HR MANAGER

HELLA; Apaseo el Grande; On-site; MXN 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

FORVIA HELLA is seeking an HR Manager who works close to operations, partnering with plant leaders to shape the organization and drive the employee experience from hire to retire.

You'll balance strategy with hands-on HR work in a manufacturing setting, building talent pipelines, coaching managers, leading development programs, and strengthening engagement while ensuring compliant HR processes.

Qualifications

• Progressive HR experience across recruiting, employee relations, talent management, and compensation.
• Experience in performance management and HR operations.
• Experience in manufacturing or automotive environment preferred.
• Experience supporting both hourly and salaried workforce preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build recruiting strategies and talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Help the organization anticipate future workforce and skill requirements.
• Coach managers through performance, development, corrective action, and employee-relations situations.
• Lead Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, and leadership development.
• Strengthen employee engagement through surveys, action planning, recognition, and communication.
• Support compensation, benefits, merit, payroll, job grading, and HR reporting processes.
• Use labor-market and HR data to influence workforce and organizational decisions.
• Lead change-management and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Support workers’ compensation, leave, accommodations, mobility, immigration, and complex employee cases.
• Analyze turnover and employee feedback and turn insights into meaningful retention actions.
• Bring the people perspective to plant leadership decisions.

Skills

HR experience

Recruiting

Employee relations

Talent management

Performance management

Compensation

Organizational development

HR operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or related

Job description

HR MANAGER - AMEXHE

Location Amexhe, Mexico

FORVIA HELLA is a listed international automotive supplier. As a company of the FORVIA Group, FORVIA HELLA stands for high-performancelighting technology and vehicle electronics and, with the Lifecycle SolutionsBusiness Group, also covers a broad service and product portfolio for the spareparts and workshop business as well as for manufacturers of special vehicles.With currently around 34,000 employees at over 125 locations, the company isactive worldwide and generated adjusted sales of €8.0 billion in the fiscalyear 2025.

Are you an HR professional who enjoys being where the business happens? We’re looking for an HR Manager who wants more than a traditional HR role. Someone who enjoys being close to the operation, partnering with leaders, developing people, solving complex employee challenges, and shaping the organization for the future, while leading HR and taking ownership of the employee experience from hire to retire.

YOUR TASKS

• Build recruiting strategies and talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Help the organization anticipate future workforce and skill requirements.
• Coach managers through performance, development, corrective action, and employee-relations situations.
• Lead Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, Individual Development Plans, and leadership development.
• Strengthen employee engagement through surveys, action planning, recognition, and communication.
• Support compensation, benefits, merit, bonus, payroll, job grading, and HR reporting processes.
• Use labor-market and HR data to influence workforce and organizational decisions.
• Lead change-management and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Support workers’ compensation, leave, accommodations, mobility, immigration, and complex employee cases.
• Analyze turnover and employee feedback and turn insights into meaningful retention actions.
• Bring the people perspective to plant leadership decisions.

You’ll Thrive Here If You…

• Enjoy balancing strategy with hands-on HR work.
• Are comfortable working with both frontline employees and senior leaders.
• Can challenge leaders constructively while remaining a trusted business partner.
• Approach employee relations with consistency, sound judgment, and respect.
• Use data to understand problems and recommend solutions.
• Enjoy developing talent and building future leadership pipelines.
• Can simplify complexity and turn ideas into action.
• Understand the pace and realities of a manufacturing environment.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS

• Progressive HR experience with broad exposure across recruiting, employee relations, talent management, performance management, compensation, organizational development, and HR operations.
• Experience in a manufacturing or automotive environment is strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting both hourly and salaried workforces is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related discipline.
• Ability to operate as both a strong HR practitioner and a credible business partner.

Why This Role Matters

• People strategy becomes meaningful when it improves the business.
• Your work will directly influence our ability to attract qualified talent, develop future leaders, retain critical capabilities, strengthen employee engagement, navigate change, and build a high-performing organization.
• If you want an HR role where your impact can be seen across the entire organization, we’d like to hear from you.

Even if you do not meet all our requirements, do not hesitate to apply to us, because the further development of our employees is very important to us and opens up a wide range of opportunities for you in our company.

FORVIA HELLA stands for the variety of all employees. Inclusion and diversity are firmly anchored in our company culture. We are continuously looking for new team players and welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethical and social background, age, religion, gender, disability, sexual orientation or identity.