Lead HR for Eaton's Electrical Sector Americas central functions, collaborating with functional leaders to design and implement HR initiatives. Develop talent management, succession planning, and organizational effectiveness strategies. Work closely with change management teams and division HR leaders to support organizational transformation.
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Eaton’s Electrical Sector Americas (ES-A) group is currently seeking an HR Director - Functions, Transformation & Distribution Centers to join our team. This position can be based at the following Eaton locations: Moon Township PA, Beachwood OH, Milwaukee WI, Raleigh NC or Charlotte NC. Relocation within hiring country is offered only to the Moon Township location.
Position Overview
The position leads HR for ESA's central functions, such as Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, and Distribution Centers. Acting as a strategic advisor to four functional leaders, this person collaborates on designing and implementing HR initiatives aimed at meeting both short-term and long-term business goals, including talent management, succession planning, and enhancing organizational effectiveness. The position also works closely with change management teams and division HR leaders to support organizational transformation.
The Electrical Sector America’s business is over $13 billion in revenue and over 34,000 employees across 15+ countries and 50+ plants.
Job Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic advisor to the ES-A functional leaders in Finance, Engineering, Manufacturing, Program Management and Supply Chain
- Develop, align & deploy functional strategies to achieve near and long-term business objectives through talent, culture and structural initiatives
- Identify, acquire and/or develop the organizational capability needed to advance the business' competitive position
- Own succession planning and high-potential development, ensuring a robust leadership pipeline.
- Lead competitive compensation and recognition programs that reinforce performance, motivation, and retention
- Shape a culture of trust, inclusion, and accountability throughout the central functions
- Responsible for elevating the HR function through operational excellence and continuous improvement through EBS tools
- Drive data cleansing for HR technology platforms for efficiency and data-driven decision-making
- Serve as liaison between ESA and Corporate/Electrical Sector teams
- Manage restructuring actions as part of our multi year program to ensure targets are achieved and actions are implemented consistently across the business.
- Partner closely with OCM leader and division HR leaders to drive change and executeO4G talent strategy.
- Oversight of Cherrington HQ campus, including employee experience, facilities & EHS
- 25 percent travel anticipated
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Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution
- Minimum ten (10) years of professional HR experience
- Experience leading HR for multiple sites and/or distributed workforce
- Experience in a manufacturing environment
- Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
- Master’s Degree or SPHR Certification
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- Business Acumen: Ability to anticipate talent needs and align HR strategy with technical and operational goals.
- Workforce Analytics: Translate data into actionable insights; influence decisions through compelling storytelling.
- Coaching & Assessment: Trusted advisor on talent and organizational matters; closes capability gaps to drive results.
- Organizational Design: Leads strategic change to optimize structure, process, and talent alignment.
- Change Enablement: Guides leaders through transformation using data-driven insights and a people-first approach.
- Accountable for results which impact the entire business or function.
- Adaptable and comfortable in a fast changing, matrix management environment
- Be an inspirational leader and develop inspirational leaders – focus on continuous learning and servant leadership
- Deep understanding of Compliance expertise - employment laws (EEO, ADA, FMLA, etc)
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You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.
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