Flowers Foods

Human Resource Business Partner-Mesa-AZ

Flowers Foods$95K — $100K *
Mesa, AZ 85204In-Person
Business Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year degree in Human Resources Management or related field
  • 3+ years of progressive HR experience
  • Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and skill
  • Strong understanding of labor relations and compliance
  • Proficient in HR policies, procedures, and administration

Responsibilities

  • Directs execution of HR and labor relations policies across the organization
  • Partners with bakery leadership as the main HR strategic advisor
  • Develops trusted relationships with leadership for informed business decisions
  • Works with regional HRBPs to build a strategic talent pipeline
  • Trains and develops plant leadership teams
  • Promotes HR's strategic role in addressing business needs and challenges
  • Manages the complete talent lifecycle including sourcing, onboarding, and exits

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and rewards package
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Support for employee engagement initiatives
  • Participation in cultural programs
  • Strong emphasis on compliance with all company policies
Full Job Description
Bringing Home the Dough

The Human Resources Business Partner seeks to build a strong advisory relationship with bakery leaders and acts as the main HR strategic advisor to deploy HR strategies and solutions at assigned facility or facilities. Position is responsible for managing the entire human resource function including human resource policies and procedures, compensation, training and development, employee relations, as well as many payroll functions. This role also functions as a bakery and employee advocate and change champion. Position helps to forecast the needs of the business from an HR perspective. Partners with Talent Management to deliver learning and development opportunities and to assist with succession planning and retention efforts. The HR Business Partner is also responsible for managing the remainder of the talent lifecycle at assigned facility or facilities: managing the sourcing and recruitment of talent, positive onboarding, appropriate retention strategies, and facility exits.

Position requires demonstration of competency for all on-the-job activities that may have a direct or indirect affect on product safety, legality and/or quality.

Rising to the Challenge: Position Responsibilities

  • Directs the execution of the company's human resource and labor relations policies, procedures, and programs. Provides general supervision for company-wide activities of personnel administration, wage and salary administration, management training and development, safety, benefits administration, employee communications, employee activities, staffing, legal compliance and labor relations.
  • Actively promotes and reinforces Flowers Foods corporate values and culture
  • Partners with plant leadership as the primary HR strategic advisor for the bakery
  • Develops a trusted advisor relationship with plant leadership and proactively provides advice and the people context for business decisions
  • Works with corporate stakeholders and regional HRBPs to manage and build a strategic talent pipeline in the facility through the execution of recruiting, talent development, performance management, and leadership development strategies
  • Trains and develops plant leadership team
  • Promotes the strategic relationship between HR and management to define business challenges, identify opportunities to deliver value-added HR services and programs, and translate them into focused HR initiatives that meet the business needs of the facility
  • Interprets HR policies and approve exceptions to policy within delegated authority and escalates exceptions outside of delegated authority to regional HRBPs
  • Actively listens and seeks to understand various points of view to arrive at best solution
  • Embraces and drive change for HR programs
  • Develops and disseminates the facility's affirmative action plan
  • Maintains all human resource files and salary records for employees and temporary labor, both electronically and in files.
  • Administers wage and salary policies and the performance management process for employees.
  • Responsible for the administration of the total pre-employment process including sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, investigating and screening of all applicants, referring qualified applicants to appropriate departments, and managing the onboarding processes
  • Supports employee engagement and cultural programs and initiatives
  • Confidently manages upwards and downwards throughout the organization.
  • Monitors HR data and trends and leverages business intelligence to provide new insights.
  • Monitors results of the delivered HR programs, and works with the Regional HRBPs, Centers of Excellence and HRSS to implement facility changes and improvements as needed
  • Keeps Regional HRBPs informed on all pending human resource and labor matters, and lends necessary assistance as requested
  • Responsible for ongoing professional development of the Human Resources Department
  • Practices and complies with all Company policies and procedures (EEO, Harassment, Affirmative Action, Safety, Sarbanes Oxley, etc.)
  • Performs other duties which are deemed by management to be an integral part of the job, including but not limited to fulfillment of work schedules, adherence to attendance policies, and other applicable operating rules, policies and procedures


Knead to Know: Preferred Qualifications

3 or more year's progressive human resources experience

Must have the ability to operate with a very high degree of freedom within the frame work of recommended corporate policies

Additional Ingredients: Essential Job Requirements

A four year degree in Human Resources Management or related field.

Salary Range- $95,000-100,000

We offer a competitive salary and an excellent total rewards package. Please reply by 10/01/2026 Interested job seekers who successfully complete the series of pre-screening questions and who appear to possess the basic qualifications for this position may be contacted for a telephone interview.

About Flowers Foods

Flowers Foods, Inc. is a producer and marketer of packaged bakery products. The company operates in two segments: Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD) and Warehouse Delivery. The DSD segment produces fresh breads, buns, rolls, tortillas, and snack cakes that are delivered to retail and foodservice customers directly. The Warehouse Delivery segment produces frozen breads, rolls, and snack cakes that are sold through customers' warehouse channels. The company's brands include Nature's Own, Wonder, Tastykake, Dave's Killer Bread, and others. Flowers Foods was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
Learn more about Flowers Foods
Size
8,900 employees
Market Cap
$6.1 billion
Industry
Net Income
$152.3 million
Founded
1919
5 Year Trend
+2%
Revenue
$4.3 billion
NASDAQ

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