Career Spotlights
We are a diverse team of people working across every discipline for our shared success. Most members of HNI are empowered as shareholders and owners, so everyone is equally motivated and accountable to company goals, customer needs, and to one another.
Engineering is at the heart of nearly every aspect of HNI. Providing expertise in everything from technology to product development to manufacturing processes, our engineers help improve operational decisions, solve tough production challenges, and bring products from concept to reality.
Engineering recruitment focus:
MANUFACTURING
INDUSTRIAL
PRODUCT DESIGN
QUALITY AND PROCESS IMPROVEMENT
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Bob
RCI & Engineering Manager
The HON Company
"Professional development has always been at the core of my HNI experience. By investing in its members, HNI has built a culture centered around creating an excellent experience for both customers and members."
Global Supply Chain Intern
Worked as a process engineer focused on setting up electronic tools, triggers, and processes that allowed us to better manage our distribution centers and overseas freight.
Early Career Development Program - Engineering
Experienced the full cycle of HON's products by working in product design, supply chain, and plant manufacturing to develop engineering and problem-solving skills.
Manufacturing Engineer - Oak Laminate
Led manufacturing engineering team and served as the fabrication engineer. Established standard work for engineering tasks and assigned responsibilities and projects for the rest of the team.
RCI Manager - Oak Laminate
Manages HON's laminate casegoods lean improvement teams as well as engineering. Responsible for setting the factory vision and executing future state production system.
HNI is best known for the quality of its brands and the quality of its people. Our HR teams act as internal consultants with responsibility for delivering strategies, programs and processes to enable a variety of key HR functions: recruiting, training, development, member relations, compliance, workforce planning, compensation, benefits and more.
Human resources recruitment focus:
HR REPRESENTATIVES
GENERALISTS
TALENT ACQUISITION
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
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Adrienne
Director of Talent Acquisition Development
The HON Company
“As HR professionals we are tapped for our expertise on our greatest asset, our talent, but are respected as overall business leaders. Our culture allows for all members to engage in projects both directly and indirectly related to our functional area and use our problem-solving skills and creativity to drive our business forward. We have a culture that is energized by opportunities to grow, learn and achieve better results.”
HR Generalist
Joined an HNI manufacturing facility, providing daily HR support to production and distribution members. This included answering questions, soliciting feedback, and driving change. Partnered with front line leaders to develop programs designed to make the facility an even greater place to work.
HR Business Partner
Promoted to a new role in a larger production facility, managing an HR staff of two. Collaborated with plant leaders to impact business through people leadership, including increasing retention, improving workplace planning, and developing talent acquisition strategies and programs.
HR Manager
Shifted into a broader role with HR responsibility for multiple production and distribution facilities. Aligned HR strategies to business goals, including efforts to strengthen HNI’s continuous improvement culture, drive process standardization, and redesign organization structures to best support business.
Director of Talent Acquisition and Development
Currently responsible for candidate sourcing and hiring with our plant operations, campus recruitment, and corporate professionals. Delivers results for the LFO organization focused on creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace as well as ensure consistent and transparent internal communications.
Effective operations and supply chain management are the backbone of our business, covering a wide variety of responsibilities including operations management, materials management, production leadership, network planning and flow, transportation logistics, and procurement.
Supply chain & operations recruitment focus:
PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS
OPERATIONS LEADERS
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFESSIONALS
PROCUREMENT TEAM MEMBERS
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Valerie
Supply Chain Director
The HON Company
"The most energizing thing about working at HNI is the pace of change. There is never a dull moment and always something new to work on and improve."
Rapid Continuous Improvement Manager
Partnered with Distribution Center members on key initiatives, implementing their process improvement ideas to improve safety and productivity. Learned about Lean tools and processes through hands-on, project-based work experiences.
Factory Manager
Transferred to a large production facility to lead 50–100 members working in a variety of operations functions (welding, assembly, and more). Identified improvement opportunities and led team members to bring proposed solutions to reality.
Procurement Manager
Transitioned into Procurement to learn about materials management. Identified and resolved root causes of material shortages. Implemented solutions to boost productivity, reduce costs, improve customer experience, and build supplier relationships.
Supply Chain Director
Currently working to develop and implement an enterprise-wide materials strategy, including defining standards for inventorying and replenishing raw materials. Now beginning to trial proposed new standards with successful results.
HNI’s IT professionals forge partnerships with members across our business, using their expertise to recommend technology solutions that enable business strategies, support member productivity and drive business growth.
IT recruitment focus:
APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE
WORKPLACE TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION SECURITY
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Tammy
IT Program Manager
HNI Corporation
"HNI IT is a fast-paced, challenging, and supportive environment. We align the technology solutions that enable the business to meet its strategic goals."
Business Relations Specialist
Learned the business from the ground up, delivering customer product and support solutions.
Customer Support Manager
Led teams to provide superior customer support, including implementing new processes and tools to improve customers’ experiences.
IT Project Manager
Promoted to a role focusing on project management, including managing resources, developing project plans, and coordinating team efforts to deliver successful results for IT projects.
IT Program Manager
Currently managing Marketing technology platforms, implementing strategic value-creating capabilities, and developing new technology solution roadmaps.
Our sales teams deliver customer solutions using the best-known brands in the office furniture and hearth products industries. As part of our team, you will sell established brands, introduce new products and stay in front of our customers in new and creative ways.
