Human Resources Director II

JBS USA; Moberly (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

JBS USA is seeking a Human Resources Director II for Prepared Foods to lead HR strategy across multiple facilities within the region. You will partner with Operations to improve staffing, engagement, productivity, and organizational effectiveness while ensuring compliance with employment laws and company policies.

The role requires 7+ years in HR leadership in manufacturing, strong communication, and travel up to 50%. A Bachelor’s degree in HR or related field is preferred.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in manufacturing, food production, or a related environment.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, labor relations, employment law, compliance, staffing, compensation, and talent development.
• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with HR systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to travel 25–50%.

Responsibilities

• HR Strategy: Lead and carry out HR strategies across multiple Prepared Foods facilities.
• Operations Partnership: Work with Operations leadership to improve staffing, retention, engagement, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• Employee and Labor Relations: Advise on employee relations, labor relations, investigations, policy interpretation, and legal compliance.
• Talent Management: Drive succession planning, leadership development, and workforce planning.
• Workforce Metrics: Monitor and improve turnover, absenteeism, crewing, labor costs, and employee engagement.
• Compliance: Conduct audits and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
• HR Team Development: Coach, mentor, and develop facility HR leaders and teams to build capability and bench strength.
• Liaison: Connect plant leadership with Corporate HR, Compliance, Labor Relations, and other Centers of Excellence.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion best practices and standardized HR processes across assigned locations.
• Community and Business Support: Support community relations, workforce initiatives, and strategic business objectives.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

HR leadership

Employee relations

Labor relations

Employment law

Staffing and talent development

Leadership coaching

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR / Business Administration

Tools

HR systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Description

Position at JBS USA

Human Resources Director II — Prepared Foods

Purpose and Scope/General Summary: The Human Resources Director II (Area HR Director) is the senior HR leader for a home facility and other designated Prepared Foods locations in an assigned region. Working with Operations and HR leadership, this leader carries out business strategy, improves workforce performance, keeps the business compliant, and develops talent across multiple sites.

The Area HR Director guides employee and labor relations, talent management, workforce planning, compliance, and operational excellence, while modeling JBS values and supporting business objectives.

Responsibilities:

• HR Strategy: Lead and carry out HR strategies across multiple Prepared Foods facilities.
• Operations Partnership: Work with Operations leadership to improve staffing, retention, engagement, productivity, and organizational effectiveness.
• Employee and Labor Relations: Advise on employee relations, labor relations, investigations, policy interpretation, and legal compliance.
• Talent Management: Drive succession planning, leadership development, and workforce planning.
• Workforce Metrics: Monitor and improve turnover, absenteeism, crewing, labor costs, and employee engagement.
• Compliance: Conduct audits and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, company policies, and regulatory requirements.
• HR Team Development: Coach, mentor, and develop facility HR leaders and teams to build capability and bench strength.
• Liaison: Connect plant leadership with Corporate HR, Compliance, Labor Relations, and other Centers of Excellence.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion best practices and standardized HR processes across assigned locations.
• Community and Business Support: Support community relations, workforce initiatives, and strategic business objectives.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Required:

• 7+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in manufacturing, food production, or a related environment.

• Strong knowledge of employee relations, labor relations, employment law, compliance, staffing, compensation, and talent development.

• Excellent leadership, communication, coaching, and problem-solving skills.

• Proficiency with HR systems and Microsoft Office applications.

• Ability to travel 25–50%.

• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation

• As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Multi-site HR leadership experience – requiring a solid understanding of production floor environments, operational workflows, labor utilization, safety practices, and manufacturing performance drivers to effectively support plant leadership and workforce initiatives.
• Experience supporting both union and non-union environments.

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality products to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. Our team members and facilities in the United States allow us to offer a diverse portfolio of fresh, value added and branded beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods products. JBS USA is also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in the world. JBS USA employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 United States and Canada. Our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.