The Culture & Talent Management position is full-time within Circle Beverage and it is a critical position to help the Company achieve its mission.  Our mission is to provide enriching careers for our people, to uplift our partners, and to benefit society through our products and services.  The position reports to the Client Success Director and is a member of the company’s management team.  

Key Accountabilities: to lead the general Human Resources functions, develop the leadership team and oversee the execution of special projects and initiatives.  

The position’s responsibilities break down as follows:

• Recruitment, Onboarding & Offboarding: Manage the end-to-end recruitment process, ensuring that open positions are filled with quality candidates in a timely fashion.  Coordinate the onboarding process for new hires and facilitate offboarding procedures. 

• Company Culture: Organize and oversee company events, monthly newsletters, town halls, and employee recognition programs. Foster a positive and engaging work environment by spending time each week “MBWA” – managing by walking around and talking to people.  Develop other strategies to enhance company culture.

• Special Project Management: Lead projects from design through deployment; identifying project scope, budget, and implementation plans. Collaborate across departments with project sponsors and stakeholders to accomplish project goals. 

• Leadership Development: elevate the performance of all team leaders/managers in the company by creating & implementing the company’s Leadership Blueprint. This will include conducting regular one-on-one meetings with managers to coach & guide them on the Blueprint, develop training & guest speaker opportunities for the management team, conduct a manager assessment process (including 360 reviews, skip level meetings, etc). 

• Employee Development & Relations: develop & oversee the company’s performance & development process for all employees.  This will include managing the Bench Strength process, the Companywide Personnel Performance Plan (4-box), and developing career pathways for the departments of the company. Serve as the first point of contact for employee inquiries regarding benefits, policies, and other HR-related issues.

The experiences that a qualified candidate will have are:

• Three years of experience in Human Resources, Communications or a comparable business function 

• Prior experience that includes the responsibilities listed above (leadership development, project management employee development, company culture, employee relations).

• Proven track record of both creating & executing ideas to improve a company or team. 

• Strong understanding of employment laws and HR best practices.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills.

• Prior history of being trusted to handle sensitive information confidentially. 

• Preferred: prior experience in a supervisory position.

• Preferred: prior experience in a manufacturing company.

• Preferred: prior experience in a growth-stage company (growing faster than 10% annually).

Position Details:

• Location: Company Headquarters (1050 E Washington St, Indianapolis, IN 46202).

• Salaried Exempt leadership position.  Eligible for management bonus program.

• Monday to Friday in-person.