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Regional HR Business Services Leader, Americas | Employee & Labor Relations Accountability

PPG · Pittsburgh, PA · 4 days ago
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Shape how HR delivers value across the Americas. As Regional HR Business Services Leader, Americas, you will combine enterprise-scale HR service leadership with deep Employee and Labor Relations expertise to translate business priorities into consistent, practical and measurable outcomes.

About the role

Lead HR Business Services across the Americas as a business-facing delivery and service-excellence organization. Working with HR Business Partners, Centers of Excellence and regional, country, site and plant leaders, you will connect workforce realities, labor frameworks and employee experience with business priorities.

We work onsite Monday - Thursday, four days per week. Candidates should live within a practical commuting distance of a PPG office or be open to relocation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead efficient, scalable and customer-focused HR delivery across the employee lifecycle, balancing quality, speed, consistency, compliance and practical problem solving.
  • Act as the senior Americas Employee and Labor Relations leader, advising regional and global leaders on workforce strategy, transformation, restructuring, footprint optimization and workforce flexibility.
  • Translate business and people priorities into clear regional and local implementation plans, with defined ownership, dependencies, readiness and governance.
  • Strengthen HR partnership at country, site and plant level, shaping solutions that are operationally workable and relevant to the business.
  • Drive service excellence and continuous improvement using performance data, stakeholder feedback, process redesign, digital tools and AI-enabled choices.
  • Lead, develop and evolve a high-performing HR Business Services organization with clear goals, accountability, capabilities and succession depth.

Requirements

  • Extensive progressive HR leadership experience, ideally 20+ years, with a broad HR generalist foundation and strong HR Business Partner experience.
  • Proven leadership of HR Business Services, HR Operations or an equivalent delivery organization at scale across multiple countries in the Americas.
  • Deep Employee and Labor Relations expertise, including experience in complex and employee-represented environments.
  • Strong manufacturing, site or plant exposure and the business acumen to connect workforce choices with productivity, cost, risk and employee experience.
  • A track record of leading transformation, restructuring, organizational change and continuous improvement in a global matrix organization.
  • Strong judgment, executive influence and the ability to create practical, compliant paths forward in ambiguous or high-pressure situations.
  • Degree in Law, Human Resources, Business or a related field; an advanced degree is preferred.
  • Only U.S. Citizens, Green Card holders, and political asylees or refugees are eligible to apply.

How You Will Lead

  • With courage and pragmatism, challenging legacy assumptions while finding compliant and workable solutions.
  • As a trusted partner who builds credibility across business leaders, HR, Legal, employees, unions and works councils.
  • With clear accountability, strong follow-through and an unwavering focus on service quality, business value and people development.

Benefits

PPG offers an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. Benefits include:

  • Employee benefits programs designed to support the health and well-being of employees.
  • Insurance coverages and benefits in accordance with the terms and conditions of applicable plans.
  • Opportunity to work remotely on Flexible Fridays (schedules may vary by location).

About Us

Through leadership in innovation, sustainability and color, PPG helps customers in industrial, transportation, consumer products, and construction markets and aftermarkets to enhance more surfaces in more ways than any other company. To learn more, visit www.ppg.com and follow @PPG on X.

The PPG Way 2030:

  • We are customer champions: Proactive. Bold. Trustworthy. Everything we do starts with our customers. We listen, move fast and don’t stop until we solve their biggest challenges. When our customers win, we all grow.
  • We act with purpose and speed: Agile. Data-driven. Empowered. We take smart risks to stay ahead of the competition. We work proactively with agility, using quality data to develop solutions that create value.
  • We are excellent operators: Productive. Collaborative. Accountable. No matter our role, we identify problems, take ownership and always bring solutions. We are both proactive and responsive to drive continuous improvement and deliver results.
  • We support our frontline, the faces of PPG to our customers.
  • We compete to win: Future-focused. Driven. Ambitious. We are passionate about growing our business and winning with our customers. We deliver results, embrace new technologies and leverage agility and speed as strengths.
  • We are PPG proud: Strong. United. Passionate. We work safely, act with integrity and value our diverse perspectives. We celebrate achievements and take pride in the positive impact we create together to protect and beautify the world.

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