Human Resources Administrator

Sumter Sheet Converting Facility Human Resources Administrator

PL 4; starting base salary in the mid 50’s commensurate with relevant experience, education, and training.

Sumter’s HR Administrator supports approximately 125+ employees in a plant with High Performance Work Systems.  This “hands-on” position requires significant interaction and visibility to all levels of the organization, departments, and all shifts in a manufacturing environment.  Responsibilities include administering people and payroll processes for Sumter team members, from selection through retirement and ensuring compliance with company and regulatory requirements while ensuring a positive team member experience.    

This is an exciting career opportunity for a Human Resources Professional who desires to influence results for the customers they support. The HR Administrator reports to the Plant Manager.

Required Minimum Qualifications Include:

1. Demonstrated experience in positions that required:

• integrity and administration of highly confidential information
• accuracy in work while under time pressure
• project management skills
• planning skills that incorporate potential problem avoidance
• ability to apply good judgement to situations that fall outside policy and procedure guidance
• excellent organizational, time management and prioritizing skills
• courage to challenge all levels of leadership to maintain integrity in plant and company people processes
• impartial administration of people processes across areas and team members 

2. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills:

• ability to communicate with and build relationships with a broad array of people
• easily keeps lots of people highly informed and up to the minute
• positively interact and partner with leadership at all levels including corporate HR and Legal departments
• demonstrated ability to facilitate team member concerns to resolution

3. Demonstrated use of computer tools for trending, analysis, and reporting:

• strong computer experience using Microsoft Office; Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook
• track, organize, analyze and report data for leaders to make key people decisions

4. Demonstrated conscientious work ethic:

• continuously monitoring people processes to avoid delays for team members
• take laptop home with VPN access; carry company phone to respond to people issues outside regular work hours when needed
• availability to move people processes forward evenings and weekends when needed; work overtime when needed
• lead HR programs and projects to include but not limited to:
  • • • Employee recruitment
      • New Hire Integration
      • Payroll
      • Random drug screening

5. High School diploma/GED

Preferred Qualifications Include:

3+ years HR experience:

• experience with Ceridian Dayforce or a similar HRIS system
• Administration of employee leave processes through a third party administrator (i.e., FMLA, sick leave/salary continuation, etc.)
• administration of recruiting and selection processes, promotion processes, performance management systems, people policy administration, and workforce planning
• experience tracking people processes and sharing information with management
• maintenance of human resources record retention requirements based on Records Retention Compliance
• proactively audit personnel administrative steps, policy and procedure application and reporting to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and Sylvamo core values. Keeps abreast of employment related regulatory provisions.
• interpret and answer inquires related to HR policies and procedures, and counsel and educate team members while ensuring consistency and reinforcing adherence as appropriate  
• balance daily administration of people processes with intense preparation, support and administration of infrequently occurring people processes, both planned and unplanned (ex: regulatory audits, affirmative action, business people projects and requests for information, people reviews, forecasting/budgeting, etc.) 
• work with and through third party administrators of benefits and people processes; support HR Reps and team members and escalate cases as needed
• experience working in a union free 24/7 manufacturing environment
• experience working at a site with high performance work systems
• develop, propose and implement people related work system improvements
• Responsibility for HR projects as assigned
• Relevant post high school education; degree, certification, or training (ex: Office Administration, HR, SHRM, CEBs, Employee Relations, Ceridian Dayforce, ADA, FMLA, time and attendance system, etc.)

Core competencies to succeed in the HR Administrator position include:

Safe & Well, Caring, Courageous, Humble, Self-aware, Trustworthy, Development-minded, Inclusive & Collaborative, Team-oriented, Agile, Customer Focused