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HR Generalist - Employee Relations

The Resource
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • Quick Apply
30+ days ago

Job Description

HR Generalist – Employee Relations

Overview

Make an impact beyond traditional HR. As an HR Generalist – Employee Relations, you’ll be the go-to Employee Relations partner for leaders across a multi-site territory between Winston-Salem and Asheville, NC. This is a people-focused role where you coach managers before concerns escalate, support performance and workplace conflict solutions, and help ensure consistent, compliant HR practices across locations. If you enjoy getting out in the business, building trust on the ground, and strengthening teams through practical guidance, you’ll thrive here.

Required Skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
  • 5–8 years of progressive HR experience, with significant Employee Relations responsibility
  • Proven ability to coach managers through employee relations and performance issues
  • Strong working knowledge of employment law and HR compliance
  • Experience supporting multiple locations or geographically dispersed operations
  • Excellent communication, conflict resolution, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to influence leaders and build credibility at all levels
  • Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to prioritize multiple issues in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office
  • Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation
  • Ability to travel throughout the assigned territory (up to approximately 75%)
Nice to Have Skills
  • SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, SPHR, or similar HR certification
  • Experience supporting retail, manufacturing, distribution, hospitality, healthcare, or other multi-site operations
  • Experience using UKG or comparable HRIS platforms
  • Project management experience
  • Bilingual Spanish
Preferred Education and Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
  • 5–8 years of progressive HR experience, with meaningful Employee Relations exposure and manager coaching responsibilities
Other Requirements
  • Regular travel to store locations within the territory
  • Some overnight travel and multiple days at a time may be required
  • You will use your own car and will be reimbursed for mileage
  • This role includes an expectation of being present in the field to support leaders and employees
Be the trusted HR partner leaders turn to—apply now and help strengthen teams through proactive coaching, fair decision-making, and consistent Employee Relations practices.
Email your resume to Julia Yeargan@theresource.com.
 

Numbers & Facts

LocationWinston Salem, NC
IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
Company Size50 to 99 employees
Year Founded1979
Websitehttp://www.theresource.org/

About Company

The Resource is a full-service staffing, professional recruiting and consulting firm based in North Carolina. Privately owned and operated for over 30 years, people are at the heart of our organization, and we take a hands-on approach to each client and candidate relationship.

At The Resource, we’re passionate about assisting candidates in finding the next step in their career path, and ensuring it’s a role in a company where they will enjoy growing personally and professionally long-term. Utilizing The Core Assessment in the screening process, we’re able to understand a person’s innate unchanging nature and help individual’s learn about themselves. Our professional recruiters then utilize the candidate’s skill set and The Core results to match them to available positions in organizations where they will thrive. Further, we coach candidates on how to best market themselves for a given job.

Skills

  • Analysis Skillsunmatched
  • Coachingunmatched
  • Communication Skillsunmatched
  • Conflict Resolutionunmatched
  • Distribution Servicesunmatched
  • Driver's Licenseunmatched
  • Employee Relationsunmatched
  • Employment Lawunmatched
  • Establish Prioritiesunmatched
  • HRIS/HRMSunmatched
  • Healthcareunmatched
  • Human Resourcesunmatched
  • Human Resources Certificationunmatched
  • Human Resources Processesunmatched
  • Microsoft Officeunmatched
  • Multilingualunmatched
  • On Site Supportunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • PHR (Professional in Human Resources)unmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Project/Program Managementunmatched
  • Retailunmatched
  • SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources)unmatched
  • Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)unmatched
  • Spanish Languageunmatched
  • Willing to Travelunmatched

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