HR Generalist - Spirit Lake, IA

HR Generalist - Spirit Lake, IA

At Polaris Inc., we have fun doing what we love by driving change and innovation. We empower employees to take on challenging assignments and roles with an elevated level of responsibility in our agile working environment. Our people make us who we are, and we create incredible products and experiences that empower us to THINK OUTSIDE.

The Human Resources Generalist (HRG) is a business partner to client groups within the Spirit Lake & Milford Indian Motorcycle Plant. In this role, you will partner with plant leadership and support our workforce, ensuring human capital initiatives support the strategic priorities of the business. The HRG will demonstrate HR functional excellence in areas such as recruitment, training, orientation, compensation, and benefits. The HRG will work in strong partnership with our HR Centers of Excellence in the execution of HR initiatives and annual processes (HRIS, Organizational Development, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards).

Responsibilities:

• Talent: Support Talent Management Lifecycle (Attract, Select, Orient, Develop, Deploy, Assess, Reward) with the end game of building world-class teams with bench strength that can deliver against strategic and operational initiatives
• Develops and implements recruitment and staffing strategies
• Conducts interviews to assist supervisors and managers in the candidate selection process
• Develop and maintain a strong leadership team through coaching, mentoring and development at all levels
• Culture: Ensure culture exemplifies Polaris values and drives employer of choice status
• Actively develop and foster a positive employee relations climate, high employee engagement, team effectiveness and integration, and employer of choice status
• Assist managers and supervisors with record keeping and documentation on employee relations issues and corrective action steps in disciplinary issues
• Maintain visibility and active presence within the team, providing daily support and communication
• Community Involvement: Demonstrated desire to support the community in which we live and work
• Actively participate in leadership meetings and strategy sessions
• Identify, communicate and problem-solve employee relations issues
• Functional Excellence: Deliver excellent HR functional service
• Act as business partner to client groups within the plant leadership team to execute against strategic priorities and facilitate success against metrics, goals, and objectives
• Leverage and improve HR processes to drive excellence and capability to deliver value for client groups in organization and people development
• Coach, counsel and direct leadership regarding Company policies and employment law. Ensure fairness and consistency
• Day-to-day HR tasks and other duties and projects as required or assigned
• Provides training and communication on HR programs, benefits and processes
• Assists in the development of orientation and training for employees