Senior Director of HR - Industrial Automation Group

Senior Director of HR
- Industrial Automation Group# Senior Director of HR
- Industrial Automation Group Downers Grove, IL 60515## Overview Salary Range$ - $ Salary Level Senior Position  Type Full Time Job Shift Any Education  Level Graduate Degree

Travel Percentage Up to 50%
Category Human Resources## Description
** About Duravant:
** Duravant is a global engineered equipment company with an over 100-year operating history.  Through our portfolio of operating companies, we deliver trusted end-to-end process solutions for customers and partners through engineering and integration expertise, project management and operational excellence.  With worldwide sales distribution and service networks we provide immediate and lifetime aftermarket support to all the markets we serve in the food processing, packaging and material handling sectors.  

Duravant’s market-leading brands are synonymous with innovation, durability and reliability.

As the
** HR Director for the Industrial Automation Group**, you will serve as the senior Human Resources leader and strategic business partner to the Group President and Group leadership team. This role is responsible for aligning people strategies with business objectives to drive growth, operational excellence, organizational effectiveness, and employee engagement across the Group’s operating companies.

The
** Senior HR Director
** will lead talent and organizational initiatives that strengthen leadership capability, build high-performing teams, support business transformation, and reinforce a culture of accountability, collaboration, and customer focus. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, decentralized industrial manufacturing environment.
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* What You Will Do:

**** Strategic Business Partnership
*** Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner to the Group President and leadership team on organizational, talent, and leadership matters.
* Align HR strategies and priorities with the Group’s commercial, operational, and financial objectives.
* Provide guidance and coaching to leaders on organizational effectiveness, team performance, change leadership, and talent decisions.
* Support organizational design and workforce planning initiatives to optimize scalability, efficiency, and business performance.
* Drive alignment between Group priorities and operating company HR execution.
** Talent Management & Leadership Development
*** Lead talent management by driving succession planning, developing high-potential leaders, addressing capability gaps, enhancing leadership effectiveness, and supporting executive hiring and integration.
** Employee Engagement & Culture
*** Champion a high-performance, values-driven culture focused on teamwork, customer success, innovation, and accountability.
* Drive engagement, support organizational health, lead change initiatives, and foster a culture of inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
** HR Operations & Organizational Effectiveness
*** Partner with operating company HR leaders to ensure consistent execution of HR programs, policies, and processes.
* Drive organizational effectiveness initiatives that improve decision-making, accountability, communication, and team alignment.
* Utilize workforce metrics and analytics to support business decisions and identify trends.
* Partner with Corporate HR on compensation, benefits, talent acquisition, leadership development, compliance, and HR systems initiatives.
* Support acquisition integration and organizational transition activities as needed.
** Employee Relations & Compliance
*** Provide oversight on employee relations, ensure legal and policy compliance, and partner with leadership on sensitive workforce matters and governance.
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