VP of HR - Americas

c.$200k plus bonus, equity, 401k plan, healthcare and benefits

Roles of this type are rare, we are looking for an individual who can demonstrate an acute appreciation of contemporary HR tools and techniques and critical insight to join our client as VP of HR.

Highly successful and firmly established at the forefront of this dynamic sector, our client is a substantial global market leader. Forward‑thinking with an outstanding history and heritage, they have a reputation as a leading technology company that design and manufacture highly engineered and specified products in order to deliver world leading energy solutions to customers around the world.

Ambitious with tremendous opportunities to now exploit, these are exciting times for the organisation. They have a clear strategic plan where growth and investment are at the forefront of the agenda and as such, they are looking to appoint an outstanding VP of HR who can shape and deliver transformational change within this progressive organisation.

• As a key member of the senior leadership team, this is a hands‑on influential position with both an operational and strategic bias, where you will proactively lead the people agenda for the business.
• You will be required to lead generalist HR activities aligning HR accurately with the business objectives and will act as a catalyst of change and create a progressive HR people framework.
• You will challenge the HR function, be required to influence a range of senior level stakeholders and operate as the face of HR on the Board and understand where HR can add significant value to the commercial agenda.
• Lead and oversee all HR activities and develop and champion effective change management for the organization, driving sustainable business improvements.
• Your brief will be wide ranging where you will have accountability across the entire US region where clearly people, organization and cultural development will be a vital component delivering the improvement necessary to compliment growth plans.
• You will lead a committed HR team and provide a day to day business partnership service in a market where year on year growth is a given.

• Ideally SPHR qualified or Degree qualified, you will have a highly successful track record in generalist HR and will enjoy an environment where standards are high and where improved organizational performance and profit enhancement is a business imperative.
• Your expertise will have been gained working most likely in a high profile dynamic fast paced culture within most likely a complex best in class manufacturing or engineering organization, where you will have strong labor relations expertise.
• You will have experience of conducting a multi‑site role in an international framework and as such, you may well be working in a range of best practice industries i.e. automotive, aerospace, food and drink, oil & gas, general engineering, telecoms, etc or similar world class sectors.
• You will challenge the status quo and demonstrate critical insight and will be expected to lead high impact change initiatives linked to the values and culture of the organization.
• Intuitive, tactical, commercial and credible in equal measure, you will have a passion for growth and will be distinguished by your abilities to achieve excellence in the people agenda.

Our client provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity etc.

Interested? Please reply with full detailed CV. Quote reference number 15/374

Due to volume of applications, we regret that we are unable to respond to every applicant personally hence if you do not receive a response within a 3-week period then unfortunately we will not be progressing your application further on this occasion.