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Under the overall direction of the Human Resources Business Partner, the Human Resources Generalist plays a key role in supporting the full employee lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on hourly position recruitment, onboarding, training coordination, and employee retention initiatives. We offer a wide range of manufacturer product lines across the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, builder, waterworks, pump/well & septic, industrial, and municipal markets.

<h2>Overview</h2>First Supply, a fifth-generation family-owned company, has served the Upper Midwest for over 125 years. Guided by our Employee Value Proposition, Where Tradition Meets Innovation, we foster a workplace where people learn, grow, and contribute to a company that values its heritage while embracing progress. Our teams take pride in supporting customers and communities, creating meaningful work and rewarding careers every day.  Under the overall direction of the Human Resources Business Partner, the Human Resources Generalist plays a key role in supporting the full employee lifecycle, with a strong emphasis on hourly position recruitment, onboarding, training coordination, and employee retention initiatives. This role partners closely with on-site operations leaders to attract, develop, and retain a high-performing hourly workforce while ensuring a positive employee experience.<h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Manage full-cycle recruitment for hourly positions (sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer process).</li><li>Partner with hiring managers to understand workforce needs and hiring timelines for hourly positions.</li><li>Ensure a positive candidate experience throughout the hiring and onboarding process.</li><li>Lead and coordinate new hire onboarding for hourly employees at designated location/s.</li><li>Ensure all required documentation and compliance requirements are completed timely and accurately.</li><li>Partner with managers to implement structured onboarding plans for new hires.</li><li>Coordinate and track mandatory training programs.</li><li>Assist with development of training materials for hourly team as necessary.</li><li>Collaborate with leadership on development solutions when training gaps have been identified.</li><li>Conduct stay interviews to identify retention risks and engagement opportunities.</li><li>Support employee recognition and engagement initiatives.</li><li>Act as a resource for employee relations matters, escalating as appropriate.</li><li>Provide guidance to managers on HR policies and best practices.</li><li>Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field preferred.</li><li>2–5 years of HR experience, with significant experience in hourly recruiting.</li><li>Experience supporting frontline or operations-based environments (manufacturing, distribution, retail, healthcare, etc.) preferred.</li><li>Strong recruiting and sourcing skills for hourly populations.</li><li>Ability to build relationships with frontline leaders and employees.</li><li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.</li><li>Strong organizational and time-management abilities.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple requisitions simultaneously.</li><li>Data-driven mindset with ability to analyze turnover and recruiting metrics.</li><li>Knowledge of employment law and HR compliance.</li><li>Proficiency in HRIS and Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS).</li></ul>About First SupplyFirst Supply® is a leading main channel wholesale distributor, providing industrial customers and building contractors with an extensive line of products and services. We offer a wide range of manufacturer product lines across the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, builder, waterworks, pump/well & septic, industrial, and municipal markets. Headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, First Supply has more than 700 employees across 29 operating facilities serving Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Illinois, and Michigan. First Supply also owns and operates 18 Kitchen & Bath Stores across five Midwestern states under the Gerhard's Kitchen, Bath & Lighting and KOHLER® Signature Store by First Supply brands. Gerhard's is the largest, most versatile kitchen and bath store in the Upper Midwest, offering a wide variety of styles—from contemporary to traditional—along with unmatched service. The KOHLER Signature Stores are immersive kitchen and bath showrooms that provide a distinguished experience where designers and homeowners can get hands-on with hundreds of exclusive KOHLER products. With a 128-year legacy and a people-first culture, First Supply is committed to building a workplace where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow their careers. That commitment has earned national recognition, including a spot on USA Today’s 2024 Top Workplaces in the USA, as well as honors as a Woman-Led Top Workplace and an Industry Top Workplace for Distribution. First Supply LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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Create high performing teams that produce insightful strategic decision support for the senior leadership teams including profitability and cash flow improvement; strategic planning, investment evaluation and prioritization; M&A support. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling a FP&A Center of Excellence (COE), delivering proactive, data-driven insights that empower senior leadership to make informed, agile decisions in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Love + medicine is who we are, its what we do, its why people want to work here. If youre looking for a job to love, apply today.Scheduled Weekly Hours:Director | Financial Planning & Analysis (enterprise)Department: FinanceReports to: VP of Operational FinancePosition Summary:
