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Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a leader in flooring and other surface solutions designed for residential housing, commercial spaces and outdoor environments. Leveraging strengths in design, innovation and operational excellence, the company takes a people-centered, customer-focused, and growth-minded approach to meet diverse market needs. It creates differentiated customer experiences through its expansive portfolio of brands: Anderson Tuftex, COREtec, Shaw Floors, Patcraft, Philadelphia Commercial, Shaw Contract, Shaw Sports Turf, Shawgrass, Southwest Greens, Watershed Geo and more. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, Shaw is a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $6 billion in annual sales and 18,000 associates worldwide.  

At Shaw, we believe that our people are our competitive advantage and that the success of our company and the success of our people go hand-in-hand. Our culture is centered on leadership development, embracing a growth mindset, and leveraging the capabilities and insights of all individuals with varied skills, abilities, experiences, and backgrounds to champion innovation that enables us to create a better future. 

Are you excited about helping leaders drive innovative programs that improve performance, retention and drive a great associate experience? Are you looking to begin or continue your career as an HR professional and build your skills and ability to have an impact on people and business growth and development? This may be the opportunity for you! Through a collaborative and flexible learning approach, our HR Experience (HRX) program will ensure the training and education of future HR professionals at Shaw. With a focus on building HR and Shaw acumen, this focused and individualized approach will lead to accelerated impact and learning agility as an HR Professional.  This role will mainly be working in the NWGA locations for training.

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Learn the fundamentals of the HR functions at Shaw, covering a variety of topics including but not limited to total rewards, HR compliance and employee relations, talent acquisition, learning and development, LOA, and more

• Conduct investigations

• Assist with associate experience projects at facilities.

• Address associate concerns and determine best next steps.

• Assist with maintaining staffing levels

• Provide support to the assigned business areas of manufacturing facilities and other areas of operations as needed

• Assist with succession planning and talent development.

• Other tasks and projects as assigned 

Position Requirements: 

• BA/BS Degree in HR management or related field

• General Business & Employment Law Acumen 

• Ability to operate successfully within a team 

• Ability to manage and resolve conflict 

• Ability to coach peers or others 

• Ability to influence/communicate across the entire spectrum of the workforce 

• Ability to travel between facilities in the NW Ga area, including Dalton and Cartersville. 

Preferred: 

• 1-2 years of HR experience preferred

• Bilingual

Desired Competencies: 

•  Build Trusting Relationships 

• Demonstrate Good Judgment 

• Coach & Support 

• Drive Results 

• Demonstrate Inclusive Leadership

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