Senior HR Generalist Job Details | Tecan Trading AG

Paramit is a rapidly growing international medical device contract design and manufacturing company that has been designing and manufacturing high-quality medical and life sciences instruments. Headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA, we offer a rewarding work environment with global opportunities while maintaining a small company, employee-focused atmosphere. Paramit is a part of the Tecan group. Tecan is a global leader in lab automation solutions. Tecan is driven to improve people's lives and health by empowering our customers to scale healthcare innovation globally from life science to the clinic.  We are seeking a Senior HR Generalist to join our HR team!

SUMMARY OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

As our Senior HR generalist, you will serve as the primary liaison between Paramit employees and the Human Resources department for all general policy questions, assist subject matter experts with ensuring data integrity, verifying system changes, report writing, and analyzing data flows for process improvement opportunities, advise managers, supervisors, or administrators in all HR practices, to provide information to employees about regulations, contract language, and policies, and to provide general support.

You will own the support and administration of our Human Resources Information System (HRIS) in addition to other company systems within the HR department. Performance management, including manager training, maintaining employee information, and providing support, will be an area in which you can take the lead.  You will use and stretch your “generalist” experience, performing a wide variety of both complex and routine administrative services. This includes collaboration with the Human Resources office on the administration of the human resources policies, procedures, and programs.

REPORTS TO:  VP of Human Resources, Americas

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides administrative support to the human resources function in the areas of HRIS and staffing/employment.  This includes updating employee records, queries, new hire input and retrieval of confidential information used for management reporting.
• Responsible for ensuring data integrity through the administration of the HRIS and other company systems.  This includes new hires, change-of-status, performance evaluations, benefits, terminations, etc.
• Conducts new employee orientations to ensure employees gain an understanding of benefits. Counsels employees (and potential employees/applicants) on plan provisions so that individuals can make informed decisions on benefits
• Handle annual open enrollment process for employee benefits; administer and explain benefits to employees; collect and process benefit elections; serve as a liaison between insurance carriers and employees
• Responsible for updating, reconciling, and processing monthly HR invoices for payments
• Manage Leave of Absence (LOA) programs for FMLA, CFRA, PDL, PFL, Worker's Comp, and Family Sick Leave
• Completes special projects by clarifying project objectives, setting timetables and schedules, conducting research; developing and organizing information, fulfilling transactions
• Reviewing employee complaints and ensuring accurate and timely documentation of concerns or issues
• Facilitating actions to resolve the employee issues and escalating them to the appropriate management team
• Conduct employee exit interviews
• Consult with line management, providing HR guidance when appropriate.
• Works closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• 8+ years of human resources experience
• Benefits administration, including system input and running Open Enrollment
• BS degree or equivalent work experience; preferably in a manufacturing environment
• Technologically savvy, utilizing a variety of applications and cloud-based HR tools, including HRIS maintenance, proficiency with MS Office, and virtual meeting applications (MS Teams)
• Solid working knowledge of Employee Benefits
• Knowledge of local and federal laws (EEOC, FMLA, ADA, WC, etc.)
• Extremely organized and accustomed to working with digital documentation and employee files

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE & EDUCATION:

• Advanced Excel reporting experience and data manipulation
• SAP HRMS Module experience (SuccessFactors, Master Data HCM, etc.)
• Master’s degree, preferably
• Specialized HR Certificates (SPHR, PHR, SHRM-SCP, CIPD, CHRP, etc.,)
• Expertise in HR specialized areas, i.e., DE&I, People Analytics, LMS, HRIS, Talent Management, Compensation, etc.

PREFERRED PROFESSIONAL WORKING STYLE:

• Strong communication skills; verbal and written
• Strong level of influence and negotiation skills
• Professional representation in attire, attitude, and communication
• Able to work independently on a broad variety of projects
• Able to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, and creativity to changing needs and situations
• Able to establish and maintain healthy working relationships with people at work
• Ability to effectively multi-task
• Flexibility in situations including projects and client communications
• Excellent organization and prioritization skills
• Analytical and problem-solving skills

Working with Paramit and Tecan, you will be at the forefront of technology and a part of making a difference in the medical device and life science instrument industries. These industries touch an immeasurable amount of people, communities, countries, and our world.

At Paramit, we are committed to excellence at every level in the organization. As a manufacturer and designer of highly complex, medical devices and life science instruments, we are acutely aware of our responsibility to those who will use the products we make one day. As a result, Paramit is obsessive about doing things the right way, going beyond FDA requirements, and ensuring that every finished product is safe and reliable.