Director, Human Resources

Catalent Pharma Solutions; Winchester (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Paid time off accrual

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Career growth opportunities

Job summary

Catalent is seeking a Director of Human Resources at its Winchester, KY site. The role leads the people strategy to ensure safe, compliant, efficient manufacturing and excellent customer service.

You will partner with the General Manager and Site Leadership Team to drive workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance, rewards, and employee relations. You will report to the Senior Director, Pharma & Consumer Health, North America, with matrixed responsibilities to the site GM.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, I-O Psychology, Business or equivalent.
• 10+ years in HR with 3–5 years in management in large orgs.
• Manufacturing industry experience strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the site People Strategy end to end with milestones and metrics.
• Embed Catalent leadership behaviors and drive accountability.
• Develop succession plans for SLT and critical roles.
• Advise GM/SLT on organizational design and leadership effectiveness.
• Improve engagement by developing leadership behaviors that inspire.
• Develop policies, plans and budgets for people/HR activities.

Skills

Leadership

HR strategy

Talent management

Organizational design

Employee relations

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's in HR/Business/IO Psychology

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Director, Human Resources

Position Summary

• 100% onsite

Catalent's Winchester location is the flagship US manufacturing location for large scale oral dose forms, with integrated analytical and development services. With 28 years of expertise in product development, technology transfers and commercial manufacturing, and roots in industry-leading Glatt technology.

The Director, Human Resources is the senior HR leader for the site and a core member of the Site Leadership Team, accountable for a comprehensive people strategy that enables safe, compliant, right first time manufacturing and customer service levels in a fast paced CDMO environment. The role is responsible for helping to build a succession ready talent pipeline, providing support to the General Manager and Site Leadership Team, and ensures disciplined execution across workforce planning, talent acquisition, performance, rewards, employee relations, culture, and change leadership.

This position will report directly to the Senior Director, Pharma & Consumer Health, North America and have a dotted line (matrixed) reporting to the site General Manager.

The Role

• Own the site People Strategy end to end; translate business goals into a pragmatic HR roadmap with clear milestones and metrics.
• Embed Catalent leadership behaviors and operating norms; raise the bar on performance, accountability, and collaboration across the matrix.
• Build and maintain succession plans for all SLT and critical roles; maintain talent slates with targeted development plans.
• Serve as trusted advisor to the GM and Site Leadership Team on organizational design, leadership effectiveness, and conflict resolution; facilitate leadership norms to drive alignment and high trust, high accountability execution.
• Improve engagement throughout the Site by developing leadership behaviors that engage, inspire, coach & develop.
• Develops and directs the establishment and maintenance of policies, procedures, plans, programs and budgets dealing with the people/HR activities to meet the business plan and competitive strategy of the business units supported in a cost-effective manner.
• Manage, lead, and develop the Site Human Resources team(s) and provide support to leaders across the facility.
• Serves as the site’s chief spokesperson with outside agencies / organizations related to its employees (e.g., EEOC, DOL, legal counsel, etc.) Ensures compliance with laws and regulations related to employees and their relationship with their employer.
• Other duties as assigned.

The Candidate

• BS in relevant discipline (e.g., HR, I-O Psychology, Business or equivalent) required; Masters degree preferred.
• 10+ years broad and progressive experience in human resources with 3-5 years in a management role within large organizations with progressive HR systems and processes; Manufacturing industry experience is strongly preferred.
• Expert knowledge in HR management concepts with a strong consultative, but results-oriented approach.
• Has understanding of pharmaceutical industry and contract services business issues and trends.
• Analytical ability, both interpersonal and issue-related; good judgment and ethics; professional presence and demeanor; strong interpersonal skills and political savvy.
• Excellent negotiation and contracting skills. Ability to "get the job done" and take responsibility for results without direct authority. Ability to coordinate, facilitate and organize resources.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Defined career path and annual performance review and feedback process
• Diverse, inclusive culture
• Potential for career growth on an expanding team within an organization dedicated to preserving and bettering lives
• Dynamic, fast-paced work environment
• Community engagement and green initiatives
• Generous 401k match and paid time off accrual
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits effective day one of employment

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

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