8th Avenue Food & Provisions is a growing organization made up of businesses that produce and sell quality products including pasta, peanut butter, granola, and fruit and nut trail mixes to retail, foodservice and ingredient customers. The company was formed in October 2018 through a combination of Post Holdings’ private brands businesses and is owned by Post Holdings and funds affiliated with Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. (“THL”), a private equity firm.

Job description: HR Manager
Location: Fitzgerald, GA

Position Summary:

8th Avenue Human Resources Managers are both guardians of our culture and strategic business
partners. The HR Manager is accountable for the overall performance of the Human Resources
function at one or more of our plant locations and provides value through effective HR business
partnership, project leadership, employee development, safety leadership, and process improvement.
This role provides an opportunity to work with enterprise functional partners at both the plant and
corporate levels to develop and implement international strategic 8th Avenue
projects, fostering organizational growth.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Serve as strategic HR business partner for one or multiple production facilities, along with

cross-function project management for corporate or functional HR initiatives.

• Provide customer-oriented business partnership to Plant Manager and department leaders

to address people challenges.

• Strategically use analysis, best practices and external information to develop and implement

solutions to people challenges (recruiting/sourcing, employee retention, organizational
development, employee development, and change management).

• Partner with enterprise HR support staff to lead and execute annual HR

processes including employee engagement expectations and objective setting, performance
management, merit, short term incentive planning, production compensation evaluations,
and benefits enrollment.

• Lead site investigations. Ensure that employee issues are investigated in a thorough and

timely manner; mitigate risk and close gaps in policies and processes through detailed action
plans. Use investigation tools, resources, and records management standards to ensure
thorough documentation is maintained for employee relations matters.

• Leverage existing tools and develop new tools to develop company leadership in the areas

of: Expectation and Objective Setting, Performance Management, Compensation, Employee
Development, and Employee Engagement.

• Partner with operations and functional leadership on annual talent planning efforts and

ensure talent acquisition and sourcing strategies are developed for the location that support
these needs. Leverage HR team and internal recruiting capability to source and deliver
talent in a timely and effective manner.

• Partner with enterprise HR teams to identify and lead annual people-project projects. Serve

as project leader for annual and ad-hoc people projects; identify and define clear project
scope, establish milestones, develop project team, and delegate responsibilities to ensure
projects are completed in a timely and thorough manner.

• Partner with HR leaders and ELT members across the organization to develop and

implement policies and procedures that support standardization and improved compliance
with local, state, and federal laws, while improving efficiency and effectiveness of the
organization. Provide change management leadership to the site throughout business
changes.

• Manage and develop Plant HR team(s); ensure expectations and objectives are established

annually. Leverage performance management, compensation, and development tools to
drive continuous improvement in HR team capabilities.

• In partnership with the Plant Manager and Sr. HR Business Partner, develop and maintain

annual budget for people-related expenses, ensuring the greatest ROI on investments in our
people.

• Other duties, as assigned.

Education, Experience, Certifications & Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Safety, or related field.
• 10+ years’ Human Resources Generalist/Manager experience.
• 5+ years’ team or project leadership experience.
• Experience with labor and employment laws.
• Previous experience leading others through cross-functional projects.
• Previous experience in manufacturing environment.
• Intermediate proficiency with advanced Microsoft Excel functions (formulas, VLOOKUP,

Pivot Tables, conditional formatting).

• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint).
• Must be able to work weekends, nights, and extra hours, as needed.
• Valid U.S. Driver’s License.

Preferred Education, Experience, Certifications and Skills:

• Master’s Degree in Human Resources, Labor Relations, or Industrial Relations or Business.
• Previous experience managing global, multi-site projects.
• PHR / S-PHR or SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP certification.
• Previous experience in a food manufacturing facility.
• Experience developing and managing a department budget.
• Must be able to handle multiple priorities with professionalism in a fast-paced work

environment while maintaining safety and quality.

Physical Requirements:
Qualified applicants must be able to perform the following physical job requirements, with or without
reasonable accommodation:

• Must be able to lift up-to 25 pounds for 1+ hours per day.
• Must be able to sit, stand and walk for 7+ hours per day.
• Must be able to perform simple grasping for 7+ hours per shift.
• Must be able to express and exchange written or spoken word.

Travel:

• This position may travel domestically / internationally up to 25% of the time