Proficiency with multiple HRIS/HRM systems, including ADP, and experience in HRIS set-up/configuration.
Progressively responsible HR experience, particularly in HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
Ability to simplify and standardize HR processes across multiple locations.
Strong leadership and communication skills with a focus on customer service.
Knowledge of multi-state employment laws and audit-ready HR practices.
Lean and/or Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
Responsibilities
Lead HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding to offboarding.
Simplify and standardize HR processes and documentation while allowing for local flexibility.
Ensure accurate and secure employee data management and reporting.
Collaborate with various departments to resolve HR issues and enhance employee support.
Monitor compliance with multi-state HR requirements and prepare for audits.
Utilize workforce metrics to identify trends and improve HR decision-making.
Develop and hold the HR operations team accountable for high-quality execution.
Benefits
9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
Strong focus on operational excellence and customer service.
Financially healthy organization with strong revenue and no long-term debt.
Commitment to impacting lives positively through essential solutions.
Full Job Description
Description
Manager, HR Operations - Denver, CO
You will help translate business priorities and strategy into standardized processes, policies, controls, training, and service delivery practices designed for scale and consistency. Based in Denver, CO, you will support approximately 500 employees, primarily across Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. You will lead and continuously improve the day-to-day HR operations that enable employees and leaders to do their best work.
How You Will Create Value
As the leader of HR operations, you will create value by:
Leading consistent, responsive HR service delivery across the employee lifecycle, from onboarding and job changes through leaves, transfers, and offboarding.
Simplifying and standardizing HR processes, workflows, documentation, and service expectations across locations while preserving appropriate local flexibility.
Ensuring accurate, timely, and secure employee data and records; strengthening HR systems, controls, reporting, and data governance.
Partnering with Payroll, Benefits, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, Finance, IT, and site leaders to resolve issues and deliver seamless employee support.
Maintaining compliant HR operations by monitoring multi-state requirements, administering policies and procedures, and preparing for audits.
Using workforce metrics and service data to identify trends, clarify priorities, improve decisions, and measure the effectiveness of HR programs and processes.
Leading, developing, and holding the HR operations team accountable for high-quality execution, continuous improvement, and a positive customer experience.
What You Will Need to Be Successful in the Role
Proficiency with multiple HRIS/HRM systems (including ADP), employee data management, reporting, workforce metrics, and using operational data to identify trends and improve decisions. Experience should include HRIS set-up/configuration design and processes.
Progressively responsible HR experience, including experience leading HR operations, shared services, employee lifecycle processes, and/or a comparable HR function.
Demonstrated ability to simplify, standardize, document, and continuously improve HR processes, workflows, service standards, and employee experiences across multiple locations.
Strong people leadership, communication, judgment, and customer-service skills, with the ability to establish clear expectations, develop team members, manage competing priorities, and ensure accurate and timely execution.
Knowledge of multi-state employment requirements, public company and SOX controls, HR policies, records management, data privacy, and audit-ready HR practices.
Lean and/or Six Sigma Green Belt preferred.
Bachelor's degree in business, human resources, economics, computer information systems, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.
Why Work for us?
We impact lives for the better! Our efforts as a solution miner are essential for agriculture, animal feed, and other industrial operations.
Our quality, agility, reliability, and speed differentiate us with customers. We act with integrity and trust.
We are financially healthy with strong revenue, cash flow, and no long-term debt.
We have both a proud history and a compelling future, focused on sustainable and superior operational excellence and customer service.
We have some great benefits, including a 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off.
One team. One purpose. Intrepid proud!
The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.
