Griffith Foods

Human Resources

• Investigating and resolving plant team member relations issues, including supporting and coaching Plant Management in working through team member relations issues, making appropriate recommendations, and guiding management on fair, appropriate, and compliant resolutions.
• Assisting with legal compliance by routinely auditing employment law postings for accuracy and adherence to established guidelines and applicable federal and state laws.
• Supporting performance management by helping managers to both set business-aligned and measurable goals and to provide ongoing performance feedback in a compliant, fair way and within timelines.
• Completing day-to-day administration of Human Resource programs including completing necessary documents to enroll, terminate and change team member statuses.
• Maintaining required documentation, including personnel files, discipline records, electronic documentation, in support of Company Policies, Affirmative Action, Attendance, and Performance Management.
• Process and coordinate with team members and supervisors on FMLA/Short Term Disability claims, Workers Compensations claims and leaves of absence, as well as fulfilling OSHA requirement for the facility.
• Conducting new hire onboarding, both virtually and in person, and processing all documents (E-Verify, I-9 processing, etc.) for new team members for Oswego, IL ensuring accurate team member data is entered into the HCM (Human Capital Management) system, Workday.

Plant Associate – HR Generalist

Recruitment

• Support candidate sourcing activities through LinkedIn Recruiter, job boards, talent pools, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
• Build and maintain talent pipelines for current and future hiring needs.
• Conduct initial resume reviews and support candidate screening activities under the guidance of the TA team.
• Coordinate interviews, assessments, and candidate communications with hiring managers and candidates.
• Ensure recruitment data and applicant records are accurately maintained within Workday and other recruiting systems.
• Support recruitment reporting and tracking of key hiring metrics.
• Assist with employer branding initiatives, including university partnerships, career fairs, social media content, and recruitment marketing campaigns.
• Contribute to delivering an exceptional candidate experience throughout the hiring process.
• Support recruitment administration activities, including job posting management, interview scheduling, and documentation.
• Participate in Talent Acquisition projects focused on process improvement, and recruitment effectiveness.
• Learn and apply recruitment best practices, diversity and inclusion principles, and compliance requirements, including GDPR and employment regulations.

Talent Acquisition Intern

Learning and Development

• Build and own the FY27 Europe Training Calendar: consolidate approved learning initiatives by function, audience, owner, timing, delivery format and expected outcome; maintain a clear calendar to support prioritization, visibility and execution discipline.
• Support implementation of external L&D initiatives: coordinate logistics for approved FY27 trainings, including vendor follow-up, participant lists, invitations, scheduling, attendance tracking, materials, evaluation surveys and completion reporting.
• Support implementation of internal L&D initiatives: help design and launch LinkedIn Learning and Workday Learning campaigns, including initial focus areas such as onboarding, Finance for non-Finance, AI/Copilot, project management, leadership and functional capability building.
• Create and maintain the Development WeBlend page: ensure the page is up to date, user-friendly and aligned with the FY27 learning offer, including calendars, learning pathways, resources, campaign links and FAQs.
• Act as an L&D coordination point of contact: respond to routine questions on L&D processes, learning platforms, training enrollment and policy guidance, escalating complex matters to the Europe Talent, OD and DIBE Manager.
• Track progress and impact: maintain trackers for participation, completion, feedback, costs where relevant and key learning metrics to support regular updates to the People team and business stakeholders.

Learning & Development Intern

• Managing, executing, and implementing the company’s worldwide transfer pricing strategy and policies.
• Ensuring compliance with worldwide transfer pricing rules and reporting obligations.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for process improvements, automation, and scalability.
• Supporting an ongoing APA process, and assisting with information and data gathering.
• Supporting tax planning initiatives related to intercompany flows, GILTI, FTC utilization, and effective tax rate management.
• Assisting with tax analysis and modeling the impact of large transactions.

Tax Manager

Procurement

• Developing and executing the long-term strategic plan for the North America Seasonings category.
• Owning the annual operating plan (AOP), revenue targets, and financial performance for the Seasonings business.
• Developing & implementing Category pricing strategy to optimize pricing, profitability, and business performance with Sales, Finance, Marketing, R&D, and Supply Chain
• Defining category positioning and value propositions that differentiate Griffith Foods in the marketplace.
• Leading portfolio management, including SKU optimization (from 1,800 SKUs today), product harmonization, renovation, and exit strategies.
• Analyzing business trends and financial results to identify opportunities for profitable growth.
• Developing and commercializing innovation pipelines and new technologies for Seasonings.
• Identifying consumer unmet needs and translate insights into future innovation opportunities.

Senior Category Manager – Seasonings

Software Engineer

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to engineering teams in North America
• Drive the development and implementation of engineering strategies, standards, and best practices
• Harmonize regional investment strategies and technical platforms
• Lead and mentor a diverse team of engineering professionals across US, Canada & Mexico
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive product innovation and optimize processes
• Ensure capital requests comply with relevant policy and guidelines
• Drive implementation of Lean and TPM methodologies
• Partner with senior leadership to define and prioritize engineering projects
• Act as a champion of a culture of safety, quality, and compliance

Regional Director of Engineering

• Managing, executing, and implementing the company’s worldwide transfer pricing strategy and policies, focusing on royalties, service charges, and other cost allocations and charges.
• Ensuring the company complies with worldwide transfer pricing rules and reporting obligations, including maintaining the company’s master file, local files, and related documentation, benchmarking, and other analyses and workpapers.
• Identifying and implementing opportunities for process improvements, automation, and scalability in the analysis, implementation and documentation of the company’s intercompany transactions.
• Supporting an ongoing APA process, and assisting with information and data gathering, analysis, and documentation preparation or review.
• Supporting tax planning initiatives related to intercompany flows, GILTI, FTC utilization, and cross-border cash tax and effective tax rate management.
• Assisting with the tax analysis and modeling the tax impact of large transactions and legislative changes, changes in transfer pricing policy, and evolving business strategies.

Tax Lead

Sales

• Leading the development and execution of customer specific business plans to deliver planned revenue, volume, pricing, portfolio management, contribution margin, and other key P&L objectives.
• Partnering closely with leaders in Culinary, R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain & Operations to ensure integrated and effective execution across functions.
• Monitoring and ensuring timely progress of customer needs and coordinate cross-functional troubleshooting and solutioning as needed.
• Driving effective opportunity management, forecasting, and pipeline visibility to ensure consistent delivery of business unit objectives
• Providing Sales Enablement by engaging in complex sales processes, including presentations, proposals, RFPs, contracts, and negotiations, balancing customer satisfaction with profitability and business objectives.
• Translating global and regional strategies into business unit–specific priorities, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals.
• Providing strategic leadership to the Business Development team, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, customer focus, and commercial excellence.
• Collaborating with Canada & Mexico counterparts to drive a “One North America” approach, ensuring local actions reinforce shared strategic priorities.
• Championing the effective use of regional sales tools and analytics to uncover insights, inform decisions, and accelerate business results.
• Building, mentoring, and inspiring a high-performing team of sales leaders and professionals to achieve growth targets, profitability, and sustainable customer partnerships.