Senior Director, Talent & Team Member Experience

Cabinetworks Group; Livonia (MI); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Cabinetworks Group seeks a Senior Director, Talent & Team Member Experience to shape talent strategy across Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, and Team Member Relations. You will lead an integrated HR organization, partnering with senior leaders to identify capability gaps and drive workforce planning.

This role requires 10+ years of progressive HR leadership, executive presence, and the ability to translate business needs into practical talent initiatives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive HR and talent leadership experience.
• Strong experience in Talent Management, including talent reviews, succession planning, 9-box, critical-role planning, readiness, and development.
• Experience leading leaders and professional teams.
• The confidence and executive presence to advise, influence, coach, and challenge senior leaders.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into practical talent strategies.
• Experience using talent data and analytics to drive decisions.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• The ability to balance strategy with hands-on execution.
• Experience in a large, multi-site, or manufacturing organization preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field; advanced degree and/or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred

Responsibilities

• Talent & Succession Strategy - Own enterprise talent reviews, 9-box, succession planning, critical-role planning, bench strength, readiness, development actions, internal mobility, and talent analytics.
• Talent Acquisition - Lead our salaried Talent Acquisition function and strengthen recruiting strategy, talent pipelines, workforce planning, candidate experience, recruiting effectiveness, and support for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Team Member Relations - Lead HR support for our corporate and support functions, helping our team become increasingly proactive in leader coaching, performance, organizational effectiveness, investigations, and complex team member matters.
• People Leadership - Lead and develop a team of HR leaders and professionals. Set clear expectations, build capability, create accountability, recognize strengths, and develop the next generation of HR talent.
• Enterprise Partnership - Work directly with senior leaders and HR leadership to identify talent risks, anticipate future capability needs, challenge thinking, and turn talent insights into business action.

Skills

Executive presence

Talent leadership

Succession planning

9-box

People development

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/Organizational Development

Advanced degree and/or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred

Job description

Job Description Build the Team. Shape the Talent Strategy. Make Things Happen. We’re looking for a Senior Director, Talent & Team Member Experience who brings energy, influence, and a strong bias for action. This is not a role for someone who wants to simply manage established HR processes. We’re looking for a leader who sees what is possible, builds relationships quickly, brings people along, and has the drive and autonomy to turn ideas into results. You’ll lead an integrated talent organization spanning Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, and Team Member Relations, while helping shape how we identify, attract, develop, engage, and retain talent across Cabinetworks Group. You’ll have the opportunity to build strategy—but you’ll also be expected to roll up your sleeves and make it happen.

Salary Range: $180,000 to $210,000 annually plus bonus.

Who Will Thrive Here

• Gets energy from people. You build relationships naturally, connect across levels and functions, and know how to influence without relying on authority.
• Likes to own things. You’re comfortable with autonomy, make decisions, move work forward, and don’t need someone giving you a playbook for every situation.
• Has a strong internal motor. You create momentum, push through obstacles, and enjoy seeing ideas turn into measurable results.
• Can persuade and influence. You’re comfortable challenging thinking, selling an idea, facilitating senior-level conversations, and getting people aligned around a path forward.
• Develops people. You enjoy coaching leaders and team members, creating opportunities for others, setting clear expectations, and helping good people become even better.
• Can move fast without losing the details. You know that execution matters. You follow through, stay organized, use data, and make sure the work is done well—not just started enthusiastically.
• Thinks bigger than the HR process. You connect talent decisions to business performance, leadership capability, organizational needs, and the future of the company.

What You’ll Own

• Talent & Succession Strategy - Own enterprise talent reviews, 9-box, succession planning, critical-role planning, bench strength, readiness, development actions, internal mobility, and talent analytics.
• Talent Acquisition - Lead our salaried Talent Acquisition function and strengthen recruiting strategy, talent pipelines, workforce planning, candidate experience, recruiting effectiveness, and support for critical and hard-to-fill roles.
• Team Member Relations - Lead HR support for our corporate and support functions, helping our team become increasingly proactive in leader coaching, performance, organizational effectiveness, investigations, and complex team member matters.
• People Leadership - Lead and develop a team of HR leaders and professionals. Set clear expectations, build capability, create accountability, recognize strengths, and develop the next generation of HR talent.
• Enterprise Partnership - Work directly with senior leaders and HR leadership to identify talent risks, anticipate future capability needs, challenge thinking, and turn talent insights into business action.

What Success Looks Like

You won't be measured by how many HR activities you complete. Success will show up in the strength of our organization. We’ll know you’re making an impact when we have stronger succession benches, better visibility to our talent, healthier pipelines for critical roles, more movement and development of high-potential talent, stronger recruiting outcomes, proactive Team Member Relations support, and leaders who are increasingly capable of developing and leading their teams. Just as importantly, you will have built a high-performing HR team that is trusted, connected, accountable, and known for getting things done.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of progressive HR and talent leadership experience
• Strong experience in Talent Management, including talent reviews, succession planning, 9-box, critical-role planning, readiness, and development
• Experience leading leaders and professional teams
• The confidence and executive presence to advise, influence, coach, and challenge senior leaders
• Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business needs into practical talent strategies
• Experience using talent data and analytics to drive decisions
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• The ability to balance strategy with hands-on execution
• Experience in a large, multi-site, or manufacturing organization preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field; advanced degree and/or SPHR/SHRM-SCP preferred

The Kind of Leader

We’re looking for an engaging but accountable. Strategic but action-oriented. Independent but highly collaborative. You’re comfortable walking into a room of senior leaders, building credibility quickly, asking the questions others may not ask, and influencing a decision. You can just as easily sit down with your team, coach someone through a challenge, dig into the details of a talent plan, or jump in to help move an important initiative across the finish line. You don't wait for perfect conditions. You build relationships, create clarity, generate momentum, develop people, and deliver. If that sounds like the kind of environment where you do your best work, we’d like to meet you.

Shift: Full or Part Time Full time

Cabinetworks Group (the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer and we want to have the best available persons in every job. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all persons involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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At Cabinetworks Group, our shared purpose is to build life into the kitchen - the place where people spend such a meaningful part of their personal and family lives, and the true heart of any home. We’re America’s largest privately held cabinetmaker, a best-in-class team of nearly 6,000 employees in 17 locations, including 15 manufacturing facilities. We design and manufacture the most comprehensive choice of kitchen cabinets in the country through 15 brands, among them iconic leaders like KraftMaid®, Medallion® and Merillat®. It is our people who build the life into this company, fueling our growth mindset. Together, we fully intend to reshape our industry, by bringing humanity and a collaborative spirit to every aspect of the customer experience. And to become its employer of choice. This is why a career with our company can be so satisfying, rewarding and worthwhile. To learn more about Cabinetworks Group, visit cabinetworksgroup.com.