Human Resources Director

The Director of Human Resources will contribute to the development and execution of HR strategies and successfully execute against the HR plan. Responsible for supervising HR personnel, dealing with employee grievances and disputes, supporting employee development, enhancing job satisfaction, onboarding of new hires, implementing HR strategies that support business objectives, forecasting staffing needs, mitigating risk, maintaining employee records, managing budgets, designing accountability mechanisms, and overseeing overall employment needs.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Successfully drive key HR processes including Performance Management, Career Development, Talent Planning, Training and more, and use these activities as a platform for further influencing and enabling positive change within the organization
• Understand the business plans and guide organization and job design to meet the business needs.
• Drive the strategy for acquiring new sets of skills and capabilities
• Identifying, evaluate and solving hiring challenges. Participating in the recruiting and onboarding talent
• Engage with leaders and employees to help shape desired culture, be the Employee Champion for the facility
• Proactively identify major people and organizational issues and build effective, scalable and lasting solutions
• Partner and consult with managers on a frequent basis, to identify and assess human resource needs and identify opportunities for improving employee and organizational performance
• Provide coaching to business leaders on complex employee relations issues
• Partner with other Regional HR Leaders and Center of Excellence to develop policies, programs and tools to enhance organizational capability and implement within the locations. Provide timely feedback on effectiveness and value to the business
• Lead talent planning initiatives. Work with location management to identify internal high potential talent and drive delivery of local development programs. Support business unit talent reviews and succession planning
• Design and implement retention strategies focusing on key leaders and individuals with core competencies or skills critical to the organization
• Implement total reward programs within the unit to drive achievement of and support business goals
• Develop initiatives for local engagement and partnerships with universities and associations to best enhance creativity, learning and development for the location
• Implement key human resource metrics to measure effectiveness of programs and initiatives, dashboard development
• Perform other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities

This role may directly manage one or more HR Generalists and/or HR Administrators

Minimum Qualifications of Position

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Business, Human Resources or related field from an accredited university
• 7-10 years of Human Resource management experience in a manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations issues escalating to Plant Management when necessary
• Demonstrated leadership ability with proven experience in strategy development and critical thinking and problem solving
• Proven experience using continuous improvement techniques (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma, etc.)
• Proficient with Microsoft Office software

Preferred Qualifications of Position

• Proficient with UltiPro Human Capital System (preferred)
• Master's Degree
• HR certification
• Ability to interface with cross-functional HR teams and all levels of management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work independently and manage multiple responsibilities (i.e. self-starter, self-motivated)

The Imagine Group is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Diversity and Inclusion is not just a checked box, it is a critical part of our commitment to deliver innovative solutions to our clients and provide a great place to work for our entire Imagine family. We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.