HR Manager

Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state‑of‑the‑art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Human Resources Manager is an enterprise‑level HR leader who partners with General Managers, Directors, and Executives to shape and execute large‑scale people strategies that support organizational goals. This role drives organizational development initiatives, strengthens HR capability across the organization, leads enterprise HR programs, and influences culture, workforce planning, and business strategy across multiple business groups. The Human Resources Manager guides enterprise‑wide HR strategy, policy evolution, and organizational design while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.

Through data‑driven insights, predictive analytics, workforce modeling, and talent strategies, this role helps shape the organization’s future workforce and supports long‑term business success.

• Develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business goals
• Lead cross‑functional HR programs that impact site‑wide operations
• Facilitate monthly business reviews with Directors and General Managers using predictive analytics and workforce modeling to guide long‑term planning and organizational strategy

• Influence executive decisions using data‑driven forecasting and modeling
• Translate enterprise‑level HR insights into recommendations regarding production ramp, staffing models, capability building, and culture

• Develop frameworks for leader capability, career pathing, and succession planning
• Mentor HR Business Partners and Senior HR Business Partners to elevate advisory capability
• Guide leaders through large‑scale change management initiatives

• Partner with executives to address systemic organizational challenges
• Define and implement cultural strategies and engagement frameworks across the organization

• Ensure HR practices, programs, and policies are implemented in compliance with applicable employment laws, company policies, and organizational standards
• Identify and mitigate organizational and workforce‑related risks through proactive planning, workforce analysis, and strategic HR consultation

• Directly supervises HR team members (e.g., HRBPs and Senior HR Business Partners)
• Provides day‑to‑day leadership, coaching, and workload prioritization to ensure effective HR service delivery
• Lead cross‑functional teams or HR project groups

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills…