analytics.
Must have spent time building Compliance and Policies for the organization.
Experience with building Employee Relations and Compliance Processes.

Technology Skills:

Calendar and scheduling software – Microsoft Outlook, Kronos
Microsoft Excel: Expert in analytics, data management, pivot tables, formulas
Electronic mail software - Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Office suite software – Teams, Microsoft Office, PowerPoint, Word, Google Suite, Microsoft List, Microsoft Planner
Video conferencing software – Microsoft Teams

Work Environment:

Sedentary work under a hybrid schedule – 3 days a week in office.
Ability to work extended hours as needed.
Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed.

Who We Are:

BALDOR HISTORY:

When Louis Balducci rented a pushcart for $5.00 a week in 1918, little did he know that he was laying the foundations for Baldor Specialty Foods. In 1946, Louis opened a fruit stand called Balducci’s Produce in Greenwich Village that flourished into a beloved specialty food shop. Food writer James Beard was a regular customer and noted that Balducci’s always sold “the best of the best, at the right price.”

A family business from the start, the company employed numerous family members including son-in-law, Kevin Murphy. Murphy ran Balducci’s wholesale division, Baldor, so passionately that the Balducci family encouraged him to establish the business as an independent entity in 1991. Over the next decade, Baldor sustained continuous growth while maintaining the standard of excellence that made Balducci’s a success. The company cemented its reputation for sourcing expertise after introducing blanched frisee to the American market. Murphy named it “Circus Frisee” after famed restaurant Le Cirque.

Today, Baldor is the leading importer and distributor of fresh produce and specialty foods in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The company is headed by Kevin’s son, T.J. Murphy, C.E.O. Under his leadership, Baldor remains committed to customer service, quality and innovation.

Baldor Specialty Foods has a long legacy of quality, consistency and service. Under the leadership of the former Owner and Chief Executive Officer, Kevin Murphy, President Mike Muzyk joined Baldor in 1996 and today works closely with Kevin’s son, TJ Murphy, who has been the Owner and Chief Executive Office since 2013. Under the leadership and partnership of TJ and Mike, in the last seven years, Baldor has achieved consistent double-digit growth in addition to geographic, category, product and channel expansion.