Chelsea Wagner

Job Description

I am a Human Resources Director for a large food manufacturing company that operates in the United States, Canada and Italy.

Human Resources acts as the link between people and business. I help our business achieve results through its people, and help the people find purpose and value in the work they do for the business.

My job is to hire employees to work for our company, make sure they receive the right compensation for the job they perform, get the training they need to perform well in their jobs, are healthy and safe at work and are following the company's rules.

I help the Company to keep it's employees happy, healthy, and continuing to do good work so that the Company is successful!

Relevant School Subjects

• Business
• Guidance and Career Education
• Social Sciences and Humanities

Areas of Expertise

• Admin/Business
• Agriculture/Food Production
• Manufacturing/Production

Career Story

After high school, I went to the University of Guelph and pursued my Bachelors in Criminal Justice and Public Policy. During my time there, I volunteered at many different organizations in the hopes to understand what career I would most enjoy (and be good at!) after graduating. One of those volunteer positions was as an HR volunteer at a maximum security forensic mental health hospital. I immediately fell in love with the world of Human Resources - helping both individuals and Companies to be successful - and decided that I would pursue that career path.

I completed my Masters in Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto immediately after graduating from U of G.

After I graduated, I worked at the University of Toronto's Human Resources and Equity department. I was commuting over 4 hours a day and decided that I wanted to look for a new job closer to home.

That's when I started working for my current employer, TreeHouse Foods, as a Human Resources Manager for a small manufacturing plant that produced soup and broth. I grew my career at TreeHouse Foods - learning about food manufacturing while travelling often across six different states in the US (mostly New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois) to support different plants - until I was promoted into my current role of Director, Human Resources.