Manufacturing HR Leader & People Strategy Partner

James Hardie; Prattville (AL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 155,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary & bonus

Day-one health coverage

PTO

401(k) match

Employee Stock Purchase plan

Wellness programs

Sustainability initiatives

Job summary

James Hardie is seeking an HR leader to shape and execute the people strategy for our manufacturing site. You will collaborate with senior leaders to drive performance, strengthen leadership capability, and foster a high-engagement culture by delivering integrated people solutions.

This role goes beyond HR administration, acting as a trusted advisory and coach while ensuring compliance and fairness. The position focuses on workforce planning, retention, succession, engagement, and organizational

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in HR, business, or related field.
• 8–12+ years of progressive HR experience, including leadership roles.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and operate with credibility at all levels.
• Strong business acumen with experience aligning people strategies to operational and financial outcomes.
• Deep knowledge of employee relations, employment law, and HR best practices.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to understand business strategy, operational challenges, and workforce implications.
• Translate business priorities into people strategies across talent, organization design, leadership capability, and culture.
• Provide data-driven insights using workforce and people metrics (safety, turnover, engagement, performance, absenteeism) to influence decision-making.
• Participate actively in leadership meetings, strategic planning sessions, and operational reviews.
• Support Lean management principles and standard work to support continuous improvement in the business and function.
• Lead workforce planning efforts to ensure the organization has the right talent, skills, and structure to meet current and future needs.
• Develop and drive overall retention strategies and action plans.
• Partner with leaders to identify critical roles and develop robust succession plans and internal pipelines.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition on recruiting strategies for priority roles.
• Partner with Learning & Development to identify leadership and capability gaps and drive targeted development solutions.
• Serve as a steward of the organization’s values, culture, and leadership standards.
• Lead engagement initiatives, analyze employee feedback, and partner with leaders to create actionable improvement plans.
• Support leaders in building environments that promote retention, performance, employee well-being, and creating a great place to work.
• Develop and promote strategies to improve employee engagement.
• Lead and support organizational design, restructuring, and transformation initiatives.
• Assess change impacts and develop people-focused change strategies to support business initiatives.
• Equip leaders with tools and coaching to lead teams effectively through change and ambiguity.
• Provide guidance on employee relations matters, including performance issues, investigations, policy interpretation, and corrective action.
• Ensure employee issues are handled with consistency, fairness, and sound judgment.
• Identify and proactively mitigate people-related risks.
• Ensure effective execution of core HR processes, including performance reviews, compensation cycles, engagement surveys, onboarding, and exits.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver seamless and integrated people solutions.
• Monitor HR process effectiveness and identify opportunities for simplification, standardization, automation and continuous improvement.
• Ensure accurate documentation, data integrity, and timely reporting.

Skills

Strategic HR leadership

Executive influence

Data-driven HR

Employee relations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field

Job description

James Hardie is seeking an HR leader to shape and execute the people strategy for our manufacturing site. You will collaborate with senior leaders to drive performance, strengthen leadership capability, and foster a high-engagement culture by delivering integrated people solutions.

This role goes beyond HR administration, acting as a trusted advisory and coach while ensuring compliance and fairness. The position focuses on workforce planning, retention, succession, engagement, and organizational