Site HR Manager

US01 VALEO NORTH AMERICA; McAllen (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Valeo North America is seeking a Site HR Manager to lead all HR duties at the site, including relations, hiring, training, salary administration, benefits and more. You will partner with site managers and drive HR strategy, processes and data quality to support safety and performance.

Join a global tech company focused on greener, safer mobility, with an emphasis on change management, employee engagement and compliant, proactive HR leadership at the site level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR or related field.
• 5–7+ years progressive HR experience in manufacturing/automotive.
• Experience handling investigations, benefits, payroll, disciplinary actions and terminations, recruiting and onboarding.
• Understanding of local, state and federal labor laws.
• Experience recruiting and onboarding hourly manufacturing and salaried employees.

Responsibilities

• Lead HR tools, processes & policies for the site and coach managers on HR topics.
• Anticipate and manage HR impact of transformations; drive change management plans.
• Oversee Health, Safety & Working conditions in coordination with HSE.
• Ensure compliance with Health, Safety & Environment rules and data reliability.
• Lead HR strategy deployment and manage the HR department and budget.
• Recruit, train and develop HR team members and maintain strong external relationships.

Skills

HR management

People leadership

Employee relations

Change management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HR or related field

Tools

Workday

Job description

Valeo is a tech global company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility. We are an automotive supplier partner to automakers and new mobility actors worldwide. Our vision? Invent a greener and more secured mobility, thanks to solutions focusing on intuitive driving and reducing CO² emissions. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest global innovative companies.

Future Opportunity: This posting is for an anticipated future hiring need for 2027.

What You Will Win As part of a global community of talented people, you will grow and thrive working on advanced technologies for greener, safer and smarter mobility. Our company culture gives all our employees the opportunity every day to #Dare.Care.Share.

You will receive a best in class, total compensation package that provides a comprehensive benefits program with real financial value.

About the Role

As a Site Human Resources Manager, you will manage all HR related duties for the Site, including but not limited to, employee relations, hiring and retention, training and development, salary administration, benefits and more. You will work closely on a day-to-day basis with managers and lead communication to all employees and managers within the Site.

Responsibilities

• Is the key partner for Entity's management Leads the deployment of HR tools, processes & policies, and coaches managers
• Anticipates, advises & manages HR impact of transformations (technological, organizational, etc.), and drives the change management plan
• Coaches managers on HR related topics
• Co-lead with HSE manager the Health, Safety & Working conditions
• Ensures the respect of all Health / Security / Environment rules
• Takes into account all identified risks and manage them with QRQC tools
• Monitors unfitness situations, and drives the adaptation of work conditions to individual unfitness
• Leads Quality of Life at Work policy and improvement plan
• Guides managers in Health, Safety & Working conditions topics related to HR responsibilities
• Manages risk & also financial impacts of Health, Safety & Working conditions
• Manages the HR department
• Acts as a Leader for the HR team by developing individual & collective performance
• Recruits, trains & develops HR team members
• Proposes changes & continuous improvement action plan to optimize HR organization & results
• Is accountable for reliability & quality of data managed by the team
• Leads, defines & deploys HR Strategy
• As a member of the management Committee, and under the Site General Manager's responsibility, defines and deploys the Entity's HR Strategy, in line with the Group, Division, PG-PL-RO & legal entity orientations
• Builds & deploys the communication & change management plan related to HR Strategy
• Prioritizes, proposes & monitors budget accordingly
• Guarantees the relevant/proper Job Grading methodology use according to the Group referential and all related C&B applications
• Leads Employee relations & all related activities
• Leads or participates in Employee relations activities within the legal entity according to the organization
• Is responsible to keep or improve social climate & relationships with social representatives
• Defines the competitiveness strategy for the Entity and the variabilization of costs & workforce according to organizational needs
• Is responsible for Diversity programs, Well being at work, and leads local CSR actions
• Manages the deployment of HR Policy & all related regulations
• Is responsible for the deployment and the respect of the Group, Division, PG-PL-RO & legal entity HR Policies, and the legal provisions
• Is responsible for the Ethics & Compliance respect related to HR activities (anti-harassment, GDPR...)
• Manages disciplinary actions
• Ensures the legal monitoring, and the deployment of possible changes in the regulations
• Is the company's HR representative externally
• Ensures strong relationships with external stakeholders & other representatives linked to HR
• Defines & deploys specific actions, and/or participates to events & meetings
• Is responsible for the local Campus Management strategy deployment in relation with the Country Campus Manager
• Is responsible for local/on site actions to organize and animate the Campus events
• Creates close relationships with external stakeholders (public & private organizations)

What You Should Have

• You should have a Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Human Resources, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Organizational Communications, Business, Management or related field
• 5–7+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant experience in manufacturing, automotive, or another highly regulated industrial environment.
• You have experience with autonomously handling a variety of human resources issues, such as investigations, benefits questions, annual appraisals, payroll, disciplinary actions and terminations, recruiting and new hire orientations
• You have an understanding of local, state and federal labor laws
• Experience with Workday is strongly preferred.
• Experience recruiting and onboarding hourly manufacturing, skilled trades, engineering, maintenance, quality, and salaried employees.

Join us! Thanks to its strategy focused on innovation, Valeo aims at reducing CO² emissions and developing intuitive driving to propose greener, safer, and smarter mobility. The fantastic (r)evolution towards the vehicle of the future provides amazing career opportunities and challenging jobs!

Diversity by nature At Valeo, innovation is driven by the diversity, authenticity and energy of its talents. You are looking for new technological and human adventures? Join Valeo and its more than 100.000 employees across the globe!

More information about valeo : https://www.valeo.com

Job: Site HR Business Partner Manager

Organization: RO/PL

Industrial Schedule: Full time

Employee Status: Regular

Job Type: Permanent contract

Job Posting Date: 2026-10-02

Join Us ! Being part of our team, you will join:

• one of the largest global innovative companies, with more than 20,000 engineers working in Research & Development
• a multi-cultural environment that values diversity and international collaboration
• more than 100,000 colleagues in 31 countries... which make a lot of opportunity for career growth - a business highly committed to limiting the environmental impact if its activities and ranked by Corporate Knights as the number one company in the automotive sector in terms of sustainable development

More information on Valeo: https://www.valeo.com Valeo is a global tech company, designing breakthrough solutions to reinvent the mobility industry. We are leader on our businesses, and recognized as one of the largest innovative companies. We offer a large number of job opportunities that are as diverse as they are rewarding. Whether you are a student seeking an internship, a recent graduate, or an experienced professional, you will find an interesting opportunity at Valeo for you! More information on www.valeo.com Join Valeo! As part of a global community of passionate people, you will grow and thrive, setting the trend through advanced technologies, for greener, safer, and smarter mobility. All our employees are gathered around our common culture and have everyday the opportunity to #Dare.Care.Share