HR Director
Jimmy John’s Franchise, LLC
Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches is a nationally recognized, award-winning brand that has built a reputation for unprecedented consistency, extraordinary quality and freaky fast service within the four walls of the shop. Founded in 1983, Jimmy John Liautaud pioneered his delivery model out of a tiny shop in Charleston, IL and his vision of perfect bread, systems in place, spectacular employees and leaders who lead remains firmly in place today.
The HR Director reports directly to the President and leads a team of three who administer the HR function for 1800 employees in our restaurant company and 400 employees in our operations company. The HR Director is part of our leadership team and attends monthly operations meetings.
Focus Areas:
1. Field Expert
(minimum 3 years of experience handling employment law matters required)
*research and maintain a working knowledge of employment laws in all 50 states
*communicate effectively with outside labor attorneys and in-house general counsel
*follow a structured process to recommend and implement policy changes
*educate and effectively coach all employees on employment laws and company practices
*PHR or SPHR certification required (California designation preferred)
2. Leadership
(minimum 1 year of experience managing people required, 1 year recruiting experience preferred)
*recruit, hire, develop and lead the HR team to become efficient and effective leaders
*oversee recruiting and sourcing efforts for our new centralized recruiting program
*conduct periodic gap analyses to review opportunities for the HR department to support operational
growth
*learn all tasks required for each HR function and provide backup, training and support for all areas
including, but not limited to:
FMLA, Internal Wage/Hour Compliance Audits, ADA, Health & Welfare Plan Administration, Retirement Plan Administration, Workers’ Compensation, Unemployment Insurance, In-House Drug Testing Program, New Hire Orientation, Recruiting, Kronos Workforce Central Administration, Content Central Document Management System Administration, EEO-1 Reporting, Succession Planning, Paid Time Off Administration, HR Training and the exhausting list of California state laws and regulations
3. Advising
(minimum 3 years of experience with employee relations)
* advise members of the leadership team in employment matters
*conduct investigations and recommend corrective action in compliance with state and federal laws
4. HRIS
(experience preferred, not required)
*enter confidential payroll information into our Kronos Workforce Central in-house hosted application
*print confidential on-demand and bonus checks from the Kronos application
*provide full admin support of the Kronos application
Required Skills and Attributes:
•Humility
•Strong business acumen
•Stellar communication skills
•Ability to lead by example at all times
•Strong analytical skills
•Relentless effort to continually improve processes and increase efficiencies
•Killer work ethic
•Adaptability
•Extraordinary problem solving skills
This is not a traditional HR position. The next leader of HR must be tenacious in finding creative, legally compliant ways to support operations. The ideal candidate will be an assertive, confident, change leader with impeccable judgment. Maybe most importantly, this person understands the value of not taking yourself (or the field of HR) too seriously.
The successful candidate will be offered:
1)Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
2)401(k)
3)Paid Time Off
4)A fun, casual work environment (jeans allowed)
5)Highly rewarding, challenging career in exchange for commitment to the JJ culture
6) Competitive salary commensurate with experience
If don’t cringe at the idea of party planning, wellness programs and meetings for your meetings, this is not the right fit for you (not that there's anything wrong with the first two – just not our thing at the JJ office). If you crave a fast-paced, dynamic position where you play an integral role in the exponential growth of one of the fastest growing QSR chains in America, shoot me your resume and a kicka$$ cover letter convincing me to interview you.