Senior Director, Human Resources

## Senior Human Resources DirectorApplyremote type: Hybridlocations: St Louis Park, MN, UStime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: R22794We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.The Senior Human Resources Director is a key HR leadership role responsible for driving the people strategy across our global ISC organization for nVent’s Electrical Connections Business Segment. Reporting directly to the VP of Human Resources, this role serves as a strategic business partner to ISC leadership, ensuring alignment of HR initiatives with business goals. The HR Director will partner closely with site leaders, global ISC leadership, HR COEs and enterprise partners to align talent, organization design, culture, employee relations and workforce planning priorities with business objectives.**WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:*** **Serve as a strategic advisor and business partner to ISC leadership**. Translate ISC business priorities into integrated people strategies that support growth, productivity, safety, quality, cost and employee engagement.* **Lead HR support for multi-site manufacturing operations.** Provide direction, coaching, and support to plant HR teams and site leaders, ensuring consistent execution of HR practices and strong local partnership.* **Build workforce and talent strategies that enable operational performance.** Lead workforce planning, capability assessment, critical role identification, succession planning, and talent movement to ensure the organization has the leadership, skills, and capacity needed to meet business commitments.* **Lead change management efforts in support of organizational transformation and growth.** Partner with ISC leaders on organization design, operating model changes, restructuring, integration, footprint optimization, and change management efforts that improve scalability and performance.* **Strengthen leadership capability.** Coach site leaders, functional leaders, and HR partners on leadership effectiveness, performance management, team health, employee engagement, and culture-building practices.* **Champion employee experience, engagement, and retention.** Use engagement data, employee listening, site visits, and workforce metrics to identify root causes, improve retention, and create action plans that strengthen the employee experience.* **Provide leadership on employee relations and labor relations.** Ensure fair, consistent, and compliant practices across sites; guide complex employee relations matters; and support positive labor relations strategies where applicable.* **Drive the development and implementation of standardized, scalable processes that empower operational excellence across the organization.** Partner with HR COEs to implement consistent processes across sites, including talent acquisition, onboarding, career development, performance management, compensation, benefits, compliance, and HR systems.* **Leverage HR analytics and metrics to inform business decisions and drive continuous improvement.** Translate HR, workforce, and business metrics into insights and actions that improve staffing, productivity, retention, leadership effectiveness, and organizational health.* **Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.** Promote accountability, inclusion, respect, teamwork, continuous improvement, and a strong focus on the customer and employee experience.**YOU HAVE:*** Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Labor Relations, Organizational Development, or a related field; advanced degree or HR certification preferred.* 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience supporting manufacturing, operations, supply chain, or industrial environments.* Experience supporting multi-site manufacturing operations, including plant leadership partnership, workforce planning, employee relations, and operational talent strategies.* Demonstrated success as a strategic HR business partner to senior leaders in a complex, matrixed, global organization.* Experience leading, coaching, or influencing geographically dispersed HR teams and building consistent HR practices across locations.* Strong understanding of employee relations, labor relations, compliance, organizational design, change management, performance management, succession planning, and talent development.* Exceptional communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills.* Ability to connect business strategy to people priorities and translate complex business needs into clear, actionable HR plans.* Strong business and financial acumen, with the ability to understand manufacturing drivers such as productivity, labor efficiency, quality, safety, service, cost, and capacity.* Strong analytical capability and comfort using HR and business metrics to diagnose issues, identify trends, and recommend practical solutions.* Excellent communication, executive presence, coaching, influencing, and problem-solving skills.* Ability to travel regularly to manufacturing sites and periodically internationally, as business needs require.* Strategic and operational thinker: Able to connect long-term business strategy with practical execution across plants and functions.* Influential business partner: Builds credibility with senior leaders, plant leaders, HR partners, and cross-functional stakeholders through sound judgment and clear recommendations.* Change leader: Leads through ambiguity, drives alignment, and supports leaders and employees through transformation with empathy and discipline.* Talent builder: Develops leaders, strengthens succession pipelines, and creates opportunities for talent movement across the organization.* Enterprise mindset: Balances local site needs with global standards, scalable processes, and the broader strategic direction of the business.* Continuous improvement orientation: Looks for ways to simplify, standardize, and improve HR processes and workforce outcomes.**WE HAVE:*** A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day + nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation. + Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work + We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide + Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money* Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being: + Innovative & adaptable + Dedicated to absolute integrity + Focused on the customer first + Respectful and team oriented + Optimistic and energizing + Accountable for performance* Benefits to support the lives of our employees**Pay Transparency** nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply. **Compensation Range:**$204,400.00 - $304,000.00Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.**Benefit Overview**At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:* Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.* A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.* Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.#LI-AM1 #J-18808-Ljbffr