Ardent Mills

HR Generalist (Hybrid)

Ardent Mills  •  $90k - $105k/yr  •  United States (Remote)  •  14 hours ago
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Job Description

The HR Generalist provides day-to-day support to team members and managers across a range of HR functions, including employee relations, policy guidance, and workforce planning. This role coordinates core HR processes such as onboarding, offboarding, and internal movements, while maintaining compliance with employment laws and company policies. The generalist partners with business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence to support talent, engagement, and learning initiatives. The role also analyzes HR data, contributes to process improvements, and promotes a culture of inclusion, accountability, and alignment with company values.

Responsibilities

  • Optimize and administer HR operations across onboarding, offboarding, policy guidance, employee relations support, compliance, reporting, talent programs, and Workday administration, helping ensure consistent and compliant execution across stakeholders.
  • Knowledgeable resource in documenting, maintaining and recommending improvements to HR standards, policies, and procedures that promote consistency, compliance, efficiency, risk mitigation, and a positive team member experience.
  • Coordinate HR operations work from intake to resolution, applying established processes to prioritize requests, identify issues, resolve routine matters, and escalate more complex situations as appropriate.
  • Advise people leaders, and team members on HR programs, policy interpretation, Workday procedures, employment practices, documentation expectations, and risk-informed business solutions.
  • Administer onboarding compliance requirements, including Form I-9 compliance, immigration tracking, new hire support, HR records, process governance, and timely guidance to leaders and team members; help identify risks and recommend improvements to strengthen compliance and the onboarding experience
  • Coordinate offboarding activities, including exit interview vendor management, process execution, data review, trend identification, root cause analysis, and action planning to help improve retention insights, compliance, and the team member experience.
  • Support employee relations documentation and investigation activities by conducting interviews, gathering and organizing information, maintaining records, tracking follow-up actions, advising on documentation standards, and ensuring consistent, confidential, and compliant handling.
  • Govern and maintain HR documentation, records, templates, and posting requirements in accordance with employment laws, company policies, audit standards, and operational risk requirements.
  • Analyze people data, Workday reporting, and workforce trends to identify root causes, evaluate business impacts, influence stakeholder decisions, and recommend thoughtful, practical solutions that improve HR processes, compliance, decision-making, and the team member experience.
  • Manage Workday workflows, transactions, dashboards, audits, procedures, testing support, and data integrity activities; partner with HRIS to troubleshoot issues, evaluate impacts, strengthen controls, and recommend process or system improvements.
  • Apply working knowledge of HR policy, employment and labor law awareness, sound judgment, consulting skills, project management, confidentiality, stakeholder influence, and problem-solving capabilities to resolve HR operations needs.

Essential Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree with 5+ years of HR experience, High School Diploma/GED with 8+ years of HR experience, or equivalent education and experience.
  • Hands-on experience with employee relations, investigations, labor relations, HR policies, employment law, documentation, and audit support.
  • Experience using HRIS systems as a core responsibility, including transactions, data accuracy, process execution, and procedure improvement.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office; knowledge of SharePoint page management and HR documentation best practices.
  • Strong communication, coaching, planning, organization, prioritization, project management, multitasking, confidentiality, stakeholder support, and attention to detail.

Preferred Experience

  • Experience in manufacturing, labor relations, Workday HRIS, or a large, matrixed organization.
  • Ability to prioritize and deliver accurate work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
  • Experience supporting multi-site locations and union populations.

Location:

Denver CO

Address:

1875 Lawrence Street, Denver CO, 80202

Additional Locations (if applicable):

Employment Type:

Full time

Additional Information:

Competitive Compensation:

We provide market-driven base pay, based on skills, abilities, and level of experiences. Our salary ranges are broad, and individual salary will be market competitive based on a candidate’s unique set of skills and level of experience. The starting range for this position is $90,000.00 - $105,000.00, with additional earning potential possible commensurate with experience. Additionally, we believe that our team members are the reason for our success and all team members are incentive eligible with a target based on contribution, company performance, and individual results achieved. While the specific bonus plan and target amount will be determined based on the role and breadth of contributions, the targeted bonus plan and targeted percentage amount for this role is Bonus - MIP, 5% Annual.

Benefits:

At Ardent Mills we offer a wide range of benefits to our team members and their eligible family members. Some of our great benefit programs you may be eligible for include: • Medical, Dental and Vision Coverage• Health and Dependent Savings Accounts • Life and Disability Programs • Voluntary Benefit Programs • Company Sponsored Wellness Programs • Retirement Savings with Company Match • Team Member and Family Assistance Program (EAP) • Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays • Employee Recognition Program with Rewards (RAVE).

Application Deadline:

09/01/202609/01/2026

EEO Commitment:

At Ardent Mills, everyone matters and everyone has a voice. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal opportunities are available to all applicants and team members and the decisions will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, veteran status, age, political affiliation, or any other non-merit characteristic protected by law or not. Together, celebrating our differences, we make Ardent Mills. The preceding position description has been designed to indicate the general nature and essential duties and responsibilities of work performed by employees within this position. It may not contain a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees in this position. The description, duties, functions, and responsibilities are subject to change at the discretion of Ardent Mills.En Ardent Mills, todos importan y todos tienen voz. Estamos comprometidos a brindar un ambiente de respeto mutuo donde haya igualdad de oportunidades disponibles para todos los solicitantes y miembros del equipo y las decisiones se basarán en el mérito, la competencia, el desempeño y las necesidades comerciales. Estamos orgullosos de ser un empleador que ofrece igualdad de oportunidades. No discriminamos por motivos de raza, color, religión, credo, origen nacional, ascendencia, estado civil, sexo, orientación sexual, identidad o expresión de género, discapacidad física o mental, embarazo, información genética, condición de veterano, edad, política. afiliación, o cualquier otra característica no meritoria protegida por ley o no. Juntos, celebrando nuestras diferencias, formamos Ardent Mills. La descripción del puesto anterior ha sido diseñada para indicar la naturaleza general y los deberes y responsabilidades esenciales del trabajo realizado por los empleados dentro de este puesto. Es posible que no contenga un inventario completo de todos los deberes, responsabilidades y calificaciones requeridas de los empleados en este puesto. La descripción, los deberes, las funciones y las responsabilidades están sujetos a cambios a discreción de Ardent Mills.

Recruitment Fraud Disclaimer

At Ardent Mills, the security of our employees and candidates is a priority. We will never request sensitive information such as your bank account information, social security number, or other non-publicly available information during the application and interview process. If someone asks you for sensitive information, we strongly advise that you assume that individual is not affiliated with Ardent Mills. Some things to watch out for:

  • Slightly altered or unprofessional email addresses. Ardent Mills’ Recruitment team only corresponds from email addresses with the domain first.last.talent@ardentmills.com or first.last@ardentmills.com

  • Vague job requirements or job descriptions.Our open job opportunities and descriptions can be found at ardentmillscareers.com

Ardent Mills

About Ardent Mills

We know you care about the future of food, and so do we. That’s why our experienced teams of ingredient specialists, technical experts, bakers, and culinary creators are working to develop innovative products that feed the world today and nourish what comes next for tomorrow. At the center of our efforts is a collaborative approach that brings the best of human insight, hard work, and trusted nutrition together​ to help our customers – and the future of​

nutrition – grow. ​

Industry
Food & Beverage
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Denver, CO
Year Founded
Unknown
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