Vice President - Human Resources

AM General LLC•South Bend, IN

9h•Onsite

About The Position

AM General is seeking a Vice President of Human Resources to establish and drive an enterprise HR strategy aligned with corporate objectives, operational priorities, and long-term workforce needs. The role serves as a senior advisor to the executive team and provides executive leadership across HR transformation, labor relations, talent, employee engagement, compensation and benefits, HR systems, analytics, compliance, ethics, and safety culture. The position partners with Legal, IT, Operations, Finance, and operational leadership to support modernization, regulatory compliance, operational integrity, and workforce effectiveness. The role leads enterprise labor relations, including collective bargaining strategy, contract administration, grievance management, arbitration, and union partnerships across unionized locations. It oversees talent acquisition, succession planning, leadership development, performance management, workforce communications, inclusion, and employee experience. It also guides compliance governance, audits, investigations, policy controls, data privacy, risk mitigation, and ethics programs, while promoting transparent and ethical HR practices. This position operates in an office environment, works collaboratively with others, and requires sustained concentration in a fast-paced setting. Minimal travel may be required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
At least 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience with significant responsibility supporting multi-site, unionized manufacturing or distribution operations.
Prior labor-relations experience in a UAW-represented workforce.
Demonstrated success leading labor-relations strategy, negotiating contracts, and managing union partnerships at scale.
Ability to influence executive leadership and drive enterprise-wide initiatives in complex operating environments.
Strong financial acumen and analytical capability, including experience using workforce data to shape strategic decisions.
Executive presence, strong communication skills, and ability to lead through change.
Success developing high-performing HR leaders and teams.
Enterprise-level strategic thinking.
Executive communication and influence.
Transformational leadership.
Organizational agility and decision quality.
Integrity, judgment, and confidentiality.
Ability to build alignment across complex operational networks.
Ability to regularly read computer screens, reports, and documents with detail and clarity, using close, distance, color, and peripheral vision and adjusting focus as needed.
Ability to hear well enough to communicate regularly.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in HR, Business, or a related field is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Establish and drive an enterprise HR strategy aligned with corporate objectives, operational priorities, and long-term workforce needs.
Advise the executive team on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, succession strategy, and culture.
Lead HR transformation initiatives involving modernization, automation, standardization, continuous improvement, processes, analytics, and solutions that improve operational efficiency and employee experience.
Ensure HR modernization and standardization initiatives comply with regulatory requirements, ethical standards, and data-governance frameworks.
Provide executive leadership for labor relations and collective bargaining and maintain strategic union partnerships.
Lead negotiation strategies, contract administration, grievance management, and arbitration proceedings.
Ensure consistent and compliant application of collective bargaining agreements across unionized locations.
Develop leaders’ capabilities in managing union relationships and mitigating labor risk.
Oversee enterprise talent acquisition strategies for skilled, technical, and leadership roles.
Lead succession planning, leadership development, and capability-building programs for a high-performance, multi-site operational workforce.
Strengthen frontline leadership capability and embed a disciplined performance-management culture.
Lead enterprise engagement strategy focused on safety, accountability, and operational excellence.
Align workforce communications, inclusion initiatives, and employee-experience programs with corporate values and operational realities.
Strengthen organizational health through climate assessments and change-management leadership.
Support enterprise ethics initiatives, transparent practices, and accountability in HR and labor-related decisions.
Oversee compensation and benefits governance for competitiveness, equity, and alignment with business and labor requirements.
Provide leadership for HR systems, workforce analytics, and HR operational effectiveness.
Use analytics, dashboards, and HR metrics to support executive and operational reporting and data-informed decisions.
Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulatory requirements, OSHA standards, and internal policies.
Partner with operational leadership to advance a safety culture aligned with corporate priorities.
Oversee compliance governance, including audits, policy controls, complex investigations, data-privacy requirements, enterprise risk mitigation, and adaptation to evolving labor and employment regulations.
Lead or support enterprise ethics and compliance programs, including training, reporting mechanisms, and investigations.
Ensure transparent, fair, and ethical frameworks guide HR policies, investigations, and union-related activities.
Partner with Legal, IT, Operations, and Finance to implement technology and compliance controls supporting operational integrity and modernization.
Work collaboratively with others in an office environment and maintain concentration in a fast-paced setting.
Undertake minimal travel as required.