The Director of HR designs, implements, and manages the company's comprehensive total rewards strategy, encompassing compensation, benefits, equity, and recognition programs. This role ensures competitive, compliant, and engaging programs that align with organizational goals, attract and retain talent, and reinforce company values.

Core Functions:

• Develop and execute a total rewards strategy that aligns with organizational goals, culture, and talent objectives.
• Lead the design, administration, and evaluation of compensation, benefits, and equity programs to ensure competitiveness, compliance, and internal equity.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to integrate total rewards programs into broader talent and business strategies.
• Analyze market data, compensation trends, and internal metrics to inform pay structures, incentive design, and program enhancements.
• Oversee benefits administration and vendor partnerships, negotiating contracts and ensuring service excellence and cost-effectiveness.
• Design and promote recognition and engagement programs that reinforce company values and drive retention.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws governing compensation, benefits, and equity programs.
• Communicate total rewards programs clearly and effectively to employees and managers through training, resources, and communication materials.
• Continuously evaluate program effectiveness, recommending and implementing improvements that enhance competitiveness and employee satisfaction

Performs other duties and activities related to the department as necessary to support overall operations and responsibilities, even if not specifically listed above.

Key Measures of Success:

• Compensation Competitiveness: Maintains pay structures and programs that attract and retain high-performing talent.
• Benefits Administration: Ensures benefits programs are delivered accurately, efficiently, and with positive employee experience.
• Employee Engagement: Strengthens engagement through total rewards programs aligned with company values and culture.
• Regulatory Compliance: Achieves full compliance with all applicable compensation and benefits regulations.
• Cost Management: Balances fiscal responsibility with competitive offerings and measurable ROI.
• Data-Driven Decision-Making: Uses analytics to assess effectiveness and guide strategic recommendations.
• Collaboration & Communication: Partners effectively with executives and communicates clearly across all organizational levels.
• Consistently exhibits and displays the company's values of "Own It. Can Do. Act in Love."

• Own It - Commitment to customers, company, and each other.
• Can Do - Team Player, Open to Change, & Pursuing continuous improvement.
• Act in Love - Treating others with humility, respectfulness, kindness, honesty, patience, and self-control.

Education & Experience:

Minimum Required:
• A bachelor's degree in business administration, Human Resources, or other human resources-related fields.
• Minimum of 5 years of human resources management experience where candidate has been responsible for functional and strategic aspects of Human Resources.
Preferred:
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP
• Master's Degree

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

Work is performed in an office environment. This role will routinely utilize standard office equipment to perform the core functions listed in this job description. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies as well as communicate verbally and electronically. The work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive reading to perform the core functions listed in this job description. The noise level in the work environment at job sites can be loud and in a non-temperature-controlled environment.

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform core functions.

Travel:

5% travel per year.

Benefits Offered:

At Central States, we are an ESOP. That means each one of our employees is an owner of the company and receives an allocation of stock every year. This allows all our employees to share in the wealth and success of the company. We also offer:
• 401K
• Education assistance available - Up to $5,250 each year
• Profit-Sharing bonus or own it bonus
• Medical - 100% employer-paid coverage available
• Dental
• Vision
• Holiday pay
• Vacation pay
• Employee Assistance Program providing Confidential Emotional Support, Work and Lifestyle Support, Legal Guidance, Financial Resources and Digital Support
• Care Guides to help employees navigate the complex healthcare system
• Life insurance - 1.5x annual salary - 100% employer paid
• Wellness Program - earn up to $1,200 annually when enrolling in a medical plan!
• Health Savings Accounts
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term Disability
• Long-Term Disability - 100% employer paid
• Performance based merit increases
• SHINE program - Employee Financial Assistance and Dependent Scholarships!