HR Manager - Corporate Functions - General Mills

At General Mills, Human Resources is a strategic business partner, adding value through exceptional HR practices that enable our company to win and our employees to maximize their full potential. We drive winning results for the organization through building competitively superior talent, agile organizations, world class capabilities that unleash performance, and a distinctive and undeniable culture worldwide.

We are seeking a talented Human Resources professional with a strong business mindset and exceptional partnership skills to support the Finance function as a part of the Corporate HR team. This HR Manager will partner directly with key areas of the Finance function including the Global Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit, Investment, M&A, Investor Relations leaders/teams and in addition to initiatives that span across the function, including in our Commercial teams. This role will lead high-impact priorities across a very complex matrix - partnering closely with our Finance VPs & Directors, Global HRBPs, and COE partners. This is a unique opportunity to build enterprise mindset, business acumen, and organizational effectiveness capability.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide direct HRBP support to select leaders on the Finance Leadership Team (FLT) by partnering closely to translate current and future business needs into an integrated HR plan – implementing key talent, organization, culture and change leadership priorities.
• Partner closely with our business leaders and HR team to successfully implement initiatives being led across the function (Corporate and Commercial Finance)
• Coach and influence business leaders to utilize sound judgment and leadership/management practices.
• Lead annual HR processes within respective client groups in partnership with our COEs and Finance HR Team.
• Lead Finance Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Strategy development and oversight on activation in partnership with HRBA.
• Lead team effectiveness and functional development support in partnership with Talent and L&D.
• Lead key HR initiatives in support of the organization across staffing, employee relations, and talent.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree
• Minimum of 5+ years of related experience
• Strong background and abilities in key HR capability areas: business mindset and insight, credible influence, situational agility & judgment and data and analytics
• Demonstrated Business HR experience with expertise in consulting & influencing, organizational effectiveness and talent management
• Strategic mindset with demonstrated ability to translate the business agenda into HR strategy and lead all the way through execution
• Track record of coaching, conflict management and influence up, down, and across the organization
• Comfortable, resilient, and flexible when dealing with ambiguity or change
• Ability to deliver results through others without direct authority

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s in Human Resources/Industrial Relations or MBA preferred
• Proven experience working within a global function/matrix highly desired
• Strong data & analytics orientation

ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS: 

• This role is not remote eligible.
• International relocation or international remote working arrangements (outside of the US) will not be considered.
• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full time basis.  General Mills will not sponsor applicants for this position for the work visas.

We exist to make food the world loves. But we do more than that. Our company is a place that prioritizes being a force for good, a place to expand learning, explore new perspectives and reimagine new possibilities, every day. We look for people who want to bring their best — bold thinkers with big hearts who challenge one other and grow together. Because becoming the undisputed leader in food means surrounding ourselves with people who are hungry for what’s next.