Hyundai Motor America

HR & Team Relations Director

Hyundai Motor America

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Montgomery • Alabama • United States

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Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • The Human Resources & Team Relations Director serves as the senior functional leader responsible for integrating and overseeing all HR and TR functions across HMMA.
  • Reporting directly to the CAO, this role provides strategic people and labor insights to support organizational planning and executive decision-making.
  • The Director leads both the HR and TR Senior Managers, ensuring cohesive execution of HR strategy, labor-risk mitigation, talent systems, compensation competitiveness, and a positive, union-free work environment.
  • This role anticipates business challenges, develops integrated People & Organization strategies, shapes organizational culture, and builds leadership capability to support the organization’s long-term performance and growth.
  • Lead and develop an integrated people and organizational strategy aligned with long-term business plans and operational requirements across Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to the CAO, CEO, and senior leadership on people, culture, labor strategy, and organizational health.
  • Ensure organizational direction and strategic initiatives remain aligned through close coordination with HMC Headquarters and HMNA.
  • Direct workforce planning, organizational reviews, and KPI-driven insights to support executive decision-making.
  • Provide strategic direction for all Human Resources and Team Relations functions, ensuring cohesive and aligned execution across both the HR Senior Manager and TR Senior Manager organizations.
  • Oversee enterprise-wide people systems, including talent acquisition, compensation and benefits, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, and organization development.
  • Lead labor relations strategy, including union avoidance posture, labor risk monitoring, supervisor capability building, and early warning systems for union-related activity.
  • Ensure policy, process, and compliance alignment across HR and TR practices to maintain operational integrity, fairness, and regulatory adherence.
  • Guide resolution of escalated people issues, delivering leadership on high-risk employee relations cases, investigations, dispute resolution, and policy interpretation.
  • Drive improvements in Team Member experience, including morale, engagement, communication, fairness, trust, and workplace culture.
  • Strengthen organizational and leadership capability to support consistent people management, communication, and corrective-action practices.
  • Oversee HR/TR responsibilities within Business Management System (BMS), Environment Management System (EMS), and Safety Management System (SMS) frameworks, ensuring documentation quality and audit readiness.
  • Use metrics, data, and trend analysis to improve hiring, retention, labor relations, and culture outcomes.
  • Lead continuous improvement of HR/TR processes to enhance quality, cost efficiency, and service levels.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required
  • Advanced degree in Human Resources Management, Business, Industrial Relations, or related areas of study preferred.
  • 15 or more years of progressively responsible HR experience, preferably in a large manufacturing environment
  • Minimum 5 years leading HR or TR organizations at the managerial or director level
  • At least 5 years of experience in Team Relations or Labor Relations is strongly preferred
  • Experience in multinational or culturally diverse organizations preferred
  • MS Word / Excel / PowerPoint
  • Expertise in HR strategy, workforce planning, compensation, leadership development, labor/employee relations, and policy governance.
  • Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capability
  • Exceptional communication, influence, coaching, and relationship-building skills
  • SHRM-SCP or SPHR preferred
  • Training or certification in labor relations, investigations, or conflict resolution preferred.
Benefits
  • Position may require occasional travel (domestic or foreign).
  • Flexibility in working hours to include weekends, holidays, and off shift.
  • Position may require on-call duty or overtime due to overall responsibility.
  • Employment is at-will and subject to company policies.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
HR strategyworkforce planningcompensationleadership developmentlabor relationsemployee relationspolicy governancedata analysistrend analysiscontinuous improvement
Soft Skills
analytical capabilitycommunicationinfluencecoachingrelationship-buildingstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingteam leadershiporganizational culture shapingconflict resolution
Certifications
SHRM-SCPSPHRlabor relations certificationinvestigations certificationconflict resolution certification