Job Details

Who we are and what we do:

Pace Industries is North America's leading full-service die casting manufacturer.Our mission is to provide uncommon, creative die casting and support solutions that contribute to the success of our customers. Our die cast parts are used in automobiles, motorcycles, generators, snow mobiles, lawn mowers, washing machines, power hand tools, BBQ grills, commercial lighting and many other well-known products. You can have a significant impacton our cultural transformation.

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION

Establish solid business partnerships, drive functional excellence, and direct business partner responsibility for the business. This person will also develop, implement, and validate Human Resources programs, policies and initiatives aligned with short and long-term business plan, and foster a culture for workforce that promotes employee involvement, engagement, and a passion for customer excellence. Candidates must have multi-site experience in lean manufacturing environments driving and implementing processes.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Partner with the VP/GM and the HR leadership team to drive change, align human resources programs and initiatives with strategic objectives and annual business goals.
• Drive unified plans with measurable objectives that support business, financial and employee engagement goals.
• Provide leadership guidance, coaching, and mentoring. Develop and implement solutions to organizational challenges by leading/coaching others through change.
• Develop, optimize, document, and standardize sustainable processes, sharing best practices across the company.
• Lead and develop skills of the Human Resources team to support business initiatives and goals including direct and functional reports. Encourage and drive knowledge retention and best practice sharing across the division.
• Support organizational capability through ownership of talent management processes including acquisition, assessment, performance management, employee development, succession planning and retention. Foster a culture of manager ownership and accountability of the employee life cycle.
• Drive positive employee relations to provide an optimal work environment for all employees.
• Develop and deploy union avoidance strategy to remain union free in US plants.
• Effectively deploy communication plans and utilize assessment tools to determine organizational issues and action plans.
• Exemplify and lead Pace values/philosophy and continue to be a steward for the attributes of Accountability, Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Fairness, Engagement, and Ethical behavior.
• Foster a culture where ownership of health and safety is embraced by all employees. Utilize functional resources to ensure compliance with state/federal/local safety requirements and drive zero incident culture.
• Facilitate a culture where best practices are retained and shared across the Human Resources organization and the business and identify opportunities for sharing between groups
• Benchmark industry and local best practices to set stretch performance target

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 8 years of increasing responsibility in a progressive HR environment supporting manufacturing operations (preferred 15 years)
• Must be willing and able to travel, including overnight and international travel up to 25%.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship
• Minimum of 1 year of HR experience working with employees or sites outside of the USA, preferably Mexico (preferred)
• Minimum of 2 years of functional or direct leadership experience (direct reports)
• An undergraduate degree is required. A Master's degree is preferred

SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES:

• Has knowledge of relevant USA local/ state/ federal employment laws.
• Has demonstrated strategic thinking capability and business acumen, prior leadership experience as strategic HR business partner.
• Has excellent facilitation/ coaching skills. Strong employee relations skills with the proven ability to drive change and leadership ownership/accountability.
• Is a strong leader of people with proven capability to empower, motivate and develop others.
• Has a strong drive for results and sense of urgency; data and metrics driven.
• Has strong project management skills with ability to lead a cross-functional business team.

Please note that the duties and requirements described herein are intended to represent general contents of this job. This is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties and responsibilities.

Pace Industries provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type regarding race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.