Description Position at JBS USA
Human Resources Director II - Prepared Foods
Purpose and Scope/General Summary: The Human Resources Director II (Area HR Director) is the senior HR leader for a home facility and other designated Prepared Foods locations in an assigned region. Working with Operations and HR leadership, this leader carries out business strategy, improves workforce performance, keeps the business compliant, and develops talent across multiple sites.
The Area HR Director guides employee and labor relations, talent management, workforce planning, compliance, and operational excellence, while modeling JBS values and supporting business objectives.
Responsibilities:
- HR Strategy: Lead and carry out HR strategies across multiple Prepared Foods facilities.
- Operations Partnership: Work with Operations leadership to improve staffing, retention, engagement, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
- Employee and Labor Relations: Advise on employee relations, labor relations, investigations, policy interpretation, and legal compliance.
- Talent Management: Drive succession planning, leadership development, and workforce planning.
- Workforce Metrics: Monitor and improve turnover, absenteeism, crewing, labor costs, and employee engagement.
- Compliance: Conduct audits and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
- HR Team Development: Coach, mentor, and develop facility HR leaders and teams to build capability and bench strength.
- Liaison: Connect plant leadership with Corporate HR, Compliance, Labor Relations, and other Centers of Excellence.
- Continuous Improvement: Champion best practices and standardized HR processes across assigned locations.
- Community and Business Support: Support community relations, workforce initiatives, and strategic business objectives.
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Required:
- 7+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in manufacturing, food production, or a related environment.
- Strong knowledge of employee relations, labor relations, employment law, compliance, staffing, compensation, and talent development.
- Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with HR systems and Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to travel 25-50%.
- Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
- As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.
Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Multi-site HR leadership experience - requiring a solid understanding of production floor environments, operational workflows, labor utilization, safety practices, and manufacturing performance drivers to effectively support plant leadership and workforce initiatives.
- Experience supporting both union and non-union environments.
The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.
Other duties as assigned
