Vice President, Human Resources - Americas

Nidec•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. It connects Global HR, Regional Headquarters leadership, business units, country organizations, and HR Centers of Excellence, and ensures consistent execution of global HR standards, governance, compliance, workforce administration, talent processes, and HR 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 in a highly matrixed, multinational environment supporting approximately 15,000–20,000 employees. The position leads a geographically dispersed HR organization supporting manufacturing, industrial, engineering, commercial, and corporate populations, and partners with global and regional leaders to support transformation, growth, and operational effectiveness. The role oversees regional HR governance, compliance, workforce administration, HR operations, labor relations, and organizational effectiveness across multiple countries, legal entities, and business operations. It also contributes to global HR transformation initiatives and represents the Americas region in global HR governance discussions and strategic initiatives.

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 in complex manufacturing, industrial, engineering, or multinational organizations.
Significant experience leading HR organizations across multiple countries within the Americas region.
Demonstrated success in matrixed organizations, shared-services environments, Regional Headquarters structures, or Center of Excellence operating models.
Experience supporting large employee populations, ideally more than 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 and internationally as business needs require.
Ability to balance governance, operational discipline, and business partnership.
Executive presence and credibility with senior leadership teams; ability to 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 is strongly preferred.
Portuguese language capability is a plus.
Experience supporting operations in Mexico, Brazil, and broader Latin America is 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, business executives, HR Business Partners, and country HR teams.
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 leadership and direction for regional HR resources.
Translate global HR strategy, executive direction, and RHQ priorities into operating plans and governance frameworks.
Strengthen the Regional Headquarters HR operating model, including scalability, accountability, organizational effectiveness, role boundaries, decision rights, and accountability across HR groups.
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 the region.
Establish regional controls, escalation protocols, documentation standards, and audit-readiness practices; partner with Legal, Compliance, Internal Audit, Finance, and other RHQ functions to identify and address risk.
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, analysis, and risk assessments.
Oversee regional talent management, succession planning, leadership development, recruiting, performance management, and workforce planning processes.
Develop HR leadership capability and succession depth across the region, and build scalable HR capacity for growth, operating-model evolution, acquisitions, and expansion.
Promote 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 to advance consistency and best-practice sharing.
Contribute to global HR transformation and organizational effectiveness initiatives, and support enterprise-wide HR systems, programs, processes, and organizational changes.
Represent the Americas region in global HR governance discussions and strategic initiatives, building partnerships across countries, cultures, and functions.