Sales recruitment focus:
SALES REPRESENTATIVES
ACCOUNT MANAGERS
DEALER BUSINESS PARTNERS
SALES ASSOCIATE
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Arsal
Sales Account Team Manager
Allsteel
“The experiences I have had with HNI thus far have been more than what I expected because of all the opportunities there are within this organization.”
Sales Account Specialist
Partnered with the field sales team to achieve profitable sales and mindshare targets with focused dealer partners in an assigned territory.
Market Specialist
Supported dealer partners in the selling process to promote the growth of products in existing and new markets of an assigned territory.
Market Development Manager
Executed strategic sales initiatives to build market growth and brand presence with dealer partners in an assigned territory.
Manager, Sales Account Team
Leads a team of developing sales professionals to achieve challenging sales and mindshare targets through a sales strategy.
Our marketing teams are advocates and champions of many of the furniture and hearth industries’ most popular and respected brands. Our people work across the full spectrum of marketing functions to understand our customers’ needs and make our brands and products stand out.
Marketing recruitment focus:
E-COMMERCE
DIGITAL MARKETING
BRAND MARKETING
MARKET RESEARCH
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Monica
Category Director, Linear Fireplaces
Hearth & Home Technologies
"I have been given many opportunities to learn about the business and to gain new skills working for HHT. This experience along with the great people I work with makes HHT a great place to work. I feel like I’m a valued member of the team and know that there is more room for me to continue advancing my career with HHT."
Associate Product Manager
Started with HHT managing a few product categories and working on cross-functional projects to launch new products.
Product Manager
Continued to work with multiple product categories focusing on product launches with added responsibilities from the previous role.
Category Manager
Transitioned to a new role that combined brand and product management to category management for outdoor fire features.
Category Director
Currently creates category plans and go-to-market strategies to optimize HHT's product offering and lifecycle management.
HNI’s finance and accounting teams lead innovative strategies and influence fiscal decisions that add value for shareholders and members alike. We are always looking for top talent in tax, treasury, corporate accounting and audit, business unit planning and analysis, bid support, credit analysis, operations reporting and support, forecasting, and more.
Finance & accounting recruitment focus:
ANALYST
FORECASTING
BID SUPPORT
OPERATIONS REPORTING
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Ryan
Director of Finance
Hearth & Home Technologies
"HNI Corporation’s broad portfolio of businesses, matched with its commitment to continuous improvement provides limitless career development opportunities for its members. In 10 years with HNI, I’ve held 7 roles in 5 separate business units. The broad business knowledge I have gained from these roles at HNI has given me a strong foundation in leadership that has enabled me to drive change and lead with confidence."
General Ledger Accountant
Started at HNI Corporation and rotated through the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Cash Application and Payroll functions for 7 months to build foundational knowledge of HNI and its Accounting and Finance systems.
Financial Analyst
Moved to New York, streamlined the quarterly and annual reporting processes for the HNI Office Furniture business units Gunlocke, Hickory Business Furniture and Paoli.
Controller | Fabrication Manager
Site Finance Leader for Hearth & Home Technologies Foundry and Stove assembly facilities. Held dual role leading 35 member fabrication department, managing sheet metal material flow to assembly.
Director of Finance
Currently the operations finance leader, responsible for managing monthly, quarterly, and annual finance processes for Hearth & Home Technologies manufacturing. Lead finance and accounting teams across 4 manufacturing facilities and 4 regional distribution centers.
Our production and distribution department is where a job can turn into a career. The hands-on experience and access to training, apprenticeship, tuition assistance, and trade and professional certifications provides endless opportunity for growth.
Production & distribution recruitment focus:
MATERIAL HANDLER
ASSEMBLY
PRODUCTION LEAD
UPHOLSTER
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Niki
Production Supervisor
Hearth & Home Technologies
"I love working at HNI because my team is always positive and optimistic."
Production Technician
Assembled components and fireplaces in the multi-sided production department.
Painter
Cleaned and prepared metal parts for the painting process and then painted parts and fireplaces to give them a great finished look.
Group Lead
Transitioned to managing daily activities and support for the production department along with training members and responding to daily issues during production.
Production Supervisor
Currently responsible for leading an entire production team and manages all KPI's for the production areas.
HNI BENEFITS
Our investment in your well-being
All members of the HNI family are entitled to a benefits package to help them live happy, healthy, fulfilled lives while at work and while at home.
We provide the health plans and programs you need, including options for medical/prescription insurance, in-network preventive care coverage, dental and vision benefits, healthcare savings accounts (HSA and FSA) with company contributions to your HSA, and company-paid life and disability insurance.
Health Benefits
Starting with a competitive base pay, you will have the opportunity to impact your compensation based on the results you achieve. Members are also entitled to a 401(k) retirement plan with generous company contributions.
Compensation
Most HNI members are also shareholders, so you will personally profit when the company does through cash profit sharing.
Profit Sharing
Our time-off programs are designed to help you balance work, family and personal needs. We offer various vacation/paid time-off programs based on your position, generous holidays, and “bonus” time off for hourly members based on attendance.
Time Off
We believe growth is constant, and learning happens in many ways. We offer a variety of growth and development opportunities, such as tuition reimbursement, career development programs, apprenticeships and more.
Growth & Development
At HNI, every member deserves to be respected and heard. We believe in creating a community for everyone where all members feel welcome, valued, and empowered to contribute to their fullest potential and feel comfortable sharing their ideas and perspectives.
Inclusive Workplace
Join the HNI team
HNI is a leading employer providing endless career opportunities with a focus on learning and development. We are always looking for new members to join our team and help us grow.
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