Automotive HR Director

Job Title

HR Director

Bay Area of Northern California

We are a growing, multi-rooftop automotive dealership group operating throughout Northern California. Our organization is built around operational consistency, strong leadership accountability, and a high standard of professionalism. We support dealership teams focused on delivering an exceptional customer experience while maintaining disciplined, compliant, and consistent internal processes across each location.

We are seeking an experienced
HR Director
to lead human resources strategy and day-to-dayHRexecution across our Northern California dealership operations.

This is a hands-on leadership role responsible for employee relations, California employment compliance, recruiting support, performance management, workplace investigations, training, policy administration, leave management, andHRprocess standardization across multiple rooftops.

The ideal candidate has
direct automotive dealershipHRexperience in Northern California
and understands the unique challenges of managing employees across sales, service, parts, BDC, accounting, and administrative departments.

This individual will work closely with executive leadership, General Managers, department leaders, and payroll/administrative teams to strengthen accountability, reduce employment-related risk, improve retention, and create consistentHRpractices throughout the organization.

• LeadHRoperations across multiple California dealerships, ensuring consistent processes, documentation, policies, and employment practices

• Serve as a strategicHRpartner to executive leadership, General Managers, and department leaders regarding organizational structure, staffing, performance, employee relations, and talent needs

• Manage employee relations matters, including workplace investigations, complaints, corrective action, conflict resolution, performance issues, and terminations

• Maintain strong compliance with applicable
  California and federal employment laws
  , wage-and-hour requirements, leave requirements, workplace standards, and documentation practices

• Partner with payroll and dealership leadership to support compliant timekeeping, attendance, compensation, meal and rest period practices, and other wage-and-hour processes

• Manage and coordinate employee leave and accommodation processes in partnership with appropriate internal and external resources

• Maintain and update employee handbooks,HR policies, SOPs, forms, and documentation standards

• EnsureHRpolicies and procedures are communicated and applied consistently across all dealership locations

• Support recruiting strategy, candidate screening, hiring processes, background-check procedures, offer processes, and onboarding

• Improve onboarding consistency and help establish clear expectations for new employees and managers

• Develop and support management training focused on employee relations, documentation, coaching, compliance, leadership, and accountability

• Oversee performance management practices and help dealership leaders establish effective coaching, counseling, and performance improvement plans

• Support benefits administration,HRIS systems, payroll coordination, workers' compensation processes, and employee records management as applicable

• Partner with leadership to identify employee retention issues and develop practical strategies to improve engagement and reduce unnecessary turnover

• MonitorHRmetrics including turnover, hiring activity, attendance, employee relations matters, terminations, and other workforce trends

• Identify HR-related risks and recommend practical improvements to processes, policies, training, and leadership practices

• Promote a professional, respectful, accountable, and performance-focused…