Vice President of Human Resources

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Panasonic Energy North America (PENA) is seeking a skilled Vice President of Human Resources (VPHR). The VPHR isa key member of the executive leadership team. This role will drive change transformation and HR strategy execution to achieve specific business results. This position is responsible for strengthening overall employee culture and driving change management at all levels throughout our diverse and multi-cultural organization. With an employee base of over 3,500 people in a High-Performance Culture, this HR professional will optimize efficiency in our operations while also influencing and infusing our company values in alignment with our growth. This role is highly visible within our organization and requires a change agent who is a collaborative and strategic professional.

This role combines your leadership, business acumen, leadership development, employee relations, communications, and passion to extend an organization from a vibrant start-up workplace into a burgeoning lithium-ion battery cell industry. Bring your energy, creativity and come build with us.

• Define and execute the overall HR strategy to drive a culture of high employee engagement in alignment with our business strategy.
• Demonstrates leadership, supports executive team collaboration, and provides on organizational change management strategy and priority of change management initiatives within the organization.
• Provide leadership and expertise for the full scope of HR functions on all issues related to human capital management.
• Responsible for directing all the people functions of the Company in accordance with the policies and practices of the Company, the ethical and social consciences of business and society and the laws.
• Develop staffing strategies and implementation plans and programs to identify talent within and outside the Company for positions of varying responsibility. Identify appropriate and effective external sources for candidates for all levels within the Company.
• Serve as a strategic partner to the Management team in the development of company plans and programs to advise on the potential impact on people, resources, and logistics.

• Develop human resource planning models to identify competency, knowledge and talent gaps and develop specific programs for the filling of the gaps. Areas of activity will include talent management through proper succession planning programs for key contributor and management positions, training, and development programs for preparing employees for more significant responsibilities and general business development programs to enhance employee knowledge and understanding of the Company and the industry.
• Develop and implement short and long-range programs and initiatives to drive organizational effectiveness, professional development, and overall management and performance of employees.
• Continually assess the competitiveness and equity of all programs and practices across our global offices and against relevant companies, industries, regions, and markets.
• Anticipates and plans for long-term human resource needs and trends in partnership with business management.
• Build, manage, and motivate impactful HR team to meet and exceed organization and departmental goals and objectives.
• Extract and share relevant insights to coach and empower managers to positively influence and impact workplace culture in alignment with our Company values.
• Serve as the corporate liaison to advise and consult on cross-functional policies, processes, and facilitate relevant internal communication to employees, managers, and departments in all global offices.
• Define and monitor relevant metrics, ROI, and KPIs to proactively diagnose and address employment and operational related trends. Provide business leaders with data, findings, and recommendations of client organizations' 'health' by assessing trends in performance, employee engagement, manager feedback, attrition, and turnover, etc.
• Defines and implements HR organization wide policies included but are not limited to areas of compensation; benefits, recruiting, employee relations, affirmative action, career development employee communications and employee safety.
• Contribute to the development of employer branding and drive strategies that support the ability to deliver a 'best places to work' culture.
• Sponsor DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging) efforts and provide influence on designing programs that allow PENA to continue to build a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment.
• Manage and support the assessment of organizational needs and the design, implementation and evaluation of programs that facilitate the professional development and continuous learning of team members, particularly executives and emerging leaders.
• Responsible for providing a variety of total rewards to remain competitive in the marketplace.
• Leader for the Crisis Management model to prevent and resolve issues at the earliest sign of issues.
• Coordinate the activities, programs, and strategic HR plans of other HR departments throughout the Company.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications: Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Basic:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, HR, or related field

Preferred:

• Masters Degree in Business (MBA), Industrial Labor Relations, or HR Management from a reputable institution.
• Minimum of twelve (12) years related human resources experience with at least five (5) years of experience in leading HR strategy development in a relevant industry.
• Rotational Leadership Program experience in a large multi-national company.
• Seven (7) years of management experience, preferably within a global, multinational company
• Must have extensive leadership experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Manufacturing or related HR experience
• Proven abilities to lead a variety of initiatives across the HR spectrum - HR strategy, business partnership, HR Operations & Systems, communications, policy, employee/labor relations, and HR improvement initiatives.
• Adept at seeking and integrating data analysis into influence for robust outcomes.
• High Performance Leadership - Genuineness of character. Servant Leader. Humility and high self-confidence to listen without ego, and advocacy for the important things. Positive energy.
• Demonstrated comfort in multi-national environments.
• Superb written and spoken communication, including executive-level presentations - but genuine above all. This role is a critical leadership role, with communications affecting a large organization.
• Demonstrated excellence in investigatory elements of employee relations including having addressed concerns related to discrimination, compliance, safety, etc.
• Clear prioritization to advance efforts on multiple fronts.
• Flexibility - critical for a high-performance environment.

Attributes/Skills:

• Excellent leadership and management skills to enable the creation of a highly capable and sustainable HR Function.
• Strong strategic planner with ability to develop, manage and execute the HR strategies for a Global HR function.
• Desire and ability to lead and influence others with opposing agendas.
• Demonstrates a high level of ethical behavior in exercising judgement and discretion in matters of significance.
• Ability to adapt behavior to fit the cultural elements of each situation and to various project requirements.
• Ability to interact effectively with others with diverse personalities, with tact, maturity, and flexibility and work effectively with a strong team orientation.
• Articulate communicator with polished written, verbal and presentation skills.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and communicate related data, including analytical and advanced technical data.
• Ability to read, understand and communicate financial statements and profit and loss statements.
• Ability to attract high caliber people; develops team; appraise strengths and weakness of team.
• Ability to foster professional excellence and promote collaboration and teamwork with others.
• Highly organized and self-motivated with focus on results.

Communications:

• Excellent written, negotiation and oral communication capabilities, including major presentations to high-level internal and external contacts, is required. Ability to deliver senior level presentations.
• Exceptional interpersonal relationship building skills are essential. Ability to interface comfortably with all levels at the customer is a must.
• Excellent negotiations skills.

Management:

• Must be affective in human resource management.
• Manages staff including supervision, counseling, mentoring, performance standards and review, discipline, training, and employee development.
• Maintains and improves employee morale.
• Responsible for maintaining expenditures and budgets to the extent authorized and may have the responsibility of inventory, capital investments, or head count controls.

About Us:

Panasonic Energy of North America (PENA) is collaborating with Tesla at a massive battery factory near Reno, Nevada which is known for its quality of life and expansive outdoor adventures. Panasonic's role at the Gigafactory is to manufacture and supply cylindrical lithium-ion cells to Tesla for their electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

Over the past few years, the Gigafactory has grown to the largest lithium-ion battery factory in the world. Together with our partner Tesla, we continue to revolutionize the lithium-ion battery space and accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy and transportation.

Our mission at PENA is to make the vision of affordable Electric Vehicles a reality by producing the world's safest, high quality, and lowest cost batteries. Through this effort we will create a clean energy society and our products will change society's use of and perceptions of electric power.

In addition to an environment that is as innovative as our products, we offer competitive salaries and benefits.

Supplemental Information:

Pre-employment drug testing is required. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. without restriction.

Panasonic is an Equal Opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.

Thank you for your interest in Panasonic Energy of North America.

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