At the heart of our company is a deep passion for creating fresh, healthy, and artisan-quality food that brings people together. We honor the craft of artisan cooking—using scratch-made stocks, hand-chopped herbs, and only the highest-quality ingredients—complemented by cutting-edge technology. This allows us to deliver consistently safe, exceptional products on a large scale.
But it’s not just about the food. Our culture is built on principles that shape how we grow, both as individuals and as a team. One of our core values, Honoring Development, guides us to actively seek out, celebrate, and nurture one another’s talents, strengths, and interests. By fostering each other’s growth, we strengthen our relationships and capabilities, driving both personal and professional success.
We also believe in Honoring Each Other. We surround ourselves with passionate people who share our love for great food. Through mutual respect and collaboration, we create an environment where employees are empowered to thrive, building trusting, and rewarding relationships with our clients, partners, and one another.
If you're looking for a place where your skills, passion, and ideas can flourish, we invite you to explore the opportunities available within our dynamic and supportive team.
Job Summary
This role is predominately based in Everett, Washington and covers HR business partnership across our Everett and Union City, California sites. This position is responsible for providing full spectrum of HR practices for which the HRBP is embedded to include: talent acquisition, employee relations, training and development, and legal/regulatory compliance.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Serve as primary HR point of contact for Union City operation, as well as floor leadership and hourly employees in Everett operation.
- Provide guidance on employee relations matters, performance management and organizational changes.
- Physically visit the Union City location monthly.
- Coach managers on leadership and employee development and conflict resolution.
- Lead or support investigations and ensure appropriate documentation and guide appropriate actions.
- Play a key role in the execution of hourly and workforce planning initiatives.
- Support HR projects and initiatives to ensure alignment and consistency.
- Promote employee engagement and enhance the employee experience through targeted initiatives.
- Interpret and implement HR policies, practices and procedures for managers, teams and individual employees that further the mission, values and strategic vision of the business.
- Ensure legal compliance with all applicable local state and federal employment laws, including but not limited to FLSA, FMLA, ADA, WA PFML, CFRA, and CA SDI.
Required Skills
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business, HR Management, Organizational Development or related field and minimum of 7 years of progressive HR experience including at least 3 years as an HRBP or similar advisory role (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
- PHR/SPHR certification is a plus.
- Bilingual; able to read, write and speak English and Spanish.
- Experience working in a factory or manufacturing environment is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to develop a culture of trust, cooperation and continuous improvement.
- Proven trusted point of contact, ensuring discretion and confidentiality at all times.
- A high degree of detail, curiosity, and problem-solving abilities.
- Coaching, training, and leadership experience.
- Strong communication and presentation skills.
- Expertise in both Washington and California labor and employment laws.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills and intermediate proficiency with HRIS/report writing, data analytics
- Experience with Paycom HRIS a plus.
- Must be willing and able to flex schedule to accommodate needs of plant operations.
Responsibility
- Works with little supervision, complex assignment are reviewed. Exercises discretion within areas of responsibility.
- Recommends actions and alternatives to supervisor and key clients.
Working Conditions
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Senior Human Resources Business Partner encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
Physical Demands/Efforts
- Work requires occasional physical exertion, including some lifting of objects weighing up to 20 pounds.
Mental & Visual Demands
- Work performed by this position requires moderate concentration to effectively execute moderately complex tasks.
- Work high degree of visual effort for periods of time.
Work Environment and Hazards
- Employee typically works in a normal office environment free from noise and hazards but will spend time on the production floor.
- Up to 20% travel is required for this position.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Kettle Cuisine complies with all aspects of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and state disability laws. This means we will not discriminate against qualified individuals with a disability in any phase of the employment relationship including application for employment, hiring, promotions and/or advancement opportunities, termination, compensation, training and any other conditions or privileges of employment.
Core Values
Kettle Cuisine takes the utmost pride in its people, products and reputation. Each employee is expected to understand and live our Core Values every day.
Honor Food – We create and produce the best tasting, safest, all natural recipes that strive for perfection in every batch, from bench to kettle
Honor Each Other – We seek to develop trusting, respectful and mutually rewarding relationships with all our team members and business partners
Honor Development – We recognize and nurture each other’s talents, strengths and interests in order to further strengthen and grow our team
Honor Innovation – We continually strive for creative and sustainable ways to achieve excellence
Pay Range for Senior HR Business Partner - Bilingual
The Senior HR Business Partner - Bilingual base pay range$100,000 - 115,000 USD/hourly.The listed salary range represents Kettle Cuisine’s good faith estimate for this position and represents the minimum and maximum fornew hire salaries for the Everett, WA location only. Ranges will be reviewed on a regular basis. An employee’srate of pay within the range is determined by their qualifications, relevant experience, and demonstrated performance over time.In addition to those factors, we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team membersas a part of any final offer. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical to allow for future and continued salary growth.The Senior HR Business Partner - Bilingual position is eligible for our comprehensive benefits package and is eligible for the annual discretionarybonus program up to 10%. Kettle Cuisine and all its legal entities comply with all federal, state,and local minimum wage laws.
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