Human Resources Business Partner bei Seaboard Corporation

ABOUT US

Seaboard Overseas and Trading Group (SOTG), a division of the Fortune 500 Seaboard Corporation, is a globally integrated leader in agricultural commodity trading, processing, and logistics. With milling facilities in 14 locations across 10 countries and 10 trading offices in 9 countries, we produce approximately two million metric tons of grain-based products annually.

Our vertically integrated approach—spanning procurement, transportation, and processing—ensures quality, consistency, and supply chain efficiency. We manage bulk freight and chartered vessels, overseeing logistics for both in-house and third-party customers. Every year, we source, transport, and market around 14 million metric tons of diverse commodities, supporting food security and economic growth in the regions we serve.

At SOTG, we are driven by innovation, collaboration, and sustainability. Our business model fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, empowering our teams to take ownership, find creative solutions, and drive impact.

GENERAL PURPOSE

The HR Business Partner will play a critical role in strategically sourcing and attracting top-tier talent who align with the organization’s culture and values. This position involves comprehensive management of expatriate recruiting processes, building and maintaining a robust talent pipeline, and collaborating with hiring managers to develop effective recruitment strategies. They will also oversee onboarding, HRIS management, recruitment metrics, and various HR projects, while ensuring a seamless and efficient recruitment experience for candidates and stakeholders. Position will be primarily responsible for recruitment 70% of the time while special projects will occupy the remaining 30%.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage full lifecycle recruitment activities to include posting jobs on websites and LinkedIn, resume reviews, interview scheduling, conducting interviews, preparing offers, etc.
• Strategically source and attract candidates for all domestic positions for the division, serve as back-up for overseas recruitment activities.
• Partner with hiring managers to create job descriptions and develop effective recruitment strategies for open positions.
• Manage annual performance management process in to include system enhancements, employee communication/ education, HR review of annual scorecards, reporting, etc.
• Serve as super-user for HRS to include Employee document management, applicant tracking, new employee onboarding, leave tracking, expense tracking, system enhancements, troubleshooting technical issues, etc.
• Update the payroll system and complete necessary forms for new employees, terms, transfers, employee data, banking, etc.
• Manage annual payroll audit.
• Complete and distribute annual compensation statements for expatriate employees.
• Distribute new hire, separation, and transfer memos for domestic employees.
• Coordinate the annual Code of Ethics and compliance training for employees to include employee enrollment, pulling completion reports, troubleshooting system/login errors, and following up with employees to ensure training is complete, etc.
• Manage annual employee census, human capital and pay ratio reporting process.
• Assist with annual salary review and bonus process to include data collection, reporting, payroll updates, etc.
• Assist with salary administration to include banding and market research.
• Effectively communicate the company culture and values throughout the recruitment process and assess candidates’ cultural fit with the company.
• Assist with domestic and overseas new hire onboarding and orientations.
• Maintain and upload new hire documents, conduct reference and credit checks and manage employee document management, applicant tracking, onboarding, system enhancements and troubleshooting within the HRIS/ ATS.
• Maintain a recruitment dashboard to track and ensure metrics are met.
• Champion the employee referral program and internal application process.
• Schedule and manage monthly recruitment status meetings in coordination with HR Business Partner and maintain the internal recruitment status report.
• Manage relationships with external recruitment firms.
• Assist with the LinkedIn recruitment platform efforts to include posting jobs, candidate sourcing and outreach.
• Partner with the Communications Specialist to create an employer brand and develop new and innovative solutions for utilizing LinkedIn and various platforms to attract top talent.
• Conduct 30/60/90-day follow-ups with new employees and report metrics.
• Partner with Seaboard Corp HR to develop the domestic internship program on an annual basis. Manage campus recruitment and all hiring activities for interns. Partner with management to determine the number of interns that are needed on an annual basis. Partner with Communications Specialist to develop campus recruitment fliers, etc.
• Establish relationships and partner with recruiters from other Seaboard divisions to better understand recruitment needs.
• Work on various HR projects assigned

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 years HR experience
• Required bachelor’s degree in HR, Business/Management, or related field.
• Excellent writing skills with demonstrated proficiency in grammar, proofreading and editing
• Preferred PHR or SHRM-CP certification
• Experience with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint)

 ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

• Must have excellent interpersonal skills with ability to effectively communicate and interact with employees at all levels.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Must prioritize and be organized.
• Must be analytical with a high attention to detail and comfortable working with numbers.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit and use hands to manipulate, handle or touch. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.