HR Contact Advisory Specialist

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In short

Sandvik is looking for an HR Contact Advisory Specialist to join their team in Mebane, NC, with a hybrid work schedule. The role involves supporting the recruitment process, managing employee data in Workday, and serving as the first point of contact for HR-related inquiries. A minimum of 2 years of HR experience with an HRIS system, preferably Workday, and an Associate's Degree are required.

Responsibilities

Support the Recruiting Manager and HR Generalist with recruitment process steps in Workday HRIS, contract review, and offer letter creation.
Conduct or coordinate mandatory employment checks (right to work, medical, references, criminal records).
Maintain all employee data and records within Workday and other HR systems.
Monitor and administer Workday processes in line with approval chains and timelines.
Serve as the first point of contact for HR-related inquiries, including policy interpretation and benefit queries.
Utilize and support the use of the Workday-Help case management system.
Maintain and update HR Policies & Procedures and the HR Sharepoint site.
Assist employees and Managers with the use of HR Systems.
Assist with coordination of Leadership when required.
Generate HR reports from Workday for decision-making and strategic planning.
Manage invoices for HR-related services.
Assist with specific HR projects and other duties as required.

Requirements

Minimum of 2 years working in HR in a professional environment.
Experience using an HRIS system.
Experience with onboarding of new hires, creating and updating employee profiles in HRIS.
Experience retaining and protecting records.
Prior experience navigating and taking actions in the Workday HRIS system.
Ability to assist employees with making appropriate updates in Workday.
101 level of basic Human Resource concepts, practices, and terminology.
Familiarity with new hire onboarding requirements.
Prior experience with conducting I9 verifications.
Prior experience with the Microsoft Office Suite, MS Teams, Google O365 applications.
Comfortable working in secure cloud-based applications.
Excellent written and spoken communication skills and professional level or native level English language skills.
Team-oriented and customer focused.
Strong prioritization and time-management skills.
Willingness to quickly develop familiarity with Sandvik-US employment policies and programs.
Willingness to learn Sandvik's vision, Code of Conduct, Core Values, and Leadership principles.
Strong critical thinking skills, creativity in developing solutions, flexibility, and open-mindedness.
Keeps current with changes and updates in US legal and HR requirements impacting HR and business compliance (e.g., GDPR, CSRD, ITAR, employment law).

Desired Qualifications

A Bachelor's Degree is preferred.
Proficiency in Spanish is considered a plus.

Benefits

Hybrid work schedule
Eligible for up to a 10% annual bonus opportunity

Skills

WorkdayMicrosoft Office SuiteMS TeamsGoogle WorkspaceSharepoint

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About Sandvik

Sandvik is a global, high-tech engineering group providing solutions that enhance productivity, profitability and sustainability for the manufacturing, mining and infrastructure industries. We are at the forefront of digitalization and focus on optimizing our customers’ processes. Our world-leading offering includes equipment, tools, services and digital solutions for machining, mining, rock excavation and rock processing. In 2024, the Sandvik Group had approximately 41,000 employees, sales in more than 150 countries and revenues of about SEK 123 billion.

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