CIRCOR International (NYSE : CIR) is one of the world's leading providers of mission critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defense markets. The Company has a product portfolio of market-leading brands serving its customers' most demanding applications. CIRCOR markets its solutions directly and through various sales partners to more than 14,000 customers in approximately 100 countries. The Company has a global presence with approximately 3,200 employees and is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. For more Ainformation, visit the Company's investor relations website at https://investors.circor.com/
About CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense
CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is focused on the design, development, and manufacture of specialty fluid and motion control products for demanding aerospace and defense applications. CIRCOR products are flying on most commercial and military aircraft, including single and twin aisle air transport, business and regional jets, military transports and fighters, and commercial and military rotorcraft. Other markets include unmanned aircraft, shipboard applications, and military ground vehicles.
Business units are in Corona, California; Warren, Massachusetts; Hauppauge, New York; Paris, France; Uxbridge, UK; and Tangier, Morocco. Parent company CIRCOR International is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts and CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is headquartered in Corona, California.
POSITION DETAILS
Position Summary
The VP, HR - A&D Group is responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the A&D organization by shaping its culture and attracting, engaging, developing and retaining talents to support the Group's performance, globally.
Principal Activities
Drive the people agenda and HR strategic plan for the A&D businesses in partnership with the A&D Group President and leadership team
Partner with CIRCOR's CHRO and Corporate HR Centers of Excellence in developing HR
strategies and implementing key HR programs across the A&D Group
Coach and support A&D general managers in their strategic HR needs
Working closely with the general managers, mentor and develop A&D HRBP leaders in each business unit
Support A&D Group organizational design plans and change management initiatives
Oversee initiatives to build a diverse, inclusive, innovative, and high growth culture
Foster teamwork, collaboration, and synergies across A&D and CIRCOR
Drive strategic workforce planning
Attract, select, and recruit top talents while optimizing hiring costs
Develop talent bench to prepare succession planning for key positions
Drive targeted career development, learning and development actions, and lead talent review processes
Lead employee communications activities; take the pulse of employees regularly across the Group
Provide assistance and guidance to management and employees on employee relations issues and policies, procedures, and standards
Manage and coordinate annual compensation cycles in partnership with the Compensation Center of Excellence
Support Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives
Deliver and interpret HR KPIs to measure the success of the HR function
Provide expertise, research and analysis to assist the A&D Leadership team in the formulation and execution of special HR projects
Oversee and/or conduct workplace investigations and manage ethics complaints
Participate in global compliance matters
Support merger and acquisition activity from an HR perspective as required
May have global responsibility of an HR deliverable across the segment such as sales incentive plans, talent review, performance management, etc
Job Requirements
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Vision, strategic agility, thinking and acting, combined to a sound planning experience
Ability to quickly move from the strategic to the tactical and vice versa
Entrepreneurship, self-driven and self-organized, energetic and able to inspire and energize others
Results-oriented, decision maker, and eager to drive for necessary change
Passion, energy and clear sense of urgency
Customer-centric, able to build effective and lasting relationships internally and externally
Drives innovation and new solutions, creating superior value for customers
Proven leadership, good at listening, and effective in motivating people
Able to lead by example and through people engagement, while continuously empowering the team
Leadership courage - inspires and motivates others to perform, sets high standards to lead their team to deliver superior results
Able to lead teams in a complex and fast-paced environment and to provide processes and guidelines enabling people to deliver in time
Open minded, multi-cultural openness, manages and fosters diversity and inclusion
Supports fair treatment and opportunity for all, creative and inclusive in overcoming problems and finding solutions
Effective communication both verbal and written along with excellent presentation skills with the ability to communicate with board members, executives, as well as frontline employees
Influential; high ability to understand multi-party concerns
Business acumen on executive level
Intellectual horsepower - deals with concepts and complexity comfortably and can translate and cascade it to all levels
Out-of-the-box thinker, experienced in and capable of leading change
Striving for continuous improvement through a constant benchmark with best in class competitors and players in the market
Strong analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills, and attention to detail where necessary
Ability to work under pressure, plan personal workload effectively
Political savvy - maneuvers through political situations effectively
Excellent working knowledge of key HR metrics and processes as they relate to manufacturing operations and support functions
Extensive knowledge of the principles, procedures, and best practices in leadership
Ability to develop, coach, motivate, and mentor
Experience
15+ years of global Human Resources or related experience with a minimum of five years leadership experience
Mainly worked in an international responsibility and company environment used to complex business models and matrix organization
Cross-regional and functional project management experiences
A successful track record driving transformation and cultural change
Evidence of building a high-performance leadership team
Experienced in developing and implementing continuous improvement programs
Track record of meeting commitments with the highest standards of ethics and integrity
Education
Advanced degree in Human Resources Management, Industrial Relations, Organizational Development, Psychology, or MBA required
CIRCOR is an EEO Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
