U.S Director, Human Resources

Lotte Chemical USA Corporation•Westlake, LA

6d•Onsite

About The Position

This position leads the strategic and operational human resources function across Lotte Chemical USA Corporation and its affiliates, joint-ventures, and assigns (“Company”). This position serves as a confidant and collaborative advisor to leadership on people, employment, and compliance programs including implications of decisions in a complex, matrixed, multi-employer environment that includes a foreign-based parent company, multiple U.S. entities, controlled-group companies, and a 50/50 joint venture. This is a working role leading the function, handling corporate duties, serving as a member of the leadership team, assessing all things HR, and performing its own day-to-day work.

Requirements

15+ years overall HR experience; 7+ years in management roles
Broad working generalist experience across all areas of HR including, but not limited to, employee relations, total rewards (compensation, benefits, and retirement), talent management, performance management, and HR operations
Understanding of interdependency of all areas of HR; ability to pivot quickly
Proven ability to advise both executive and operations leadership as a balanced, business-first partner; able to explain decision parameters and risk across options and compliance, business, and employment implications
Excellent business acumen; strong understanding of strategic planning, resource allocation, and coordination of people and resources
Foundational data fluency and a data-driven mindset; experience leading HR data, reporting, and dashboarding efforts that inform operational strategy and decision-making
Experience in small-to-midsized, complex, matrixed, multi-entity environments; controlled-group administration; multi-employer benefit and retirement plan participation; government reporting and non-discrimination testing and audits
Knowledge of employment law and regulatory compliance, employee relations, and the antitrust and competitive sensitivities that arise in a joint-venture relationship.
Experience operating within or alongside a joint venture and/or foreign-parent owned companies; cross-cultural effectiveness
Experience developing and managing HR and multi-departmental labor budgets; excellent understanding of burden rates and ability to calculate them
Ability to handle high stress environment; strong analytical ability; independent thinker; decisive.
Multi-tasker; strong flexibility skills; facilitation skills; good listener
Critical ability to maintain confidentiality in a complex organizational/entity structure.
Excellent communication skills, both oral and written; ability to clearly communicate to all levels in the organization.
Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite; excellent Excel skills required; ability to lead and control all areas of a sophisticated HR database system (HRIS)
Fluent in English language including reading, writing, and speaking at a minimum of high school level; proven professional writing skills; proper grammar usage required.

Nice To Haves

Korean fluency helpful
Master’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, MBA, or related area highly desired
Quality/Continuous Improvement/Lean certification and/or experience in ISO environment helpful
Sr. HR certification helpful

Responsibilities

Leads, plans, develops, organizes, implements, directs, and evaluates entire Human Resources function for the Company
Serves as solution-focused business partner to executives and operations leadership; advises on business, employment, compliance, and risks of key decisions and programs
Translates strategic and tactical business plans into HR strategic and operational plans
Participates as member of leadership teams; assists leadership as strategic partner with particular emphasis on people impact
Navigates highly matrixed, multi-entity environment; builds trust; aligns HR practices across partners and leadership
Ensures aligned, consistent HR delivery and sound business processes across corporate and site operations; assesses and recommends HR service/delivery and staffing model
Partners with business on organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment; recommends structures and staffing levels
Serves as change agent; partners with executives and operations leadership to shape vision and guide effective change-management programs
Interprets and advises executives and leadership on talent management, culture, leadership development, and performance management; directs HR team in talent acquisition and staffing
Evaluates Company culture; provides recommendations and implements plans to achieve desired culture
Leads, develops, and mentors HR team in cutting edge and progressive HR programs; invests in growth of HR staff
Sets standards to measure HR function and other critical departments; ensures staff, processes, and infrastructure sustain empowered employee environment
Partners with leaders to build a positive, engaging work environment and a fair, responsive approach to employee relations
Oversees all areas of HR including, but not limited to, benefits, compensation, incentive compensation, retirement, employee relations, talent acquisition, employee development, performance management, salary administration, engagement, and payroll; develops progressive and proactive compensation and benefits programs
Provides guidance on employment law and regulatory compliance as one component of balanced HR advice; partners with outside employment law counsel as necessary
Leads controlled-group efforts; coordinates government reporting and multiple audits; prepares, reviews and approves related documentation
Establishes short- and long-range departmental goals, objectives, policies, and operating procedures; formalizes and documents HR processes and delegations of authority; standardizes solutions to deliver business results
Evaluates and recommends HR outsourcing opportunities and technology solutions to improve processes, data integrity, and analytics
Develops and manages annual HR and labor budgets; manages internal communications and verifies all Company-wide employee messages
Oversees administrative functions as appropriate
Abides by all safety procedures and practices applicable to location and position; participates in appropriate safety training; demonstrates commitment to and support of EHSS principles and values; champions safety
Performs other duties assigned by management that generally fall within the expected scope of this position.