VP Human Resources

ASSA ABLOY•Huntersville, NC

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About The Position

The Vice President, Human Resources serves as the senior HR executive for the Industrial Direct Business organization across the United States and Mexico. The role develops and executes human capital strategies that support growth, strengthen organizational capability, and foster a high-performance, customer-focused culture. As a member of the leadership team, the Vice President partners with business leaders to align talent, organizational design, compensation, employee engagement, leadership development, succession planning, and workforce strategies with company priorities. The position reports directly to the U.S. & Mexico business unit president and is based in Huntersville, North Carolina. The Vice President leads the HR function and team, providing strategic guidance on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent management, culture, change management, labor and employee relations, compensation, benefits, and total rewards. The role also serves as Chief Compliance Officer for employment and labor matters, ensuring compliance with U.S. and Mexican laws and regulations. The position supports geographically dispersed sales, installation, service, customer-facing, distribution, and operational teams, and may travel up to 25% of the time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience.
5+ years in a senior HR leadership role supporting multi-location operations.
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
Experience supporting geographically dispersed sales, installation, service, and customer-facing operations.
Ability to appropriately handle highly confidential and sensitive matters.
English fluency required.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
SPHR, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent certification preferred.
Experience leading HR functions across the United States and Mexico preferred.
Spanish proficiency is a plus.

Responsibilities

Translate business strategic and tactical plans into HR strategic and operational plans across direct sales and service operations and other functions.
Champion organizational design and culture initiatives to improve performance and scalability.
Build, lead, coach, and develop a team of HR professionals that provides credible and responsive support to internal business partners.
Develop and continuously improve compensation and sales commission plans in alignment with business objectives.
Pursue innovative HR programs and best practices that align with business objectives and scale with growth, leveraging practices from other ASSA ABLOY businesses where practical.
Lead development and deployment of the organization’s talent management strategy.
Develop HR planning models to identify competency, knowledge, and talent gaps, and create programs to address them.
Establish succession planning for key contributor and management roles, and training and development programs to prepare employees for greater responsibilities.
Champion HR technology, engagement, development, learning, and continuous improvement initiatives; influence retention and culture through organizational design, development, training, and change management.
Develop and deploy performance management and compensation systems that link compensation to performance measured with a balanced scorecard.
Communicate standards of excellence, establish mechanisms to evaluate HR metrics, and implement improvements to the HR function.
Manage the HR information systems database and reporting for analysis of the HR function and workforce; maintain systems that meet executive and management information needs.
Advise executive leadership on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent management, culture, and change management.
Lead talent acquisition, succession planning, leadership development, and employee engagement initiatives.
Guide business teams on labor relations strategy and employee relations issues to improve operating performance; manage related strategies and analyze labor costs to implement cost-structure improvements.
Represent management in collective bargaining negotiations.
Lead HR aspects of pre- and post-merger integration, including restructuring and workforce changes; participate in acquisition and divestiture evaluations and integration activities.
Serve as Chief Compliance Officer, overseeing and enforcing the Company’s employment and labor compliance program, including education and training, communication channels, auditing and monitoring, investigations, corrective action, and regular reporting to executives.
Lead compensation, benefits, and total rewards strategies.
Oversee employee and labor relations matters and ensure compliance with U.S. and Mexican employment laws and regulations.
Partner with sales, service, distribution, and operational leaders to support growth and operational excellence.