Director Human Resources (DHR)
3 days ago
Toledo
Job Description Lead People. Shape Culture. Drive Impact. We are an established and expanding mid-sized producer of a nationally recognized brand that serves a nationwide customer base. We are seeking an energetic and strategic Human Resources Director who is passionate about people and committed to supporting a positive, high-performing workplace. This executive-level role offers the opportunity to influence organizational strategy, champion employee engagement, and lead HR initiatives that support growth, innovation, and operational excellence. The ideal candidate is an experienced leader with a strong vision for talent development, a deep understanding of HR best practices, and the ability to foster a respectful, inclusive, and legally compliant work environment. This is primarily an in-person role at our facility located in Southeast Michigan. This position will lead HR teams located at our Southeast Michigan facility, a production facility located outside of Michigan as well as an HR Specialist that works with a team of employees that work remotely. If you thrive in a leadership role where your expertise directly impacts both people and business success, we invite you to join our team. Pay: Base salary starts at $110,000, with the potential for higher compensation based on education, expertise, and experience. In addition to base compensation, this role will be eligible for annual bonuses based on overall company performance and applicable program guidelines. Reporting Relationship: Direct Report to Chief Operations Officer Summary: The Director of Human Resources (DHR) provides strategic leadership with a long-term vision that recognizes employees as the organization’s most valuable resource. As a member of the executive leadership team, the DHR plays a key role in developing and implementing business strategies, plans, and procedures with the highest levels of integrity, confidentiality, and accountability. The DHR ensures HR processes and outcomes exceed service expectations while fostering a safe, secure, respectful, and legally compliant work environment. This role inspires and motivates HR staff and all employees through strong leadership, outstanding service, sound fiduciary stewardship, and continuous improvement of working conditions and processes, while operating within established budgets and supporting company values. The DHR also collaborates with staff and contractors as needed to ensure appropriate workforce levels to support the Company’s success. Executive Responsibilities: • Provide information/data that keeps the executive leadership team fully informed about processes and challenges affecting HR. Focus on cross department communication and cooperation opportunities and continuously improve by incorporating feedback from other departments into process improvements. Provide constructive feedback for other departments to improve company functions that will result in increased productivity and lower costs., • Design and implement business strategies, plans and procedures as a collaboration with the executive leadership team., • Forecast requirements necessary to establish budgets for Human Resources. Ensure that costs are tracked, and operations stay within established financial parameters. Report on reasons for variances on a timely basis., • Keep up to date with innovative and emerging trends and recommend new processes, equipment and techniques that raise the level of Human Resources functions. Oversee the acquisition and training for all applications/processes used in responsible areas., • Establish and maintain onboarding and training programs, systems and processes that:, • Keep the company in compliance with legal regulations, and, • Ensure the most efficient and accurate processes are implemented and executed especially when operations change, and, • Ensure that employees have the most accurate information available to competently; select benefits, enact the values of the company, and understand the resources available to them if they need assistance, • The DHR successfully collaborates with all departments to provide any necessary training and support they need to be successful. HR Team Leadership Responsibilities: • Manage your direct reports so that they are goal focused, competently trained, and adequately supported in a safe, secure, and legal environment. Guide your direct reports to provide the same to their employees., • Provide regular feedback, coaching and inspiration that keeps direct reports highly motivated and achieving desired outcomes. Provide formal and informal learning experiences that create opportunities for individual growth., • Create and maintain an organizational structure for the Human Resource department that optimizes results, achieves department goals and effectively recruits, hires, utilizes and develops talent throughout the organization., • Identify, develop, implement and/or facilitate department or company training pieces/programs as needed., • Facilitate the recruitment, screening and hiring of qualified applicants as needed, resulting in a high percentage of successful new employees., • Act as a resource for managers, supervisors and employees to facilitate solutions to workplace challenges which result in higher morale and/or higher functioning business relationships., • Ensure that company policies stay current with changing laws and business conditions., • Facilitate employee leaves of absence & disciplinary actions to ensure company consistency and accurate recordkeeping., • Ensure that accurate documentation keeps the company in compliance with all applicable recordkeeping standards., • Act as plan administrator for employee benefit offerings. Assist in establishing, developing, consolidating and revising Company benefit offerings., • Maintain company compliance with mandatory labor law postings., • Facilitate intern program(s) as requested., • Provide the leadership, direction and support to ensure that Human Resource functions exceed service level expectations. Required Skills/Abilities/Habits: • Excellent verbal and written communication skills., • Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills., • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail., • Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines., • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills., • Strong knowledge of motivational supervisory and leadership skills., • Ability to adapt to the needs of the organization and employees, • Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate., • Thorough knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations., • Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and ability to quickly learn the organization's unique systems. Education and Experience: • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field; or at least five years of human resource management experience required., • Prior experience working with insurance brokers and administering insurance benefits., • SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.