About The Company

Yummy Beauty Brands is a leading eCommerce retailer of luxury hair and beauty accessories. Trendsetting products such as our Yummy Hair Extensions and KOSA Professionals Styling Tools have allowed us to continue to disrupt the hair and beauty industry since 2013.

With over 10+ years of experience in the raw hair industry, our quality and texture are superior and incomparable. Recognized by leading press sources such as Allure, Elle, and Essence magazines, Yummy Beauty Brands is considered a forerunner in the hair and beauty industry, receiving praise for its powerful branding, superior customer service, and finest quality hair and heat tools available in today’s market.

Position Summary

Yummy Extensions is seeking a highly organized, hands-on, and solutions-oriented Human Resources Specialist to lead the day-to-day execution of people operations across our headquarters and retail locations.

This role is ideal for an HR professional with 3+ years of experience who enjoys being hands-on and execution-focused in a fast-paced, growing environment. The HR Specialist will play a key role in supporting the employee lifecycle, including recruiting coordination, onboarding, offboarding, employee records management, HR systems administration, payroll and benefits support, leave administration, compliance tracking, and day-to-day employee support.

The ideal candidate is organized, resourceful, and comfortable balancing multiple priorities while maintaining accuracy and confidentiality. This individual should be adaptable and comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment where priorities may shift and direction can change.They should be able to navigate ambiguity and gray areas with sound judgment, ask thoughtful questions when needed, and remain flexible while helping bring structure and follow-through to day-to-day HR operations. A strong sense of urgency, professionalism, and attention to detail are essential for success in this role.

This position reports directly to the Head of Operations and works closely with leadership and the HR Advisor to execute HR priorities, support employees, and ensure day-to-day people operations run smoothly.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

Own the full-cycle recruiting process, including job postings, candidate screening, interview coordination, offer process management, and onboarding logistics.
Own employee administration throughout the entire employee lifecycle, including hiring, promotions, transfers, leaves of absence, performance processes, and offboarding.
Coordinate offboarding activities, including exit interviews, final documentation, system access removal, and equipment return.
Support employee relations matters by documenting conversations, tracking follow-up items, and partnering with the HR Advisor on investigations, corrective actions, and performance-related matters.
Serve as the primary administrator of the company’s HRIS.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date employee records, HR files, and system documentation while ensuring confidentiality and data integrity across HR systems.
Conduct regular audits of employee data, timekeeping, PTO balances, and HRIS records to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance.
Partner with the HR Advisor to prepare and audit bi-weekly payroll, including timecard review, expense reimbursement tracking, PTO accuracy, and employee changes.
Ensure compliance with company policies, handbook guidelines, and applicable employment practices.
Collaborate with the HR Advisor on change management, policy implementation, all-employee communications, and process rollouts.
Partner with department managers to coordinate performance management processes, including performance reviews, development plans, and documentation tracking.
Support managers with employee coaching, accountability processes, and follow-up on action items.
Identify opportunities to improve HR processes, systems, and employee experience through increased efficiency, organization, and operational consistency.
Perform additional HR and operational duties as assigned in support of evolving business needs.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
3+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources, HR Generalist, HR Operations, or Office Operations roles.
Experience owning or heavily supporting the full employee lifecycle, including recruiting, onboarding, employee administration, and offboarding.
Experience supporting multi-state workforces and applying varying state and local employment laws, policies, and HR practices across different jurisdictions.
Experience administering and maintaining an HRIS platform (Rippling preferred).
Strong operational mindset with demonstrated ability to build structure and improve processes in evolving environments.
Familiarity with payroll preparation, employee changes, timecard audits, and workforce administration.
Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail and follow-through.
Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive employee matters with professionalism and discretion.
Proven ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and thrive in ambiguity.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools.

Compensation: Starting salary of $60,000 annually, commensurate with experience.

Why Work Here?

At Yummy Extensions, we empower our employees to be purpose-driven, empathetic, creative, and growth-oriented. Leveraging the expertise of our team members allows us to be the best version of ourselves and emphasize our commitment to delivering superior customer experience and quality products across all verticals.

DIVERSITY:

As a company, we place a high priority on recruiting, hiring, and retaining diverse talent to further enhance our ability to innovate and better serve our employees, customers, and communities.

GIVING BACK:

In order to be a company that our employees and customers can be proud of, we strive to give back to our communities and take care of the environment through sustainability and volunteer initiatives.

Each year, we support local nonprofits in the communities where we do business as well as nonprofits and charities on the national level. In recent years, our give-back initiatives have included donating upwards of $50,000 to emerging women-owned and minority businesses across the United States, spearheading sustainability initiatives to minimize the impact our business has on the environment, and participating in volunteer opportunities within our local community.

BENEFITS:

You can be confident that your mental and physical well-being is among our highest priorities as an employee of Yummy Extensions. We offer the following benefits to our employees and their families:

Health, dental, and vision insurance with a generous employer contribution
Short-term disability insurance
Paid Time Off
Paid Sick Leave
Paid Maternity Leave
Employee Hair and Product Benefits
A Paid Day Off on Your Birthday!

Yummy Hair Extensions is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Yummy Hair Extensions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions. While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Yummy Beauty Brands (Yummy Extensions)

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Human Resources Specialist