Senior Vice President Human Resources

Overview

CJ Logistics America delivers integrated and multimodal logistics services, connecting every corner of the world via air, sea, and land. As a lead logistics partner (LLP), third-party logistics provider (3PL), and supply chain consultant, we help customers leverage supply chain management as a competitive advantage, reducing total system costs, transforming business processes, improving service, and facilitating growth and change. With a focus on social responsibility and sustainability through growth with customers and communities, we prioritize the well‑being of the end consumer, our customers, and our employees.

CJ Logistics America is responsible for the North American region, specializing in solutions for regulated industries such as food and beverage, consumer-packaged goods, healthcare and medical supplies, and tire and automotive.

About the Role

Reporting to the CEO, the SVP, Human Resources will serve as a key member of the Executive Leadership Team, overseeing the North America Human Resources function. Our SVP, HR will build a team focused on meeting the business's strategic needs while fostering a People-first culture. This role acts as a trusted, strategic, senior-level advisor on people experience, employee relations, organizational design, talent management, people development, and other human resources matters to the North America leadership team as well as other executives based in North America and all employees throughout our North American operations.

This hands-on senior leader will be a passionate and driven leader, focused on the alignment of human capital to the company's business growth and results. This position will provide strategic, consultative direction and operational leadership for the business, articulating the needs and plans for Human Resources programs and initiatives in North America. This role will also work closely with HQ HR on various initiatives.

What You’ll Do

• This leader informs and influences business strategy by leading change management, organizational design, performance management, employee engagement, succession planning, internal communications and culture initiatives.
• Evolve our organization from operational HR to a people centric function with a People Strategy that shapes how CJ Logistics engages with our employees both now and into the future.
• Set the standard for growing and developing our employees.
• Define a competitive recruitment strategy that supports the commercial and operational opportunities and challenges of having a geographically dispersed field team.

HR & Business Strategy

• Act as a strategic partner to the CEO and executive team by leveraging talent and HR strategies.
• Advise on matters of organizational structure and business operations.
• Lead change management initiatives and act proactively in times of change.
• Translate data into insights with excellent analytical, problem solving and organizational skills.
• Establish an equitable and competitive total compensation philosophy that motivates employees and drives business performance.
• Advance the HR team’s capability, providing mentoring and coaching of HR team members.
• In collaboration with Legal, implement and maintain legally compliant policies and programs.

Who You Are

• Effectively able to balance strategic thinking and tactical next steps (go between where we want to be and where we are today).
• Delivers business outcomes through pragmatism – the goal isn’t process or perfection; it’s moving the business forward.
• Creativity and precision of thought (e.g. can ingest a lot of information quickly), partnering with the Executive team to lift up the whole team across functions.
• You have strong opinions, but an open mind to alternatives and new data.
• You aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and get it done.
• You enjoy coaching both the other Executive team members and their functional teams.

What You Bring

• Strategic Influence:
  Ability to influence and collaborate with all levels of the organization to achieve results that matter.
• Pragmatic Leadership:
  Strong business and HR acumen, with a focus on practical problem-solving, critical thinking, and leading through ambiguity.
• Global Compliance:
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