Vice President Of Human Resources
This is a highly visible executive leadership role with significant influence over the future of the organization. The Vice President of Human Resources will serve as the senior HR leader for the Americas region, partnering closely with the Regional CEO and Executive Leadership Team to build the people, leadership, culture, and organizational capabilities required to support the long-term growth strategy. The successful candidate will help elevate HR from a primarily operational function to a strategic business partner, driving initiatives around organizational design, leadership development, succession planning, change management, talent strategy, and employee engagement.
Responsibilities include:
- Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Americas CEO and Executive Leadership Team.
- Develop and execute a multi-year people strategy aligned with the organization's growth objectives through 2030 and beyond.
- Actively participate in business planning, organizational effectiveness, talent discussions, and strategic decision-making.
- Lead organizational design and workforce planning initiatives across the Americas region.
- Create and drive succession planning frameworks to strengthen the leadership pipeline.
- Develop scalable talent management and leadership development strategies.
- Support enterprise-wide transformation initiatives, including organizational restructuring, process optimization, and change management efforts.
- Play an active leadership role in ongoing HR technology and operational transformation projects, including Oracle implementation initiatives.
- Drive employee engagement, culture development, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
- Establish consistent talent practices across multiple countries and business units.
- Foster a high-performance culture while maintaining the values and long-term orientation of a family-owned organization.
- Partner with leadership teams to strengthen employee development and retention strategies.
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The successful applicant will have:
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, including experience leading regional or multi-country organizations.
- Spanish and/or Portuguese language capabilities.
- Familiarity with family-owned or privately held businesses.
- Prior experience serving as a Vice President of Human Resources, Chief People Officer, CHRO, or equivalent senior HR executive.
- Demonstrated success partnering directly with CEOs and executive leadership teams.
- Strong organizational development, change management, and talent strategy expertise.
- Experience developing succession planning and leadership development programs.
- Proven ability to lead within a matrixed global organization.
- Background managing both professional and hourly employee populations.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, industrial, distribution, engineering, logistics, or related environments.
- Strong business acumen coupled with a data-driven approach to decision-making.
What's on offer includes:
- $250,000 - $300,000 base salary + bonus and LTI
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Hybrid schedule - 3 days a week in office in Parsippany, New Jersey
- Executive leadership seat at the table with significant influence on company strategy.
- Opportunity to shape the future of a growing Americas region.
- Family-owned culture focused on long-term success rather than short-term results.
- Highly collaborative global environment with meaningful international exposure.
- Direct partnership with a respected and people-focused CEO.
- Ability to drive transformational initiatives across multiple countries and business units.
If you are interested/qualified, please apply here. All applications will be reviewed within 48 hours of submission.