Vice President, Human Resources & Administration
About The Position
J.B. Poindexter & Co., Inc. (JBPCO) is a privately held, diversified manufacturing company forecasting over $2.5 billion in annual revenue and employing over 8,000 team members. Its six operating subsidiaries span 60 locations and produce commercial truck bodies, step-vans, utility trucks, ambulances, electric and alternative-fuel vehicles, and expandable foam plastic packaging. The Vice President, Human Resources & Administration is an executive leadership team member responsible for developing and executing HR strategy across multiple business units, a shared services organization, and specialized HR centers of excellence. The role advises the Chief Executive Officer and executive team on workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, leadership capability, culture, succession planning, compensation, team member engagement, and enterprise talent risk. The VP ensures HR and Administration operate as an integrated, business-focused organization that balances enterprise consistency with each business unit’s needs. The role leads high-impact HR projects, scalable HR operations through shared services, and centers of excellence that provide company-wide leadership, governance, and solutions. Relocation to Houston is required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field.
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including significant experience leading enterprise HR functions in a complex, multi-business-unit organization.
- Demonstrated executive-level experience advising CEOs and executive teams on human capital strategy and risk.
- Experience leading HR business partners, shared services, and centers of excellence in a matrixed operating environment.
- Strong knowledge of talent management, succession planning, total rewards, executive compensation, employee relations, compliance, organizational design, change management, and HR technology.
- Relocation to Houston is required.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree such as an MBA, master’s in HR, or a related discipline.
- Experience supporting business transformation, acquisitions, integrations, restructuring, or other large-scale organizational change initiatives.
- Senior HR certification such as SHRM-SCP or SPHR.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute an enterprise-wide people strategy aligned with growth objectives, the operating model, financial priorities, and long-term business strategy.
- Translate business priorities into HR initiatives supporting growth, productivity, transformation, and operational excellence across multiple business units.
- Promote alignment across business units while allowing flexibility for market, operational, and talent differences.
- Oversee a scalable and efficient HR shared services organization that provides consistent, reliable, customer-focused support to team members and managers.
- Improve HR service delivery, technology enablement, self-service capabilities, and service-level expectations.
- Use data, analytics, and reporting to measure HR effectiveness, identify trends, improve team member experience, and inform executive decisions.
- Provide leadership and governance for HR centers of excellence, ensuring they deliver practical, measurable enterprise standards, tools, frameworks, and programs responsive to business needs.
- Build collaboration among centers of excellence, shared services, and HR business partners to support an integrated HR operating model.
- Lead enterprise succession planning, executive talent reviews, leadership development, and critical role planning.
- Drive performance management, career development, and capability-building processes.
- Develop and oversee compensation, benefits, incentive, and recognition programs that support attraction, retention, performance, and affordability.
- Align total rewards programs with business strategy, market practices, regulatory requirements, and company culture and values.
- Shape and sustain a high-performance culture grounded in company values, leadership expectations, team member engagement, and accountability.
- Lead organizational change related to growth, restructuring, business transformation, acquisitions, integrations, divestitures, and operating model redesign.
- Partner with legal, finance, risk, and business leaders to identify and mitigate enterprise people-related risk.
- Ensure HR policies, practices, and decision-making are legally compliant, consistently applied, and aligned with company values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
