HR Manager

CTS Corp.; Cranston (RI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Paid Time Off

Holiday Pay

Employee Assistance Program

Pet Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

CTS Corporation is seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager to lead the Cranston, Rhode Island site. You will partner with site leadership and AMS HR to drive employee relations, compliance, engagement, and workforce planning in a hands‑on manufacturing environment.

You will coach leaders, manage investigations, and coordinate HR processes while aligning with CTS standards. This role requires a manufacturing mindset with strong communication and confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field.
• 6–8 years of progressive HR experience in manufacturing or similar environment.
• Experience advising leaders, influencing without direct authority, and credibility.
• Experience with HRIS data, payroll validation, timekeeping, and leave administration.
• Experience with cultural integration, engagement, leadership coaching, and succession planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead onsite HR for the Cranston site and partner with operations, and AMS HR.
• Establish a visible HR presence and follow through on issues.
• Coach leaders on communication, accountability, and performance expectations.
• Drive site culture, engagement, and leadership routines.
• Provide frontline employee relations support, investigations, and documentation.
• Coordinate HR processes including payroll validation, benefits inquiries, and timekeeping.
• Lead annual site compensation planning with Corporate HR support.

Skills

Employee relations

Influence without authority

Coaching leaders

Manufacturing HR

HR data accuracy

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

HRIS systems

SuccessFactors/Dayforce

Microsoft 365

Copilot AI tools

Job description

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We are committed to finding smart solutions that enable an intelligent and seamless world. Our success as a world-class leader in technology has evolved from humble beginnings. In 1896, the enterprising father and son team of A.J. and George A. Briggs partnered with S.A. Buffington, a Chicago lawyer, to establish Chicago Telephone Supply Company (later to become CTS).

Today, CTS is a leading designer and manufacturer of sensors, actuators, and electronic components for suppliers and original equipment manufacturers. We have over 20 locations in 12 countries and more than 3,500 employees. Our innovative sensing, connectivity, and motion solutions offer a diverse range of products across diversified end markets including transportation, medical, aerospace and defense, and industrial. We are at the forefront of supporting innovating life-changing technology, focusing on quality to keep people safe, healthy, and happy.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Human Resources Manager, SyQwest is the onsite HR leader for the Cranston, Rhode Island site. This working manager role partners closely with site leadership and AMS HR to build trust, strengthen leadership capability, support cultural integration, and deliver reliable day-to-day HR support. The role is responsible for employee relations, compliance, engagement, talent and workforce planning, HR operations, leadership coaching, and execution of CTS people processes in a hands‑on manufacturing environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the onsite HR leader and trusted advisor to SyQwest site leadership, partnering with operations, functional leaders, and AMS HR to align people priorities with site stabilization, business performance, and CTS integration objectives.
• Establish a visible and consistent HR presence, with strong follow-through on employee and leadership issues.
• Coach leaders on communication, accountability, performance expectations, employee engagement, and CTS leadership standards.
• Lead site‑level culture and engagement efforts, including listening mechanisms, action planning, communication routines, and visible leadership follow‑up.
• Provide front‑line employee relations support, including investigations, conflict resolution, performance concerns, attendance issues, policy interpretation, corrective action, documentation, and appropriate escalation.
• Reinforce CTS standards of conduct, ensuring expectations are communicated, documented, and applied consistently.
• Partner with Legal, Corporate HR, Total Rewards, Safety, and AMS HR on sensitive employee matters, compliance, compensation, leave administration, workers’ compensation, and risk mitigation.
• Support workforce planning, recruitment planning, talent review, succession planning, retention planning, onboarding, assimilation, development planning, and performance management.
• Ensure timely and accurate execution of core HR processes, including employee changes, HRIS transactions, timekeeping support, payroll validation, benefits inquiries, surveys, recognition programs, and employee communications.
• Lead annual site compensation planning activities with support from Corporate HR, including data review, leader guidance, calibration support, and completion of required actions.
• Provide direction and coordination for shared HR Administrator support while remaining hands‑on in daily employee support, floor presence, practical problem‑solving, and HR process reliability.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strong knowledge of employee relations, investigations, performance management, employment law, policy interpretation, compensation, benefits, leave administration, workers’ compensation, payroll validation, timekeeping, and HR systems.
• Ability to build credibility with employees and leaders through sound judgment, discretion, confidentiality, consistency, and follow‑through.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and coach leaders through complex people, culture, performance, and change‑management matters.
• Hands‑on, operational mindset with the ability to balance strategic HR partnership and detailed administrative execution in a manufacturing site environment.
• Strong documentation discipline, attention to HR data integrity, and ability to manage sensitive matters with fairness and appropriate escalation.
• Experience supporting culture integration, engagement, communication routines, leadership cadence, talent review, succession planning, retention planning, and workforce planning.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365 tools; ability to use technology to improve HR communications, analytics, process efficiency, and employee support.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field required; equivalent experience may be considered where appropriate.
• Minimum of 6–8 years of progressive HR experience required, including employee relations and HR business partner support in a manufacturing, operations, engineering, defense, aerospace, industrial, or similarly complex environment.
• Experience advising leaders, influencing without direct authority, and establishing credibility in a hands‑on site environment required.
• Experience with HRIS data, employee lifecycle transactions, payroll validation, timekeeping, leave administration, workers’ compensation coordination, and policy interpretation required.
• Experience supporting cultural integration, change management, employee engagement, leadership coaching, talent review, succession planning, and retention planning preferred.
• SuccessFactors and Dayforce, or similar absence management system experience, preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Teams, and Microsoft 365 tools required; experience using Copilot or other AI‑enabled tools preferred.
• Limited travel required, as needed for CTS meetings, training, or site integration activities.

JOIN US

At CTS, one of the ways we recognize the value of our employees is through our comprehensive benefits program. Highlights of our benefits program for full‑time employees include:

• 401K
• Paid Time Off
• Holiday Pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement

United States EEO Statement

CTS Corporation is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer who complies with all applicable federal, state and local employment laws. In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at CTS Corporation will be based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. It has been and shall continue to be both the official policy and the commitment of CTS Corporation to further equal employment opportunities for all persons regardless of, among other characteristics, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristics protected by applicable Federal, State or Local law.

ADA accommodation statement: If you require reasonable accommodation in the application process, call Human Resources at 630.577.8811. All other applications must be submitted online.

United States Additional Considerations

It is unlawful in all states where the Company operates, including Massachusetts, to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates applicable laws may be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. The Company does not require a lie detector test as a condition of employment nor continued employment.

Applicants must have valid work authorization that does not now and/or will not in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

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