Since 1869 we've connected people through food they love. We’re proud to be stewards of amazing brands that people trust. Our portfolio includes the iconic Campbell’s brand, as well as Michael Angelo’s, Pace, Pacific Foods, Prego, Rao’s Homemade, Swanson, and V8. In our Snacks division, we have brands like Cape Cod, Goldfish, Kettle Brand, Lance, Late July, Pepperidge Farm, Snack Factory, and Snyder’s of Hanover. Here, you will make a difference every day. You will be supported to build a rewarding career with opportunities to grow, innovate and inspire. Make history with us. Why Campbell’s… Benefits begin on day one and include medical, dental, short and long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance (for individual, families, and domestic partners). Employees are eligible for our matching 401(k) plan and can enroll on the first day of employment with immediate vesting. Campbell’s offers unlimited sick time along with paid time off and holiday pay. If in WHQ – free access to the fitness center. Access to on-site day care (operated by Bright Horizons) and company store. Giving back to the communities where our employees work and live is very important to Campbell’s. Our “Campbell’s Cares” program matches employee donations and/or volunteer activity up to $1,500 annually. Campbell’s has a variety of Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support employees.
How you will make history here…
The Senior Manager, Human Resources – Research & Development (R&D) will work across enterprise R&D (RDLT) members to lead the design and development of our R&D talent and organizational strategies. The successful candidate will develop a strong business partnership across these leaders and can effectively link the individual strategic category needs across each of the leaders to drive one set of functional people priorities and one holistic people strategy for the R&D team.
This position will report to the Director, Human Resources Growth Office & R&D.
What you will do…
This role will enable business performance and drive a focused organizational agenda by:
- Driving connection across the R&D Leadership aligning agendas and stakeholders and challenging the teams to progress the priority initiatives.
- Partnering with business leaders and HR teams on completing the integration of Distinctive Brands into the R&D function, ensuring we effectively onboard new Distinctive Brands team members into the broader product portfolio and ways of working across the organization
- Advancing the execution of the R&D HR strategy and collaborating with relevant stakeholders on ownership and execution for the specific initiatives
- Providing structured process support to the leadership team and managers around R&D headcount and SG&A costs through the annual operating planning process, this includes oversight and visibility into the ongoing enterprise cost savings program.
- Building and executing the talent agenda for R&D function, including connecting the dots on how we drive talent movement/development across the R&D divisions and drive consistency in how we approach development, performance management, succession planning, and the entry-level talent pipeline through the intern programs.
- Leading day-to-day HR generalist support for the R&D teams, which involves managing all core people process activities (e.g. recruitment, performance management, compensation, employee relations and employee engagement)
What you bring to the table…
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree required
- 7+ years of progressive Business and HR related experience with demonstrated ability to lead the development and execution of an organizational agenda
- Ability to connect the dots between the multiple needs of individual Category business leaders into one connected functional HR agenda, driving one approach for talent, development and culture across category teams
- Demonstrated experience embedding holistic organizational development plans on large scale projects
- Strong learning agility demonstrating an inquisitiveness and intellectual curiosity to diagnose and solution and to be able to adapt to an ever-changing environment that involves navigating a complex, matrixed organization.
- Systems thinker with the ability to conceptualize the big picture, understand where HR and org development practices and business needs intersect, integrating and managing trade-offs in a practical way.
- Strong ability to build trust, demonstrating integrity, humility, and courage
- Strong leadership skills; ability to influence others indirectly, i.e. without direct line supervision
- Strong collaboration skills combined with the ability and willingness to communicate with a wide variety of individuals
- Strong ability to establish relationships, engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels of the organization
- Enterprise-wide mindset, client focused, and results oriented
- Excellent facilitation and communication skills
Compensation and Benefits: The target base salary range for this full-time, salaried position is between
$134,900-$193,900
Individual base pay depends on work location and additional factors such as experience, job-related skills, and relevant education or training. Total pay may include other forms of compensation. In addition, we offer competitive health, dental, 401k and wellness benefits beginning on the first day of employment. Please ask your Talent Acquisition Partner for more information about our total rewards package.
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