The Director of Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) will play a pivotal role in transforming the financial planning function into a strategic powerhouse that drives enterprise-wide performance and decision-making. This leader will be responsible for building and scaling a FP&A Center of Excellence (COE), delivering proactive, data-driven insights that empower senior leadership to make informed, agile decisions in a dynamic healthcare environment.This role goes beyond traditional budgeting and forecasting. It is about reimagining how financial planning supports operational excellence, strategic growth, and resource optimization. The Director will lead the development of integrated planning processes that align financial, strategic, and operational goals, enabling the organization to anticipate opportunities, mitigate risks, and accelerate value creation.The Director will oversee the creation of three FP&A COEs, each led by a manager, to ensure consistent, standardized, and high-quality financial support across the enterprise. These teams will serve as trusted partners to service line and functional leaders, including Chief Nursing Officers and other key stakeholders, providing actionable insights, performance benchmarking, and scenario modeling.This leader will also be responsible for enhancing the organizations financial planning infrastructure--streamlining manual processes, implementing scalable tools, and embedding financial acumen into decision-making frameworks. The role requires a strong blend of strategic thinking, operational execution, and people leadership, with a focus on building high-performing teams and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.Essential Job Duties:<ul><li>Develop and maintain the FP&A team as a Center of Excellence, fostering a culture of analytical rigor, innovation, and best practices in financial planning and analysis.</li><li>Manage and develop a high-performing FP&A team, encouraging continuous learning and professional development to maintain the Center of Excellence status.</li><li>Lead the FP&A team that manages the execution, and continuous improvement, of the long-range financial planning, annual budgeting and forecasting processes.</li><li>Lead productivity benchmarking through establishing agreed upon improvement initiatives with operational leaders.</li><li>Establish an integrated planning process that synchronizes strategic, financial and operational plans to achieve alignment with business strategy. Use planning, budgeting and forecasting to anticipate in-year decisions, mitigate risk, model and assess a range of scenarios, and reprioritize initiatives.</li><li>Create high performing teams that produce insightful strategic decision support for the senior leadership teams including profitability and cash flow improvement; strategic planning, investment evaluation and prioritization; M&A support. Provide strategic financial insights and recommendations to senior leadership, enabling data-driven decision-making that aligns with Enterprise goals.</li><li>Broaden FP&As scale of support for operational decisions by leading efforts to embed FP&As acumen into well designed decision support tools. Continuously enhance processes and systems within FP&A to improve efficiency, accuracy, and the quality of financial information and services provided to stakeholders.</li><li>Steward and maintain trust in FP&A by instituting governance mechanisms for insights in routine or ad hoc business support, management reports and analysis.</li><li>Monitor leading indicators to identify initiative delivery and operational performance gaps, drive action or alternative approaches to close. Establish key performance indicators and provide regular analysis and reporting on financial performance, highlighting variances and areas for improvement.</li><li>Oversee the creation of complex financial models to evaluate business performance, support strategic initiatives, and identify growth opportunities.</li><li>Collaborate with Finance Business Partners to support business units and ensure financial strategies are integrated with operational plans and objectives, supporting overall business success.</li><li>Assist managers prioritize their teams work queue of ad hoc support requests to ensure the appropriate balance between ad hoc and proactive analysis.</li><li>Maintain all financial modeling tools used by the Finance team. Work collaboratively with IT and Revenue Cycle to support consistent and accurate financial information.</li><li>Present financial information and recommendation to senior leadership.</li><li>Stay current on industry trends, reimbursement/regulatory changes and market trends within the healthcare industry.</li></ul>Minimum Qualifications:<ul><li>Education: Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.</li><li>Experience: 10+ years experience in health care, accounting or related field, as well experience with financial planning processes.</li></ul>Core Competencies for All Leaders:<ul><li>Organizational Strategy and Implementation: Recognizes market trends, judges the impact on their area of responsibility, contributes to responsive strategic plans, develops operational plans, and ensures alignment and commitment of all staff.</li><li>Fiscal Management: Effectively uses established processes to ensure accountability for effective operations and resource management.</li><li>Human Resource Management: Selects, aligns, develops, motivates, manages, and retains a team of highly skilled employees.</li><li>Excellence in Service and Quality: Achieves seamless delivery of quality patient care, safety, excellence in patient experience, and customer service. Utilizes Continuous Quality Improvement principles and platform planning in decisions, improvements, and system design.</li><li>Organizational Leadership: Provides leadership and accomplishes objectives by ensuring the integration of processes and initiatives while modeling collaboration. Participates and supports in brand/service delivery teams as requested.</li><li>Compliance: Maintains accountability for implementation of requirements of regulatory agencies. Serves as liaison to the community.</li></ul>Why Emplify?<ul><li>Tailored Benefits Package: We offer a comprehensive benefits package that varies based on your location. To learn more about the specific benefits available in your area, please inquire with the recruiter during the application process.</li><li>Remote Work Opportunity: This position is eligible for hybrid work. However, candidates must be residents of Wisconsin (WI), Iowa (IA), or Minnesota (MN) at the time of hire. Candidates will ideally live within a reasonable driving distance to La Crosse or Green Bay, WI. This is not a fully remote position and will require on-site needs.</li></ul>This is more than a finance role-its a chance to transform how we plan, decide, and lead. Youll be at the forefront of building three FP&A Centers of Excellence, delivering consistent and strategic financial support to leaders across the enterprise. If youre energized by innovation, collaboration, and impact, we want to hear from you.If you need assistance with any portion of the application or have questions about the position, please contact HR-Recruitment@gundersenhealth.org or call 608-775-0267.We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values - belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility - our pillars set our foundation and our future.Equal Opportunity Employer

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