Regional HR Business Partner

Regional HR Business Partner - Operations and Supply Chain 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. What You’ll Be Doing 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 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 KPIs. Experience coaching, assessing and developing site and regional leadership and operations teams. Change leader with a resilient and curious learning focus. What We Offer Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage, available immediately. Generous Paid Time Off. 401(k) Match. Wellness Reimbursement. Parental Leave. Career Development. Company paid and voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance. Short and long term disability. Paid Holidays. 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. Equal Opportunity Employer 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. This Organization Participates in E-Verify. #J-18808-Ljbffr Croda