Regional HR Business Partner

Plainsboro, NJ, United States of America Regional HR Business Partner - Operations and Supply Chain Croda is a FTSE100 organization driven around our purpose of Smart Science to Improve Lives™. With over 6,000 employees across 39 countries, we are focused on the research and development of novel and highly sustainable raw materials for the Life Sciences and Consumer Care sectors. We are passionate and excited about how we can develop and utilize new technologies to shape and inspire changes within an ever-growing marketplace. As our business looks to deliver its ambitious strategy of growth, we are looking for a Regional HR Business Partner – Operations and Supply Chain to join our Human Resources team. Croda is driven by our Purpose, Smart science to improve lives™. The Regional HR Business Partner – Operations and Supply Chain partners with site, regional, and global leaders across our U.S. manufacturing network to build a high-performance, talent-led culture. This role leads a team of Site HR Business Partners, strengthens leader capability, and delivers the talent and succession plans needed to achieve safety, quality, service, and cost outcomes. The role champions engagement and continuous improvement, ensuring we achieve results through people—by developing strong pipelines, improving the employee experience, and enabling operational excellence. What You’ll Be Doing Be part of a team that values diversity, sustainability, and continuous innovation, where your ideas and contributions matter. Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR Business Partners/HR Generalists across multiple sites to deliver a consistent, transparent, and quality employee experience. Partner with Operations and Supply Chain leaders to translate business strategy into a clear people roadmap aligned to operational excellence and transformation. Own talent and succession planning, including identification of critical roles, bench strength assessment, development planning, and internal mobility actions. Drive leader capability through coaching, targeted development, and practical tools that strengthen performance management, accountability, people leadership. Build and sustain a culture of engagement by leveraging listening channels and data, setting clear targets, driving action plans, ensuring leader feedback. Embed continuous improvement behaviors and routines by partnering with leaders to strengthen communication, problem-solving, and change adoption. Use people analytics to identify capability gaps, retention risks, and development priorities; define measurable outcomes and track progress. Provide guidance on employee relations, investigations, and performance actions emphasizing early intervention, consistency, fairness, and leader enablement. Partner with regional and global HR and functional leaders (e.g., R&D, PSRA, Quality) to deliver integrated people solutions and support cross-functional teams. Apply organizational design and change leadership to support site and network initiatives, ensuring structure and capability enable business results. Who We’re Looking For At Croda, we believe our people are the heart of our success. We are committed to fostering an environment where you can grow, make a meaningful impact, and thrive. Minimum of 10 years of experience directly in Human Resources, including strong generalist experience as an HRBP, and ideally with some experience in a union environment. Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, with additional education and specialized training preferred. Proven breadth of knowledge across HR functional areas. Excellent experience leading employee engagement strategies, leadership coaching and development. Operating regionally as part of a global HR function preferred. Aware of and able to adapt current HR trends across the employee life cycle. Strong data skills and mindset. Experienced in building and using HR data and applications for effective business case and performance measurement. Strong understanding of Supply Chain/Operational KPI’s. Experience coaching, assessing and developing site and regional leadership and operations teams. Change leader with a resilient and curious learning focus. Don’t meet all the qualifications? We still encourage you to apply! At Croda, we believe diverse perspectives and unique experiences drive innovation and strengthen our team. What We Offer Join a global organization with countless opportunities for growth and leadership. The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary and benefits package including: Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, available immediately. Wellness Reimbursement Company paid and voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance Short and long term disability Additional Information This position is based at our Princeton, NJ site with travel expected. This is a hybrid role with on-site requirements of three days per week. Annual Base Salary Range: $150,000 to $180,000. This range reflects the base salary the company reasonably expects to pay for this position. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level. Additional compensation, such as annual bonuses or other incentives, may be offered based on eligibility and company policies. Croda recognizes employees as our strength and the diversity they bring to our workforce are directly linked to our ongoing success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including age, race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. In accordance with applicable law, we make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as any mental health or physical disability needs. Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veterans.This Organization Participates in E-Verify #J-18808-Ljbffr