Vice President, Human Resources - Americas

Nidec Motor Corporation•Chicago, IL

About The Position

Nidec is seeking a globally minded HR executive to serve as the senior Human Resources leader for the Americas Regional Headquarters. The role provides leadership, governance, operational oversight, and organizational direction across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and other regional operations, supporting approximately 15,000–20,000 employees. It connects Global HR, Regional Headquarters leadership, business units, country organizations, and HR Centers of Excellence, ensuring consistent execution of global HR standards, regional governance, compliance frameworks, workforce administration, talent processes, and operational excellence. The Vice President will advance the One Nidec operating model by strengthening regional governance, organizational capability, and alignment between global strategy and local execution. The position leads a geographically dispersed HR organization serving manufacturing, industrial, engineering, commercial, and corporate populations in a complex, multinational, matrixed environment. The role oversees regional HR governance, compliance, workforce administration, HR operations, labor relations, and organizational effectiveness. It partners with regional and country executives, HR teams, Global HR, Centers of Excellence, and corporate functions to support workforce strategy, organizational change, risk management, talent and leadership development, HR systems, analytics, and transformation initiatives. Travel throughout the Americas and internationally may be required as business needs require.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Labor Relations, Industrial Relations, Law, or a related field.
15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience within complex manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or multinational organizations.
Significant experience leading HR organizations across multiple countries within the Americas region.
Demonstrated success operating within matrixed organizations, shared-services environments, Regional Headquarters structures, or Center of Excellence operating models.
Experience supporting large-scale employee populations, ideally exceeding 15,000 employees across multiple countries or business units.
Deep knowledge of HR operations, labor relations, organizational effectiveness, workforce administration, compliance, and governance.
Experience leading operating model transformation, organizational change, regional standardization, or HR functional evolution initiatives.
Strong financial, operational, and business acumen.
Exceptional executive communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
Ability to travel throughout the Americas region and internationally as business needs require.
Ability to balance governance, operational discipline, and business partnership.
Executive presence and credibility with senior leadership teams.
Experience leading through influence across complex matrixed organizations.
Strong judgment, escalation discipline, and problem-solving capabilities.
Ability to establish accountability while fostering collaboration and partnership.
Comfort operating in complex, multinational, and multicultural business environments.
Commitment to continuous improvement, organizational effectiveness, and One Nidec principles.
Ability to translate strategy into scalable, executable solutions.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Labor Relations, or a related discipline.
Experience working within global organizations headquartered outside the United States.
Experience partnering with Japanese business cultures, leadership teams, and governance structures.
Experience supporting both union and non-union manufacturing environments.
Fluency in Spanish strongly preferred.
Portuguese language capability is a plus.
Experience supporting operations within Mexico, Brazil, and broader Latin America strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Serve as the senior HR leader for the Americas Region and ensure consistent execution of global HR priorities and regional governance standards.
Partner with the Regional HR Leader, Americas RHQ President, country leadership teams, and business executives on organizational performance and workforce effectiveness.
Establish regional HR priorities, governance practices, service expectations, and operating rhythms aligned with global HR strategy.
Promote One Nidec principles and consistency across countries, legal entities, and operating companies.
Provide executive direction for regional HR resources and ensure effective execution and organizational alignment.
Translate global HR strategy, executive direction, and RHQ priorities into operating plans and governance frameworks.
Improve consistency in HR administration, compliance, workforce processes, service delivery, and organizational practices throughout the Americas.
Mature the Regional Headquarters HR operating model and clarify responsibilities, decision rights, and accountability among Global HR, RHQ HR, business HR teams, country HR organizations, and Centers of Excellence.
Oversee HR operations, workforce administration, payroll governance, benefits administration, mobility programs, labor relations, and employee lifecycle activities.
Ensure compliance with employment laws, labor regulations, governance standards, and company policies across regional countries.
Establish regional controls, escalation protocols, documentation standards, and audit-readiness practices.
Partner with Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, and other RHQ functions to identify, mitigate, and address organizational risk.
Partner with business leaders, HR Business Partners, country HR teams, and RHQ leadership to execute workforce strategies and organizational priorities.
Guide organizational changes, restructurings, workforce planning, acquisitions, integrations, and transformation projects.
Serve as a senior escalation point for complex labor relations matters, compliance concerns, employee issues, leadership challenges, and organizational risks.
Resolve cross-functional and cross-country issues affecting workforce effectiveness, compliance, service delivery, or governance.
Provide executive leaders with workforce insights, recommendations, workforce analysis, and risk assessments.
Oversee regional talent management, succession planning, leadership development, recruiting, performance management, and workforce planning processes.
Ensure global talent programs are implemented consistently while addressing regional business needs; develop regional HR leadership capability and succession depth.
Build scalable HR capability to support growth, operating model evolution, acquisitions, and regional expansion.
Champion accountability, engagement, continuous improvement, and leadership development.
Ensure Workday, payroll, workforce data, and reporting processes support governance, decision-making, and organizational transparency.
Develop and use regional dashboards, KPIs, and workforce analytics; improve HR data quality, reporting accuracy, workforce visibility, and operational insight.
Partner with global HR leadership, Centers of Excellence, and peer regional HR leaders on consistency and best-practice sharing.
Contribute to global HR transformation and organizational effectiveness initiatives; support enterprise-wide HR systems, programs, processes, and organizational changes.
Represent the Americas region in global HR governance discussions and strategic initiatives.