Human Resources Assistant

Job Responsibilities:
APC-MGE is looking to fill the position of Human Resource Assistant

Company APC and MGE UPS Systems recently combined to form a $3 billion (2.4€ billion) Critical Power & Cooling Services business unit of Schneider Electric. Together, APC and MGE offer the industry’s most comprehensive product and solution range for critical IT and process applications in industrial, enterprise, small and medium business and home environments. APC and MGE solutions include uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), precision cooling units, racks, and design and management software, including APC's InfraStruXure® architecture the industry’s only integrated power, cooling, and management solution. Backed by the industry’s broadest service organization and an industry leading R&D investment, the combined company’s 12,000 employees help customers confront today’s unprecedented power, cooling and management challenges. Schneider Electric, with 112,000 employees and operations in 190 countries, had 2006 annual sales of $18 billion (€13.7 billion). Our business unit is pursuing a strategy to develop scalable enterprise platforms for the data center, including power protection, air conditioning, racks, and systems management. Revolutionary products, monitoring applications, and global services are now deployed in support of the most complex data centers and computing environments. Combined with MGE’s line of high end power systems and services, APC greatly enhanced this enterprise offering and the opportunity to sell across data center applications and customers with confidence. With the merger complete, our employees are tasked with the challenge of aggressively expanding its business, growing top line revenue profitably, and solving real customer problems. As such, we are focused on hiring successful and proven candidates who will be an integral part of the North American team and lead the way forward for growth initiatives for this $3 billion business. Background Founded in 1981 by three MIT engineers, APC rose to prominence with a product called the uninterruptible power supply (UPS). APC leveraged the explosion of desktop computing and created an entirely new market. From those early roots to their current offering of desktop and enterprise systems for power management, cooling, and threat management, APC grew to a global $2.4 billion public company, and now boasts over $3 billion in worldwide revenue after the merger of MGE UPS Systems, and acquisition by Schneider Electric, an $18 Billion leader in power and controls. APC Strengths Spending on network and physical infrastructure is currently increasing at double the rate of total IT spending. As such, the market potential for our business is outstanding. The company has clear strengths in the following areas: - Products –Recognized as having the most innovative and advanced products in the market, and continues to win awards for product excellence. - Financials –Financially strong and has the resources to invest in core operations and fund continued R & D. - Brand – The APC brand has been developed over 20 years and is recognized and respected as the leader in both retail and commercial channels.

Responsibilities

The Human Resource Assistant will be accountable for providing human resource support to APC-MGE's most valued customers. Essential functions will include: *Provide administrative support to the Costa Mesa HR team *Spend a portion of the day providing HR coverage in an office located on the shop floor *Provide recruitment support to the HR generalist, this will include but is not limited to: *Coordinate all facets of candidate interviews to include travel if applicable *Under the direction of the generalist, prepare and mail offer letter and new hire packet *Maintain and update the internal job posting board for assigned open positions *Process new hire paperwork: *Enter pending and new hire information into Oracle *Meet with on-site new hires to collect new hire paperwork *Schedule con-call to walk through new hire paperwork with remote new hires *Ensure all new hire paperwork is promptly processed *Represent the HR team by being a member of the Costa Mesa activities committee *Arrange conference calls and team meetings *Maintain employee files, this includes filing *Provide back up receptionist coverage *Complete special projects and other duties as assigned

Position Requirements:

The ideal candidate will possess: an Associates Degree, Bachelor's Degree preferred; 1-2 years of administrative, customer service experience, preferably in an HR environment *Ability to speak Spanish highly desirable *Ability to interact with all levels in the organization *Handle assignments that are of a confidential and complex nature with considerable discretion, judgment and tact *Top notch customer service skills are a must *The ability, desire and maturity to work as an independent and self reliant human resource partner *Good follow through and project implementation skills *Superior organization skills *Working knowledge of Microsoft products *Experience with Oracle for HR and LotusNotes is desirable *High energy level *Strong multi-tasker who can anticipate needs in advance, and possess the ability to handle problems to successful resolution *Proven ability to succeed in a fast paced ever changing environment.

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