Human Resource Director

AppleOne Employment Services; Linden (NJ); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic freight forwarding and logistics company is seeking an experienced Human Resources Director to lead their people strategy. This strategic role involves shaping employee experience, driving performance culture, and implementing HR best practices across multiple locations. Ideal candidates will have significant HR experience, particularly in logistics or transportation, and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HR experience, including 2+ years at head of HR level.
• Deep knowledge of employment law across multiple states.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR across the full employee lifecycle.
• Manage multi-state compliance and employment law.
• Develop and implement compensation strategy and benefits programs.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Data-informed decision-making

Education

SPHR

SHRM-SCP

Job description

AppleOne Employment Services provided pay range

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Base pay range

$110,000.00/yr - $160,000.00/yr

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We’re seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager or Director to lead the people strategy for a dynamic, rapidly growing freight forwarding and logistics company with 260+ employees across 5 locations and 7 states.

As our HR Director, you’ll shape the employee experience, drive performance culture, and implement best-in-class HR practices across the company and in relation to multiple affiliated platform entities. This is a hands-on, strategic role ideal for a strong HR leader who thrives in fast-paced environments and understands the complexities of industrial, warehousing, or transportation sectors and willing to take initiative, collaborate with senior leadership and adjacent departments to plan, prepare, and maintain new HR initiatives as well as problem solve HR matters that arise on a day to day basis.

What You’ll Do:

· Lead HR across the full employee lifecycle — from recruitment and onboarding to compliance, retention, engagement, and offboarding.

· Maintain and ensure adherence to workplace policies and procedures.

· Manage multi-state compliance, employment law, and people analytics.

· Develop and implement compensation strategy, benefits programs, and performance management systems.

· Oversee a growing HR team and act as a strategic advisor to leadership.

· Spearhead HR initiatives and projects focus on the improvement of the HR function and employee experience.

· Develop, implement and maintain a consistent HR records keeping system.

What You Bring:

· 7+ years of HR experience (2+ at the head of HR level), preferably in logistics, transportation, or warehousing.

· Deep knowledge of employment law across multiple states, including California.

· A track record of building inclusive teams and enhancing employee engagement.

· Experience scaling HR in complex, multi-entity environments.

· Strong leadership, communication, and data-informed decision-making skills.

· SPHR or SHRM-SCP preferred.

· Ability to travel to other work locations from time to time

How Success Will Be Measured:

· Positive employee engagement survey results

· Successful implementation of HR/people initiatives and projects

· Improved time to fill/hire, improved retention, reduced turnover, grievance resolution time, HR-led training completion rates, employee net promoter scores, and other metrics

· Compliance across multiple states and entities

· Leadership and stakeholder satisfaction with HR partnership and communication

If you're a people-first HR leader ready to make an impact in a high-growth company, we’d love to meet you.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Human Resources

• Industries

  Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage and Freight and Package Transportation

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