Human Resources Manager

The HR Manager leads the company’s human resources functions and partners with leadership to support workforce planning, employee engagement, recruitment, retention, compliance, compensation, benefits, and professional development. This position establishes consistent HR practices across the organization while providing practical, confidential, and employee-focused support.

The position is in-person in the Kansas City office, but supports all four offices.

Travel is not expected to each office, but is encouraged to learn office culture in each office.

The HR manager

’s role is responsible for both developing HR strategy and executing day-to-day HR operations.

Responsibilities:

• Planning
• Collaborate with senior leadership to align workforce planning, recruiting, retention, and employee-development strategies with company goals.
• Establish HR processes, systems, and documentation that can scale with company growth.
• Provide leadership with appropriate workforce metrics (
• KPIs
• ) and recommendations
• Monitor workforce trends and recommend proactive staffing and retention strategies
• Develops and implements departmental budget.
• (Blue indicates potential growth responsibility)
• Recruitment & Onboarding
• Develop recruiting strategies that support company growth and workforce needs.
• Partner with hiring managers to develop job descriptions, coordinate candidate screening and interviews, and support consistent selection practices
• Coordinate pre-employment activities, onboarding, orientation, and required employment documentation.
• Manage employee offboarding, including exit interviews, documentation, benefits coordination, and internal notifications
• Manage recruitment efforts through career fairs.
• Evaluate recruiting and onboarding effectiveness and recommend improvements
• Employee Relations
• Support a positive workplace culture.
• Serve as a confidential and approachable resource for employees and managers
• Provide guidance on employee-relations matters, facilitate conflict resolution, respond to employee concerns, and coordinate fair and appropriately documented workplace investigations.
• Coach managers on communication, employee engagement, documentation, and consistent policy application.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources
• , Business Administration, or a related field.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility
• HR experience required but 7-10 years of experience is preferred
• Certifications: SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent HR certification preferred, or the ability to obtain certification within an established period after hire.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, and other relevant business systems.
• Proficiency in HRIS platforms.
• Strong working knowledge of employment laws, HR practices, and confidential recordkeeping requirements.
• Sound judgment and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Strong employee-relations, conflict-resolution, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with employees, managers, senior leaders, and external partners.
• Strong organization, documentation, and project-management skills and high attention to detail.
• Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities and meet deadlines with limited supervision.
• Collaborative, service-oriented approach with the confidence to provide candid and practical guidance.
• Ability to adapt HR practices to the evolving needs of the organization.