Job Description
Senior HR Specialist / HR Manager
Cranbury, NJ
Competitive Pay & Benefits
Senior HR Specialist / HR Manager performs a variety of complex human resources duties partnering closely with senior HR management and various directors across the organization in supporting HR processes and department-specific strategies. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: recruitment, compensation and benefits, training and development, performance management, policy implementation, HR systems and employment law compliance. Candidates with Bilingual English-Mandarin Chinese capabilities strongly preferred.
Senior HR Specialist Responsibilities:
- Understand and execute the organization’s human resources and talent strategy particularly as it relates to current and future recruiting, retention, and succession planning. Manage the talent acquisition process, including recruitment, interviewing, and hiring of qualified job applicants; Design, deploy and optimize talent campaigns and initiatives, such as career fairs, collaborating with staffing agents, etc.
- Analyze trends in compensation and benefits and conduct periodic pay surveys and job evaluations; Recommend and implement competitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talents.
- Manage onboarding and orientation program and process. Partner with departmental managers to create and support learning and development programs and initiatives; inter-departmental rotation and transfer mechanisms that provide professional growth opportunities for employees.
- Work proactively with leadership team to monitor performance management process.
- Oversee employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations.
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommend best practices; review policies and practices to ensure legal compliance.
- Create and review annual labor cost budget and maintain human resources documents and records; Ensure the accuracy of human resources information.
- Proactively provide support to the Headquarter HR Center as needed and assist Senior HR manager with other duties as assigned.
- Collaborate closely with IT contractor to streamline the organization’s IT management procedure and to ensure the data security and protection practices. Regularly review IT contractor service performance and recommend new process to enhance the efficiency.
- Assist departmental directors with assigned administrative tasks
- Collaborate with R&D and BD teams to draft and send project assignments and update project tracker in a timely manner
- Proactively respond to the Headquarters’ Project Management Team as needed
- Responsible for tracking the monthly project labor hours
Senior HR Specialist Requirements
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resources Management or Business.
- Minimum 2 years of work experience with strong knowledge of HR policies and procedures in the core functional areas and general knowledge of local, state and federal laws and regulations governing employment.
- HR Certification preferred.
- Bilingual Mandarin Chinese preferred.
- Exceptional verbal and written communication, interpersonal, organizational, diplomacy, problem-solving, and multi-tasking skills.
- High-energy professional with demonstrated self-confidence, high integrity, reliability, flexibility, attention to detail, and an ability to maintain strict confidentiality of data and information.
- Open minded to adapt to changes and learn new things in a fast-paced work environment.