Director of Human Resources

IDEX Corporation•Oklahoma City, OK

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About The Position

Advanced Flow Solutions (AFS), part of IDEX Corporation, is a group of IDEX Fluid & Metering businesses, including Liquid Controls, Corken, and SAMPI. AFS serves refined fuels, LPG, and aviation fuel markets with mission-critical flow meters, pumps, compressors, and integrated flow systems. The Director of Human Resources serves as a key member of the AFS leadership team and is responsible for developing and executing the people strategy in support of the business strategy. The role partners closely with the business leader and leadership team to strengthen organizational capability, build a high-performance culture, develop talent, improve employee engagement, and ensure AFS has the leadership and workforce capabilities needed to achieve its growth objectives. This is a highly visible, hands-on leadership role that combines strategic HR leadership with day-to-day execution. The successful candidate brings business acumen, sound judgment, a bias for action, and the ability to influence leaders while building credibility and trust throughout the organization.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Organizational Development, or a related discipline.
Progressive HR leadership experience, including significant experience partnering with senior business leaders.
Broad HR generalist/business partner expertise across talent management, organizational effectiveness, employee relations, recruiting, performance management, compensation, and organizational development.
Demonstrated success leading talent and succession planning processes.
Strong knowledge of U.S. employment law and HR risk management.
Demonstrated ability to coach and influence senior leaders.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to translate workforce insights into business actions.
Ability to lead strategic initiatives while remaining comfortable with hands-on execution.
Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

HR leadership experience within a manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or similarly operational environment.
Experience leading organizational change, leadership development, and employee engagement initiatives.
Experience with Workday or a similar enterprise HR system.
Master's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field.
SHRM-SCP or SPHR certification.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior HR partner to the AFS leadership team and translate business strategy into actionable people and organizational priorities.
Develop and execute an HR strategy aligned with growth, operational performance, talent requirements, and long-term organizational capability.
Advise leaders on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, talent decisions, employee relations, and change.
Use workforce data and business insights to identify risks, opportunities, and actions that improve organizational performance.
Balance strategic initiatives with hands-on HR leadership and operational execution.
Lead talent reviews, succession planning, performance management, leadership assessment, and development planning.
Strengthen succession pipelines for critical leadership and business-critical roles.
Improve development plans for high-potential and promotable talent.
Partner with leaders to increase internal talent movement and create meaningful career and development opportunities.
Build leadership accountability for developing, engaging, and retaining talent.
Partner with business leaders and Talent Acquisition to anticipate workforce needs and develop recruiting strategies.
Improve the quality, speed, and effectiveness of hiring, particularly for critical and difficult-to-fill positions.
Strengthen selection and assessment practices to improve quality of hire and first-year retention.
Assess organizational structure, capabilities, roles, and talent against current and future business requirements.
Lead organizational design and change initiatives that improve accountability, execution, and business performance.
Coach leaders through organizational and people changes, supporting effective communication and employee adoption.
Build leadership capability and reinforce expectations around performance, accountability, and employee development.
Partner with leaders to strengthen employee trust, engagement, communication, and connection to business priorities.
Translate employee feedback and engagement data into focused action plans with measurable outcomes.
Equip leaders to create an inclusive, accountable, and high-performance work environment.
Champion employee listening, recognition, communication, and retention practices.
Drive a strong performance culture through effective goal setting, feedback, coaching, development, and performance differentiation.
Improve the quality and consistency of performance reviews and development discussions.
Coach leaders in addressing performance issues quickly, fairly, and effectively.
Reinforce connections between individual goals, business priorities, behaviors, and results.
Provide leadership and guidance on complex employee relations matters, investigations, corrective actions, and workplace concerns.
Ensure employment practices comply with applicable laws, regulations, company policies, and IDEX expectations.
Partner with Legal and other resources as appropriate to manage employment risk effectively.
Lead, coach, and develop the AFS HR team, establishing clear priorities and building capability within the function.
Ensure effective delivery of core HR processes across the employee lifecycle.
Drive effective use of HR technology, people analytics, and reporting to support better business decisions.
Identify opportunities to simplify and continuously improve HR processes and the employee experience.
Partner effectively with IDEX HR centers of expertise and shared resources.