Human Resources Manager

Cogent Talent Solutions

Kansas City, MO, United States3d ago

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Key details

Location
Kansas City, MO, United States
Work style
Onsite
Level
Senior
Job type
Full-time
Function
People / HR & Recruiting
Focus area
other
Posted
3d ago

Skills

candidate screeningemployee relationsworkforce planning

About the role

The HR Manager leads the company’s human resources functions and partners with leadership to support workforce planning, employee engagement, recruitment, retention, compliance, compensation, benefits, and professional development. This position establishes consistent HR practices across the organization while providing practical, confidential, and employee-focused support. The position is in-person in the Kansas City office, but supports all four offices. Travel is not expected to each office, but is encouraged to learn office culture in each office. The HR manager’s role is responsible for both developing HR strategy and executing day-to-day HR operations.

Responsibilities:

Planning

  • Collaborate with senior leadership to align workforce planning, recruiting, retention, and employee-development strategies with company goals.

  • Establish HR processes, systems, and documentation that can scale with company growth.

  • Provide leadership with appropriate workforce metrics (KPIs) and recommendations

  • Monitor workforce trends and recommend proactive staffing and retention strategies

  • Develops and implements departmental budget. (Blue indicates potential growth responsibility)

Recruitment & Onboarding

  • Develop recruiting strategies that support company growth and workforce needs.

  • Partner with hiring managers to develop job descriptions, coordinate candidate screening and interviews, and support consistent selection practices

  • Coordinate pre-employment activities, onboarding, orientation, and required employment documentation.

  • Manage employee offboarding, including exit interviews, documentation, benefits coordination, and internal notifications

  • Manage recruitment efforts through career fairs.

  • Evaluate recruiting and onboarding effectiveness and recommend improvements

Employee Relations

  • Support a positive workplace culture.

  • Serve as a confidential and approachable resource for employees and managers

  • Provide guidance on employee-relations matters, facilitate conflict resolution, respond to employee concerns, and coordinate fair and appropriately documented workplace investigations.

  • Coach managers on communication, employee engagement, documentation, and consistent policy application.

Compensation, Benefits & Payroll

  • Administer or oversee payroll processes, including employee changes, deductions, reporting, and coordination with payroll providers

  • Lead employee health/retirement benefit programs through annual renewals and enrolling team members.

  • Maintain accurate employee records within the HRIS and related systems

  • Conduct and maintain market compensation benchmarking.

Compliance & Policy

  • Monitor applicable employment-law developments and recommend policy or process changes.

  • Maintain legally required employee records, notices, and documentation.

  • Coordinate required reporting and compliance activities.

  • Support workplace safety, leave administration, accommodations, and workers’ compensation processes, as applicable.

  • Review the employee handbook regularly and recommend updates when business or legal requirements change

Performance, Training & Development

  • Manage the company’s performance-management cycle, including goal setting, midyear discussions, year-end reviews, and related documentation.

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