Benefits Specialist

About The Chefs' Warehouse
The Chefs' Warehouse, Inc. (http://www.chefswarehouse.com) combines exceptional quality and brand building with broadline food service distribution for more than 35 years. With Protein, Specialty, Produce, and Broadline offerings, we service the most discerning chefs in a hybrid approach of convenience and superior quality. We introduce more than 2,000 artisan producers of the world’s finest ingredients from over 40 countries to the finest chefs in the world. We passionately consult, sell, and build relationships with more than 35,000 customers through the most experienced network of over 600 consultive sales associates, best-in-breed technology, rapid service, and support levels that solidify our long-standing ties to both established and up-and-coming premium restaurants.

Mission: The mission of The Chefs’ Warehouse is to provide the world’s greatest ingredients to the world’s best chefs.

Our C.H.E.F.S. Values:

Curious & Creative

Hungry For Food & Results

Entrepreneurial

Forward Thinking & Flexible

Supportive (Of Peers & Chefs)

Position Summary: The benefits specialist is responsible for assisting with the administration of all benefits and retirement programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short- and long-term disability, and 401(k) plan.

What you’lldo:

• Ensures the accuracy of all benefits enrollments in the HRIS to provide vendors with accurate eligibility information.
• Assists with new-hire orientations.
• Performs quality checks of benefits-related data.
• Assists employees regarding benefits claim issues and plan changes.
• Distributes all benefits enrollment materials and determines eligibility.
• Enrolls employees with carriers and process life status changes.
• Responds to benefits inquiries from managers and employees on plan provisions, benefits enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries.
• Processes and administers all leave-of-absence requests and disability paperwork: medical, personal, disability and FMLA.
• Effectively interprets FMLA and ADA implications as they relate to leaves of absences/disabilities.
• Responds to 401(k) inquiries from managers and employees relating to enrollments, plan changes and contribution amounts. Manages the annual catch-up contribution enrollment.
• Assists with the open enrollment process.
• Provides necessary reports for allocation/billing charges.

About you:

• Associate degree in HR or related field, but experience and/or other training/certification may be substituted for the education.

• Two years' experience in HR and/or benefits administration.
• SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) or SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification credential.
• Demonstrated experience with MS Office products, particularly Excel.

Resumen del Puesto:
El especialista en beneficios es responsable de asistir en la administracin de todos los programas de beneficios y jubilacin, incluidos los planes médicos, dentales, de visin, de seguro de vida, de discapacidad a corto y largo plazo, y el plan 401(k).

Lo que harás:

• Asegurar la precisin de todas las inscripciones de beneficios en el sistema HRIS para proporcionar a los proveedores informacin precisa sobre la elegibilidad.
• Asistir en las orientaciones para nuevos empleados.
• Realizar verificaciones de calidad de los datos relacionados con los beneficios.
• Asistir a los empleados con problemas de reclamaciones de beneficios y cambios en los planes.
• Distribuir todo el material de inscripcin de beneficios y determinar la elegibilidad.
• Inscribir a los empleados con los proveedores y procesar los cambios de estado vital.
• Responder a las consultas de beneficios de gerentes y empleados sobre las disposiciones del plan, inscripciones, cambios de estado y otras consultas generales.
• Procesar y administrar todas las solicitudes de licencias y la documentacin de discapacidad: médica, personal, discapacidad y FMLA.
• Interpretar eficazmente las implicaciones de la FMLA y ADA en relacin con las licencias/discapacidades.
• Responder a las consultas sobre el plan 401(k) de gerentes y empleados relacionadas con inscripciones, cambios de plan y montos de contribucin. Administrar la inscripcin anual de contribuciones de recuperacin.
• Asistir en el proceso de inscripcin abierta.
• Proporcionar los informes necesarios para la asignacin/cargos de facturacin.

Sobre ti:

• Título de asociado en Recursos Humanos o campo relacionado, pero la experiencia y/o otra formacin/certificacin puede sustituir a la educacin.
• Dos años de experiencia en Recursos Humanos y/o administracin de beneficios.
• Certificacin SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP) o SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP).
• Experiencia demostrada con productos de MS Office, particularmente Excel.

The above job description is not an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

Perks & Benefits:

• Paid Vacations, Paid Holidays
• Health, Dental and Medical Benefits
• Weekly pay
• Life Insurance
• 5% above cost for our high-quality food products
• Employee discounts for travel and events
• 401k
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan

The Chefs' Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer that does not discriminate based on actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities and general treatment during employment. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workforce.