About this role
<div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Position Summary:</b></H2> </div><div><p>The Human Resources & Team Relations Director serves as the senior functional leader responsible for integrating and overseeing all HR and TR functions across HMMA, which is a large-scale automotive manufacturing operation. Reporting directly to the CAO, this role provides strategic people and labor insights to support organizational planning and executive decision-making. The Director leads both the HR and TR Senior Managers, ensuring cohesive execution of HR strategy, labor-risk mitigation, talent systems, compensation competitiveness, and a positive, union-free work environment. This role anticipates business challenges, develops integrated People & Organization strategies, shapes organizational culture, and builds leadership capability to support the organization’s long-term performance and growth.</p></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Essential Functions:</b></H2> </div><div><p>1. Strategic Leadership & Organizational Planning</p> <ul> <li>Lead and develop an integrated people and organizational strategy aligned with long-term business plans and operational requirements across Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.</li> <li>Serve as a trusted advisor to the CAO, CEO, and senior leadership on people, culture, labor strategy, and organizational health.</li> <li>Ensure organizational direction and strategic initiatives remain aligned through close coordination with HMC Headquarters and HMNA.</li> <li>Direct workforce planning, organizational reviews, and KPI-driven insights to support executive decision-making. </li> </ul> <p style="text-align:left">2. Human Resources and Team Relations Leadership </p> <ul> <li style="text-align:left">Provide strategic direction for all Human Resources and Team Relations functions, ensuring cohesive and aligned execution across both the HR Senior Manager and TR Senior Manager organizations.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Oversee enterprise-wide people systems, including talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, and organization development.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Lead labor relations strategy, including union avoidance posture, labor risk monitoring, supervisor capability building, and early warning systems for union-related activity.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Ensure policy, process, and compliance alignment across HR and TR practices to maintain operational integrity, fairness, and regulatory adherence.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Guide resolution of escalated people issues, delivering leadership on high-risk employee relations cases, investigations, dispute resolution, and policy interpretation. </li> <li style="text-align:left">Drive improvements in Team Member experience, including morale, engagement, communication, fairness, trust, and workplace culture.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Strengthen organizational and leadership capability to support consistent people management, communication, and corrective-action practices. </li> </ul> <p style="text-align:left">3. Operational Integrity, Compliance & Continuous Improvement</p> <ul> <li style="text-align:left">Oversee HR/TR responsibilities within Business Management System (BMS), Environment Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) frameworks, ensuring documentation quality and audit readiness.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Use metrics, data, and trend analysis to improve hiring, retention, labor relations, and culture outcomes.</li> <li style="text-align:left">Lead continuous improvement of HR/TR processes to enhance quality, cost efficiency, and service levels. </li> <li style="text-align:left">Meet all other requirements as assigned. </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Education:</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required</li> <li>Advanced degree in Human Resources Management, Business, Industrial Relations, or related areas of study preferred </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Related Experience:</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>15 or more years of progressively responsible HR experience, preferably in a large manufacturing environment</li> <li>Minimum 5 years leading HR or TR organizations at the managerial or director level</li> <li>At least 5 years of experience in Team Relations or Labor Relations is strongly preferred </li> <li>Experience in multinational or culturally diverse organizations preferred </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Training / Certification:</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>SHRM-SCP or SPHR preferred</li> <li>Training or certification in labor relations, investigations, or conflict resolution preferred </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Skills / Knowledge:</b></H2> </div><div><ul> <li>MS Word / Excel / PowerPoint</li> <li>Expertise in HR strategy, workforce planning, compensation, leadership development, labor/employee relations, and policy governance.</li> <li>Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capability</li> <li>Exceptional communication, influence, coaching, and relationship-building skills </li> </ul></div></div><div style="padding:10.0px 0.0px;border:1.0px solid transparent"><div style="font-size:16.0px;word-wrap:break-word"><H2 style="font-size:1.0em;margin:0.0px"><b>Additional Information:</b></H2> </div><div><p>Position may require occasional travel (domestic or foreign). Flexibility in working hours to include weekends, holidays, and off shift. Position may require on-call duty or overtime due to overall responsibility. Employment is at‑will and subject to company policies.</p></div></div></div>