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Human Resources Manager


Job Location:

Kansas City, MO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 16 October 2026 (16 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 13 January 2027
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The HR Manager leads the companys 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 managers 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 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 companys performance-management cycle including goal setting midyear discussions year-end reviews and related documentation.

  • Partner with technical and business leaders to identify training and professional-development needs.

  • Track completion and effectiveness of and company-sponsored training.

  • Coordinate leadership development mentoring and career-path initiatives.

  • Support succession planning and workforce continuity efforts for key roles.

Requirements:

  • Education: Bachelors degree in Human Resources Business Administration or a related field.

  • Experience: Minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility HR experience but 7-10 years of experience is preferred

  • Certifications: SHRM-CP SHRM-SCP PHR SPHR or equivalent HR certification preferred or the ability to obtain certification within an established period after hire.

  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word Excel Outlook and other relevant business systems. Proficiency in HRIS platforms.

  • Strong working knowledge of employment laws HR practices and confidential recordkeeping requirements.

  • Sound judgment and the ability to handle sensitive information with discretion.

  • Strong employee-relations conflict-resolution and problem-solving skills.

  • Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with employees managers senior leaders and external partners.

  • Strong organization documentation and project-management skills and high attention to detail.

  • Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities and meet deadlines with limited supervision.

  • Collaborative service-oriented approach with the confidence to provide candid and practical guidance.

  • Ability to adapt HR practices to the evolving needs of the organization.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.

Required Experience:

Manager


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Cogent Analytics is a business consulting firm, which provides powerful solutions to the American small business owner.

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