Senior Manager Human Resources
About The Position
JTEKT North America is seeking a Senior Regional Human Resources Manager to align HR strategies with business objectives, strengthen organizational effectiveness, develop leadership capability, and foster a positive workplace culture. The role calls for strategic HR leadership, an understanding of manufacturing operations, and the ability to influence and drive results across a complex, matrixed organization. Assigned sites and areas of responsibility may evolve according to business needs and will be collaboratively determined after placement. The role partners with business unit executives, plant managers, and local HR teams to develop and execute strategic objectives, while supporting planning, policy deployment, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness. It builds partnerships with local HR and plant leadership, identifies organizational challenges, and supports fact-based problem-solving. The role also coordinates responses to compliance and ethics hotline concerns, partners with Corporate Legal on certain employment matters, and coaches leaders and teams. It may include direct supervision of an HR team at a non-manufacturing location. Work takes place in office and manufacturing environments and involves substantial computer use and routine interaction with manufacturing operations. Manufacturing-area visits require applicable safety practices and PPE, including safety glasses with side shields and hearing protection. Travel is approximately 40–75% by automobile and airplane, including routine onsite visits to assigned locations. Reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- At least 10 years of experience in HR-related functions with a manufacturing company.
- Experience working in an international, foreign-owned manufacturing company.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and effectively within a matrixed organization.
- Strategic thinking, critical analysis, and effective root-cause problem-solving.
- Results orientation and ability to connect HR strategies and practices to measurable business outcomes.
- Comprehensive knowledge of strategic and operational HR functions, processes, and practices.
- Strong employee relations, compliance, and risk-management judgment.
- Credibility and ability to build trust with executives, plant leaders, and associates.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to foster open, honest, and constructive communication using a coaching-oriented approach.
- Ability to travel approximately 40–75% by automobile and airplane.
- Compliance with applicable manufacturing-area safety requirements, including use of safety glasses with side shields and hearing protection.
Nice To Haves
- Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification.
- SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) certification.
- Experience with HRIS management and related HR technology.
- Understanding of HR technology, HRIS solutions, and the evolving impact of technology on talent management.
- Servant leadership and commitment to helping others succeed.
- Coaching, mentoring, and developing leaders and teams.
- Experience leading organizational change and shaping a positive, high-performance culture.
- Ability to influence stakeholders and drive results without relying solely on direct authority.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business unit executives, plant managers, and local HR teams to develop, communicate, and execute Hoshin goals and strategic business objectives.
- Support annual business planning, policy development and deployment, succession planning, organizational effectiveness, and development of a preferred workplace culture.
- Build partnerships with local HR and plant leadership teams through regular communication, collaboration, onsite visits, and audits.
- Identify organizational challenges, facilitate fact-based problem-solving, and address root causes to improve business and people outcomes.
- Review and coordinate responses to compliance and ethics hotline concerns for assigned business units, working with local HR teams and other appropriate partners to investigate and resolve issues.
- Partner with Corporate Legal on requests involving corrective counseling, employment termination, and separation agreements.
- Coach and develop plant HR managers, supervisors, and other management team members to strengthen leadership effectiveness and accountability.
- Support leadership capability, talent development, organizational change, and a culture of continuous improvement.
- Lead cross-functional project teams and contribute to business initiatives advancing JTEKT’s strategic priorities.
- Potentially provide direct supervision of an HR team at a non-manufacturing location.
- Influence leaders and teams across the organization, including those outside the position’s direct reporting structure.
- Perform other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
