HR GENERALIST
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Job overview
The HR Generalist supports logistics associates and leaders across regional distribution centers and the corporate office. The role assists with employee relations, performance management, recruiting, onboarding, compensation guidance, training, workforce planning, and HR projects. It also monitors leave and employment tax credit processes and helps maintain compliance with employment and safety regulations.
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Full job description
Provide support for Logistics associates regarding employee relations, performance management, recruiting, candidate selection, on-boarding and overall strategic business partnerships. Assist the Total Rewards manager and Human Resources (HR) director of logistics regarding HR projects and administrative functions. Partner with associates/management at regional distribution centers and the Kroger corporate office to facilitate/communicate out about various HR projects, policies, procedures, laws, standards and government regulations. Assist with maintaining compliance with federal/state regulations in regards to employment/safety. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety. RESPONSIBILITIES - Support the Total Rewards/Logistics director with implementing HR processes/procedures and improving associate relations/communications
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Assist with performance excellence discussion (PED) processes and performance management plans
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Support the recruitment, selection and on-boarding process for related business units
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Provide guidance and direction regarding compensation (offers of employment, job leveling, promotional increases and merit increases); assure alignment with company compensation plan
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Provide assistance/support of training initiatives and individual development plans
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Partner with corporate department managers regarding workforce planning and future needs
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Collect data regarding current facility processes; develop improved methods with input from stakeholders
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Incorporate stakeholder input into project development; communicate details of completed projects to the field to ensure successful implementation
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Manage HR department functions; provide support to regional distribution/floral centers.
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Provide training to associates for a variety of leadership development training programs and HR systems
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Assure compliance with I-9, Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regulations
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Monitor the leave process; assure it is in alignment with medical/worker compensation guidelines
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Liaison with Kroger Accounting Service Center to complete projects.
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Monitor the Employment Tax Credit program to ensure it is effectively implemented and adhered to.
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Travel to partner with corporate department managers regarding workforce planning and future needs
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Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation
QUALIFICATIONS Minimum
2+ years experience in HR related functions
3+ years of management experience
Excellent oral/written communication skills
Ability to handle sensitive information while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality
Ability to build/maintain cooperative business partnerships
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple projects/responsibilities
Ability to interact well in a team environment and use collaborative skills to accomplish goals
Ability to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization
Desired
Bachelors Degree
Experience with HR compliance and government regulations
Professional in Human Resources (PHR) or Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification
Experience with recruiting/hiring, training/development, coaching, employee relations, and/or compensation
Experience utilizing HR information and payroll systems
How this job compares
Set against the 5,954 open Human Resources jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Ohio median$84–124K/yr78 salary ranges
- Ohio median$23–27/hr23 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 306 open Human Resources jobs in Ohio and 5,954 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Human Resources postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,239 postings).
- Education
- 1,560 of the 5,954 open Human Resources jobs (26%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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