Sr HR Generalist

Title: Sr HR Generalist

Location: Park Rapids, MN

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

The Senior Plant Human Resources Generalist is responsible for partnering with management, various departments, and team members to ensure successful planning, development, deployment, and evaluation of HR activities and initiatives.

Duties may include providing general human resources support to team members, working closely with various HR teams, and applying HR insight as needed to assist internal and external stakeholders.

Job Description

• Provides day-to-day business HR partnership and consultation for assigned functional team.
• Participates in the implementation and maintenance of HR policies, practices, and procedures by providing professional and technical assistance to leadership and key stakeholders.
• Assists in driving business solutions through ad hoc reporting and analysis of HR statistics/data which may include team member turnover, job requisitions, new hires, transfers, promotions, terminations, team member performance, and more.
• Leads and supports Human Resource programs including but not limited to employment/unemployment, litigation, retention, termination, turnover, and severance.
• Periodically audits and ensures accurate recordkeeping of HR systems and processes.
• Conducts, assists, records, and follows-up with employee investigation matters and the administration of Disability and Workers Compensation claims.
• Partners and collaborates on projects/programs with cross-functional HR peers, centers of excellence (COE), and business support functions including Talent Management, Compensation, Payroll, Benefits, Finance, and Legal.
• Ensures and supports HR compliance with local and statutory laws and regulations.
• Collaborates with hiring teams on hiring goals, future talent pipelining, organizational development, and the administrative processing of job requisitions to meet business hiring needs.
• Provides support and training for team members, supervisors, and managers which may include managing team member performance, employee relations, workplace training, and new hire training/onboarding.
• Updates and manages team member information/bulletin boards including company policy documents, announcements/events, benefits details, and/or legally required notices.
• Serves as the HR representative on assigned projects, committees, and community events.
• May supervise or oversee additional HR team members as needed.
• Leads HR initiatives, champions change, and grows team member engagement to create a culture aligned with our values: Teamwork, Empowerment, Integrity, Inclusion, and a Drive for Results.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field required.
• Advanced degree or certification specific to human resources preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in human resources required.
• Prior work experience ensuring and supporting HR compliance with local and statutory laws and regulations required.
• Experience with conducting workplace investigations and resolution of issues required.
• Prior work experience working with and/or optimizing Human Capital Management (HCM), timekeeping, payroll, or related systems preferred.
• Impeccable attention to detail and organizational skills required.
• Computer proficiency with software systems including but not limited to Human Resources
• Management Systems (HRMS), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook etc.) and/or other web-based applications required.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written; Strong interpersonal skills required.
• Prior work experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive.  Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-258247

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 09/27/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate’s work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $84,070.00 - $126,100.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law