Director Human Resources
Posted Sep 14, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 20, 2026
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Behavioral
Tell me about a time you managed labor relations at a union site, maybe a grievance or contract dispute. What happened and how did you handle it?
real hands-on experience with grievance process and contract administration, not just familiarity with the concept
Tell me about a time you had to coach a senior leader who wasn't receptive to feedback about their management style.
consultative skill and courage to push back on people more senior than an HR business partner
Have you supported an acquisition or integration before? What was the hardest part of merging two cultures or HR systems?
direct M&A integration experience versus theoretical knowledge
Tell me about the toughest employee relations investigation you've led. How did you make sure it was fair to everyone involved?
rigor and impartiality in handling sensitive investigations
What's your experience managing an HR team, and tell me about someone you developed or had to performance-manage out.
actual people-leadership track record, both developing talent and making hard calls
Technical
Describe a workforce planning decision you made using data or analytics at a site or functional level. What did the numbers tell you and what did you do?
whether they actually apply analytics to decisions versus just reporting metrics
How have you used AI-enabled HR tools or automation platforms in your work, and where did they actually save time versus just look good on paper?
genuine hands-on use of modern HR tech versus buzzword familiarity
How do you approach succession planning and talent reviews for a manufacturing or plant-based population specifically?
whether their talent process experience translates to a shop-floor, not just corporate, workforce
What employment law or compliance issue have you had to interpret and apply that you found genuinely tricky?
depth of real regulatory knowledge versus surface-level compliance awareness
Situational
Walk me through how you'd build trust with a union local when you're new to a plant and there's existing tension with management.
practical labor relations judgment and relationship-building instincts in a unionized manufacturing setting
Say a plant manager wants to skip the progressive discipline process to fire someone fast because production is suffering. What do you do?
backbone to enforce compliance and risk mitigation even under business pressure
You're running a compensation cycle across multiple sites and two plant leaders disagree sharply on how to allocate budget among their teams. How do you handle that conversation?
mediation skill and ability to hold a consistent, defensible process under conflicting pressure
If engagement scores dropped sharply at one plant right after a change like a new shift schedule or leadership change, how would you figure out what's really going on and what would you do first?
diagnostic approach to engagement problems and change management instincts
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