Job Title: Human Resources Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Fremont, Nebraska
Company: International Spices
Reports To: Vice President, Human Resources – Woodland Gourmet
Dotted Line Reporting: President – International Spices
Position Summary
The Human Resources Manager serves as the senior HR leader onsite at International Spices, a manufacturing company within the Woodland Gourmet portfolio. This role reports directly to the Vice President, Human Resources at Woodland Gourmet and maintains a dotted-line relationship to the President of International Spices.
The HR Manager is responsible for leading all human resources functions at the facility, aligning local workforce strategies with enterprise-wide HR initiatives while supporting business performance, operational excellence, food safety standards, and employee engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic HR Leadership
Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
Employee Relations & Culture
Compliance & Risk Management
Payroll Processing
Oversee and manage payroll processes for the site, ensuring accurate and timely processing, compliance with wage and hour laws, coordination with Finance, and resolution of payroll-related inquiries and discrepancies
Compensation & Benefits
Manage employee benefits programs, including enrollment, vendor coordination, employee communication, and issue resolution
Lead employee engagement initiatives, including surveys, action planning, recognition programs, and retention strategies
Training & Development
Performance Management
Policy & Process Implementation
Other Duties
Qualifications
Competencies
Work Environment
Physical Demands
The physical requirements described here represent those that an employee must meet to perform the essential functions of this job successfully. Reasonable accommodations may be provided to help individuals with disabilities perform these vital functions. The job typically requires office, manufacturing and warehouse settings. Exposure to industrial environments (noises, odors, food processing equipment and varying temperatures). Ability to wear required PPE, including hairnets, gloves and protective footwear, etc.
This role is critical in ensuring that International Spices maintains a compliant, engaged, and high-performing workforce while aligning local HR execution with Woodland Gourmet’s broader human capital strategy.
Woodland Gourmet hires exceptional people to perform a wide variety of important functions that contribute to the success of our organization. We offer a competitive compensation package with benefits. The estimated salary for this role will be $85,000 to $117,000. This position is eligible for an annual bonus (based on the incentive program terms and conditions). Based on your qualifications, previous experience, and transferable skills, the company will determine, at its discretion, the salary offered and will reflect the market conditions and cost of living for your geographic location.
Our benefits program is designed to support our team in leading healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives. We deeply value the contributions of our team members and are committed to offering a competitive total compensation package.
Woodland Gourmet is a participant in the federal E-Verify program. As part of the hiring process, we will verify the information provided on your Form I-9 to confirm your eligibility to work in the United States. E-Verify is an Internet-based system that compares information from your Form I-9 to government records to confirm employment eligibility. For more information on E-Verify and your rights, please visit the E-Verify website.
Woodland Gourmet assures equal employment opportunity in all its hiring and employment policies and practices. This includes all aspects of employment, such as recruiting, hiring, promotions, transfers, demotions, layoffs or terminations, compensation, benefits, training, company-sponsored education, social and recreational programs or events, and all other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. These policies and practices are administered without regard to “legally protected categories” such as: race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation or sexual orientation, pregnancy status or medical conditions related to childbirth, and/or any other factor protected by law
