HR Manager

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Compensation Grade ACE-USD-37

The HR Manager serves as the senior HR business leader for US Acetyls, accountable for shaping and executing the people strategy that enables safe, reliable, sustainable, and profitable performance across a multi‑site, multi‑state business. As a strategic partner to the Acetyls Site Leadership team and advisor to the Acetyls Board (on occasion), the role leads organizational design, workforce planning, culture and change, enterprise talent strategies, and labor relations across union and non‑union populations.

The HR Manager ensures the operating model, policies, and capabilities are fit for current and future needs while maintaining compliance and strengthening business resilience.

• Integrate INEOS Life Saving Rules and 20 Principles of Process & Behavioral Safety into people processes, leadership development, and performance management.
• Partner with SHE and Operations to embed safety leadership behaviors; reinforce safe work practices in talent and rewards programs.
• Ensure HR practices meet regulatory, audit, and ISO requirements; lead remediation and continuous improvement.

• Lead the people strategy for US Acetyls, ensuring alignment to safety, reliability, sustainability, and profitability goals.
• Provides comprehensive and effective support to the review, upgrade and development of the leadership population.
• Drive organizational design and operating model changes to build the structure, span, and capability required for future‑state operations.
• Own long‑range workforce planning (beyond 12 months), capability mapping, and leadership pipeline development for critical roles.
• Design and govern succession planning and leadership development (including supervisory programs), with targeted interventions for high‑impact roles.
• Lead culture transformation that reinforces INEOS values, high‑performance behaviors, and safety leadership.
• Ensure job descriptions and role architectures are current, ISO 9001‑compliant, and aligned with the operating model.
• Provide executive‑level coaching to leaders; guide change management for major initiatives (org changes, technology, leadership transitions).

• Own the talent acquisition strategy across manufacturing and commercial functions; ensure scalable pipelines for critical/scarce skill sets.
• Establish labor market intelligence, sourcing strategies, and partnerships for hard‑to‑fill and future‑skills roles.
• Build and maintain external partnerships (school districts, technical colleges, industry bodies) to create sustainable talent pipelines.
• Sponsor upskilling and workforce development programs; oversee Texas Workforce Commission grants with local colleges.
• Monitor and advise on talent supply/demand, turnover and time‑to‑fill; implement corrective strategies.

• Set the compensation strategy for US Acetyls (market competitiveness, internal equity, pay for performance), including annual planning.
• Oversee benchmarking and salary surveys; design structures that support attraction and retention goals.
• Provide strategic oversight of US Acetyls policy and company benefit programs, ensuring compliance, competitiveness, and positive employee experience.
• Work collaboratively with the HRIS team to optimize HR systems, ensuring compliance, efficiency, and improved analytics to support data‑driven decision making.
• Own the workforce analytics agenda—create insights on productivity, attrition, engagement and talent risks to guide leadership actions.
• Ensures accurate monthly HR Dashboard Reports for the business and respond to regular and ad‑hoc data requests.