Human Resources Director

Job ID: 530786

CRH is a leading global diversified building materials group with over 85,000 employees in 32 countries around the world. Are you an HR leader who wants to help shape the business, not simply support it?

We are looking for an experienced HR Director to serve as the senior Human Resources leader for our Business Unit and a strategic partner to the Business Unit President and leadership team.

This is a highly visible leadership opportunity for an HR professional who understands how to connect people strategy with business performance. You’ll work alongside senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability, build talent and succession pipelines, improve organizational effectiveness, anticipate workforce needs, and create an engaged, accountable, high-performing culture.

What You’ll Do

As HR Director, you’ll:

• Shape the people strategy. Translate business priorities into practical talent, workforce, organizational, and culture strategies that support growth and performance.
• Partner with senior leadership. Serve as a trusted advisor to the Business Unit President and leadership team on important people, organizational, and workforce decisions.
• Build our leadership pipeline. Lead talent reviews, succession planning, high-potential identification, leadership development, and strategies that strengthen bench strength.
• Drive workforce strategy. Anticipate changing workforce and capability needs and develop solutions around critical skills, staffing, retention, and future talent requirements.
• Strengthen organizational effectiveness. Advise leaders on organizational structure, role clarity, leadership capability, workforce deployment, and opportunities to improve effectiveness.
• Coach and challenge leaders. Provide thoughtful, candid guidance that strengthens leadership effectiveness, accountability, communication, and performance.
• Lead complex employee relations. Navigate investigations, performance issues, corrective actions, policy interpretation, and other complex employee or labor matters with sound judgment.
• Champion engagement and culture. Turn employee feedback and workforce insights into actions that strengthen engagement, retention, accountability, and the employee experience.
• Lead through change. Guide the people side of acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, leadership transitions, growth, and other organizational changes.
• Lead and develop the HR team. Build the capability of HR professionals while creating an effective HR operating model that meets the needs of the business.
• Use data to influence decisions. Turn workforce trends and HR analytics into practical insights and recommendations for senior leadership.
• Connect the broader HR organization. Partner across Talent Acquisition, Compensation, Benefits, Payroll, Learning & Development, and other HR functions to deliver integrated solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Typically 10+ years of progressive HR experience, including significant HR Business Partner and leadership responsibilities.
• Experience partnering with senior business leaders and influencing significant organizational and workforce decisions.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing HR professionals.
• Strong experience across employee relations, talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
• Experience supporting multiple locations or a decentralized operating environment strongly preferred.
• Experience within construction materials, manufacturing, industrial, distribution, or a similar operational business is preferred.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, or other significant organizational change is a plus.
• SPHR or SHRM-SCP certification preferred.

What Will Make You Successful

You’ll thrive in this role if you:

• Think like a business leader as well as an HR leader.
• Build credibility quickly and develop strong relationships at every level of the organization.
• Are comfortable making decisions and providing candid advice in complex or ambiguous situations.
• Can balance business priorities with employee, legal, cultural, and organizational considerations.
• See around corners and address people and organizational challenges before they become urgent.
• Understand operations and enjoy spending time in the business.
• Have the courage to challenge thinking while remaining a trusted partner.
• Develop strong leaders, strong teams, and sustainable talent pipelines.
• Can move easily between strategy and execution.

This is an opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the business, our leaders, and our people. If you enjoy building organizations, developing talent, solving complex business challenges, and helping leaders create high-performing teams, we’d like to hear from you.

What CRH Offers You

• Highly competitive base pay
• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
• Group retirement savings program
• Health and wellness programs
• An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion

About CRH

CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.

If you’re up for a rewarding challenge, we invite you to take the first step and apply today! Once you click apply now, you will be brought to our official employment application. Please complete your online profile and it will be sent to the hiring manager. Our system allows you to view and track your status 24 hours a day. Thank you for your interest!

CRH is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

EOE/Vet/Disability

CRH is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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