• Vice President Human Resources

    ATS Automation (Charlotte, NC)


    ATS Company: ATS Corporation

     

    Requisition ID: 15346

    Location:

    Charlotte, NC, US, 28217

     

    Date: Jul 25, 2025

     

    Vice President Human Resources

     

    Segment: PackagingandFood Technologies

     

    Report To: President, Packaging & Food Technologies [dotted line to ATS CHRO]

    ATS | OVERVIEW:

    At ATS, a $3B publicly-traded global enterprise with a proud 47-year history, we are helping advance the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. Within Packaging and Food Technologies, what we do matters – it matters to both our customers and their customers. We focus on food processing machinery and equipment industry, vision and quality control systems, and packaging across a number of industries that include beverage, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, and other verticals. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise, on time and on budget. Together with our product range, our financial strength and global footprint, we provide the best automation solutions to our customers where and when they need it.

    ROLE SUMMARY:

    + Drive HR strategy and execution for Packaging and Food Technologies globally

    + Build and develop leadership team

    + Stabilize and transform organization & culture

    + Talent attraction, development and retention

    + Strategic organization design and workforce planning

    + Leadership coach, counsel and partner

    + Employee and works council relations

    + Coordination and execution of HR programs and policies

    RESPONSIBILITIES | OUTCOMES:

    + Lead future organizational design and change management initiatives that position the organization for growth, improve operational effectiveness and maintain a high-performing, diverse, motivated, and engaged workforce.

    + Ensure a proactive approach to progressive HR programs, processes and policies and implement relevant and sustainable changes when required.

    + Develop, implement, and pro-actively maintain a recruitment strategy that will support rapid organizational growth. Oversee recruitment activities, resource and capacity planning to ensure qualified employees are recruited, hired and on boarded appropriately.

    + Responsible for employee development and wellness through ongoing education programs

    + Support and drive proactive change and organizational efficiencies through the use of the ATS Business Model (ABM)

    + Support organizational value drivers by achieving industry leading key performance indicators (KPI’s) related to turnover and internal fill rates.

    + Ensure company compliance with all applicable employment legislation.

    + Ensure that all business activities are performed with the highest ethical standards and in compliance with the ATS Code of Business Conduct.

    CAPABILITIES | BEHAVIORS:

    + Successfully drive results in a continuous improvement data-driven culture

    + Navigate and thrive in a decentralized, global organization

    + Deliver performance while building organizational capability and depth

    + Strong leader oriented to create followership and develop the future

    + Be an integrative team leader and collaborative team member

    + Able to effectively prioritize, simplify and communicate priorities

    + Architect sustainable cultural transformation

    + Emotional resilience

    + Professional confidence maturity

    + Intellectual agility

    + Able to operate and deliver autonomously

    + Think strategically - be able to craft and execute strategy

    + Able to fly at multiple altitudes

    + Maintain coaching and relationships with key talent

    + Be prepared to challenge - able to deliver effective feedback

    QUALIFICATIONS:

    Education:

    + A degree in human resources, business or other related field

    + MBA or another graduate degree is preferred

    Experience:

    + Requires a minimum of 8-10+ years’ experience in a senior HR management position leading people operations teams in a fast paced high-growth organization.

    + Strong business acumen and expert communicator

    + A proven track record of building and maintaining a high-performance organization and engaged culture.

    + Ability to work autonomously, collaboratively and multi-task many priorities in a fast paced, project-oriented business.

    + Ability to solve problems, deal with gray space and ambiguity at times and demonstrate intuitive judgment.

    + Demonstrated previous experience developing strong relationships across all levels of the organization with the ability to influence.

    + Strong communication skills and fluency in English is required – additional languages (Italian, German) is a plus.