Director of People & Culture
About The Position
The Director of People & Culture is the senior HR leader responsible for translating business strategy into people strategy. This role leads employee relations, culture integration, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, succession planning, workforce planning, HR compliance oversight, and manager coaching. The Director partners closely with the VP of Business Operations, Business Operations Manager, Finance, operational leaders, and site leadership to ensure people practices are consistent, legally sound, scalable, and aligned with company values. This position profile identifies the key responsibilities and expectations for performance. It cannot encompass all specific job tasks that an employee may be required to perform. Employees are required to follow any other job-related instructions and perform job-related duties as may be reasonably assigned by his/her supervisor.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Marketing, or related field with an Ag background preferred
- 7+ years of progressive HR experience, including employee relations, compliance, manager coaching, and organizational effectiveness.
- Experience supporting multi-site, manufacturing, agriculture, distribution, or operational workforces strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated ability to manage investigations, corrective action, performance management, employee communications, and leadership coaching.
- Strong knowledge of HR compliance, documentation standards, leave/accommodation coordination, and risk escalation.
- Ability to build practical processes, influence leaders, and support change in a fast-moving environment.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with UKG or comparable HRIS platforms.
- Bilingual
Responsibilities
- Lead employee relations strategy, investigation standards, corrective action consistency, terminations review, and escalation protocols.
- Coach leaders on employee performance, documentation, workplace conduct, and conflict resolution.
- Partner with Legal on high-risk, complex, or compliance-sensitive matters as needed.
- Lead people-focused change management and culture integration.
- Develop manager talking points, employee messaging, FAQs, and communication reinforcement in partnership with leadership.
- Identify retention risks, critical roles, and employee experience concerns.
- Build leadership development, succession planning, talent review, and workforce planning processes.
- Partner with functional leaders on organizational design, role clarity, spans and layers, and future-state structure.
- Support compensation discussions, career path consistency, internal equity reviews, and role-leveling recommendations.
- Oversee HR policies, employee handbook updates, compliance-sensitive practices, documentation standards, and audit readiness.
- Ensure HR processes align with applicable employment requirements and internal controls.
- Partner with Business Operations on HRIS, payroll, benefits, onboarding, records, and employee data processes.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
