Vice President, Human Resources

Napoleon leads the way with innovative engineering, advanced manufacturing techniques, unsurpassed customer service and remarkable product quality. Our award-winning products offer a best-in-class experience for all customers’ home comfort needs. While we are proudly Canadian, Napoleon is also fortunate to operate on a world-wide scale.

The warmth and experience that Napoleon product brings to the homes of our customers transcends borders, language, and cultures to elevate everyday experiences, so you love being home. Throughout North America, Europe, South America and Asia, Napoleon creates memorable moments through our stunning designs and innovative technologies.

This posting is for an existing permanent vacancy and is actively being recruited for.

Vice President Human Resources

Reporting to the President, the Vice President, Human Resources is a member of the Executive Leadership Team responsible for developing and executing the global people strategy that enables Napoleon's business strategy, organizational effectiveness, and long-term growth.

The Vice President, Human Resources serves as a trusted advisor to the President, Executive Leadership Team, and ownership, providing strategic leadership across organizational design, leadership capability, workforce planning, talent management, culture, employee relations, compensation, total rewards, and organizational transformation.

This role is responsible for ensuring Napoleon has the leadership capability, organizational structure, manufacturing workforce, and culture necessary to support continued growth across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, China, and future global markets. Particular emphasis is placed on building organizational capability within manufacturing operations through strategic workforce planning, frontline leadership development, skilled labour attraction, labour productivity, attendance improvement, and operational excellence while balancing strategic business priorities, legal compliance, and organizational effectiveness.

• Serve as an active member of the Senior Leadership Team, contributing to enterprise strategy and business decision-making.
• Partner with the President and executive leaders to align people strategies with corporate objectives.
• Provide executive consulting and strategic counsel to senior leaders on organizational, leadership, and workforce matters.
• Lead enterprise workforce planning to ensure organizational capability supports future business needs.
• Influence organizational effectiveness through leadership development, succession planning, and executive talent decisions.
• Partner closely with Operations leaders to ensure workforce capability supports production requirements, operational efficiency, and long-term manufacturing growth.

• Lead organizational design initiatives that improve effectiveness, accountability, decision-making, and scalability.
• Develop organizational structures that support business growth and operational excellence.
• Lead enterprise-wide change management initiatives, ensuring leadership alignment, organizational readiness, and successful adoption.
• Evaluate organizational health/wellness and recommend structural improvements to enhance performance.

• Develop and execute enterprise talent strategies that attract, develop, engage, and retain high-performing associates.
• Support Immigration policies and process to attract diverse associates.
• Lead succession planning and talent review processes across the organization.
• Build leadership capability through coaching, leadership development, mentoring, and assessment programs, utilizing leadership competencies as the guide.
• Establish strategies for identifying and developing future leaders.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and professional growth.
• Develop strategies to strengthen frontline leadership capability across manufacturing operations.
• Ensure robust succession plans exist for plant leadership, technical specialists, and other business-critical manufacturing roles.
• Develop long-term strategies for attracting and retaining skilled…