Senior Director, HR

You’ll work in a hybrid model, onsite at your designated Regal Rexnord location at least 3 days per week (Monday–Thursday), with flexibility to work remotely up to 2 days, including Friday.

About the role

This role is responsible for providing HR leadership to the Clutches & Brakes Division of the Industrial Powertrain Solutions (IPS) segment of Regal Rexnord. The role will be based in Milwaukee, WI, the headquarters for the Industrial Powertrain Solutions segment. The Clutches & Brakes Division is a major contributor to the Segment, with just under 2000 associates and $680M in revenue across 16 main sites located in the United States, Mexico, Germany, France, Denmark, UK, India, Brazil, and China.

A key influencer of Regal Rexnord’s short and long-term success depends on the ability to have the right talent, in the right roles at the right time to drive the enterprise strategy. Reporting to the Division VP/GM and functionally to the VP of HR for the IPS Segment, the Division Sr. Director of Human Resources will serve as a key partner to the Division President and direct reports. This role is also an important member of the Segment’s HR leadership team, contributing to the segment’s HR strategy, direction, and overall effectiveness.

This is a hands-on role responsible for leading the division’s global human resources function and, with the HR Leadership Team for the segment, defining, developing, and implementing strategic HR initiatives to influence the segment’s revenue growth and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Workforce Planning
  • Conducts workforce planning based on strategy and leverage data and analytics to identify priorities.
  • Assesses needs and draws connections across the business; identifies implications from a talent, structure, and skills requirements.
  • Develops organizational design and restructuring plans to optimize resource allocation.
• Talent Management / Leadership Development / Diversity & Inclusion
  • Develops and leads the Division talent management initiatives to establish a robust pipeline of diverse leadership talent.
  • Leverages talent across the Segment and Enterprise to identify opportunities for developing leadership talent.
  • Key partner in facilitating the development and execution of experience-based development plans for high potentials.
  • Manages the talent review and succession planning process; provides expertise and guidance to the Division’s business leadership and HR teams.
  • Actively leads and participates in the talent acquisition of key Division leadership positions.
  • Implements actions to create a highly engaged, high-performing, and inclusive work environment across the Division.
  • Demonstrates the use of 80/20, continuous improvement, and deliver results aligned with the Segment and Enterprise HR strategy, including KPIs.
• Functional Expertise
  • Provides hands-on coaching to business unit and site HR leaders based on previous HR Business Partner experience.
  • Ensures strong HR capabilities are within the Division; leads in the selection, development, and evaluation of HR talent.
  • Provides strong oversight on daily or complex employee relations investigations and resolution of major issues.
  • Key advisor and coach to the Division’s HR leaders, business leadership, and line management on appropriate HR practices and policies; ensures implementation and compliance.
  • Identifies opportunities to simplify processes and enhance the value of HR to the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required in Human Resources, Organizational Effectiveness, or related field.
• 8 years HR business partner experience; preferably within a global industrial manufacturing environment.
• Past 3+ years’ experience managing an HR team (direct and indirect).
• Demonstrated track record of partnering with senior leaders to develop and implement talent strategies that produce measurable outcomes and drive business results.
• Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills to establish trust, credibility, and rapport at all levels of the organization; seen as humble, direct, and authentic while possessing executive presence.
• Proven ability to be hands-on, roll up sleeves, and demonstrate resourcefulness, initiative, and results-orientation.
• Mindset of continuous improvement and ability to embrace Regal’s 80/20 principles.
• Demonstrated ability to develop strong partnerships and influence resources outside one’s direct responsibility.
• Ability to travel up to 20% domestically and globally.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree or MBA highly preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Coverage
• Spending accounts (HSA, Health Care FSA, and Dependent Care FSA)
• Paid Time Off and Holidays
• 401k Retirement Plan with Matching Employer Contributions
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Leaves
• Tuition Assistance

About Regal Rexnord

Regal Rexnord is a publicly held global industrial manufacturer with 30,000 associates around the world who help create a better tomorrow by providing sustainable solutions that power, transmit, and control motion. The Company’s electric motors and air moving subsystems provide the power to create motion. A portfolio of highly engineered power transmission components and subsystems efficiently transmits motion to power industrial applications. The Company’s automation offering, comprised of controls, actuators, drives, and precision motors, controls motion in applications ranging from factory automation to precision control in surgical tools.

The Company’s end markets benefit from meaningful secular demand tailwinds and include factory automation, food & beverage, aerospace, medical, data center, warehouse, alternative energy, residential and commercial buildings, general industrial, construction, metals and mining, and agriculture. Regal Rexnord is comprised of three operating segments: Industrial Powertrain Solutions, Power Efficiency Solutions, and Automation & Motion Control. Regal Rexnord has offices and manufacturing, sales, and service facilities worldwide.