HR Generalist
Date: Jan 23, 2026
Location: Lakeshore, ON, CA
Company: Leggett & Platt
We make life more comfortable.
Leggett & Platt’s overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives – by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.
Leggett & Platt’s inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years. As The Components People, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.
From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products. Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, textile, and geo components industries.
Learn more about the history of Leggett: https://leggett.com/history
We are looking for a dedicated HR Generalist to join our local HR team. Our ideal candidate is a proactive, analytical, and goal-oriented professional with strong administrative skills and a friendly demeanor. If you are passionate about human resources and thrive in a team-oriented environment, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
· Administrative Tasks: Perform administrative duties including filing, record-keeping, and managing HRIS data maintenance (40-50% of the role).
· Recruitment Support: Assist in the recruitment process by supporting job postings, screening candidates, and conducting interviews.
· Customer Service: Provide excellent customer service to employees and management.
· Team Collaboration: Work effectively as a team player to prioritize tasks and support HR objectives.
· HR Program Implementation: Contribute to the attainment of HR objectives by effectively implementing and executing employment activities and launching HR programs.
· Business Support: Provide business support to various departments, ensuring alignment with HR strategies and business priorities.
· SAP SuccessFactors: Utilize SAP SuccessFactors for HRIS data management and reporting.
· Organizational Effectiveness: Support in assessing organizational setup to enhance effectiveness and efficiency.
· Health and Safety: Promote and communicate policies related to occupational health and safety for both blue and white-collar employees.
· Employee Relations: Support labor issues in collaboration with business leaders and HR teams.
· Communication: Effectively communicate HR processes, organizational changes, and relevant topics to employees.
· Advisory: Provide advisory services to business line managers to facilitate the achievement of business objectives through effective people management.
Support training and development needs through performance management systems and competency evaluations.
· Labor Legislation: Maintain thorough knowledge of labor legislation and ensure compliance.
Qualifications:
· Education: Degree in Human Resources or a related field. Alternatively, a relevant college diploma with at least 2 years of relevant experience.
· Experience: Experience with HRIS preferred, preferably SAP SuccessFactors. Union experience is a plus but not required.
· Skills:
o Strong administrative skills and high attention to detail
o Ability to build long-term relationships and earn trust
o Excellent communication skills
o Fluent in English
o Analytical and goal-oriented mindset
o Proactive personality with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively
Compensation
Salary ranges from $70,000 to $76,000 based on experience.
In addition, we offer Great benefits including prescription, dental, optical, a company sponsored registered pension plan, optional RRSP, and more!
What to Do Next
Now that you’ve had a chance to learn more about us, what are you waiting for! Apply today and allow us the opportunity to learn more about you and the value you can bring to our team. Once you apply, be sure to create a profile, and sign up for job alerts, so you can be the first to know when new opportunities become available. If you require assistance completing an application, please contact our team at careers@leggett.com
Our Values
Our values speak to our shared beliefs, and describe how we approach working together.
- Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other, learning and development, and creating an inclusive environment of mutual respect, empathy and belonging.
- Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity, delivering the results the right way, taking pride in our work, and speaking the truth – good or bad.
- Do Great Work…Together occurs when we engage without hierarchy, collaborate as a team, embrace challenges, and work for the good of all of us.
- Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference, challenge the status quo and biases to make things better, foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact, and explore new perspectives and embrace change.
Our Commitment to You
We're actively taking steps to make sure our culture is inclusive and that our processes and practices promote equity for all. Leggett & Platt is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veteran status, and more. Join us!
We welcome and encourage applications if you meet the minimum qualifications. Even if you do not meet the preferred qualifications, we’d love the opportunity to consider you.
For more information about how we handle your personal data in connection with our recruiting processes, please refer to the Recruiting Privacy Notice on the “Privacy Notice” tab located at http://privacy.leggett.com
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO APPLICANTS
Regarding Equal Employment / Equal Access
Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, and all its Canadian affiliates value the diversity of skills, knowledge, and perspectives our employees bring to our workplace. We believe the presence in our workforce of individuals with characteristics protected under local human rights legislation, including but not limited to females, minorities, individuals with disabilities, veterans, persons from all faiths and national origins and of all colors reward us with greater talent, new ideas and unique perspectives.
It is therefore our policy to recruit, hire, promote, transfer, administer benefits and handle all other conditions of employment in a non-discriminatory manner without discrimination regarding any protected status under local human rights legislation. Our Chief Executive Officer has requested that all of our employees make equal opportunity a priority.
We are committed to workplace accessibility and accommodation of persons with disabilities. Should you have any need for accommodation at any stage of the hiring or recruitment process, please let us know and we will work with you to provide appropriate accommodation or address any accessibility-related needs. This information will be handled as confidentially as practical. You are welcome to contact a member of our Corporate Employee Relations staff at 417-358-8131 if you need assistance to apply, wish to discuss an accommodation, or have questions about this notice.
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