Location: Sioux Falls, SD (Onsite) Compensation: Targeting $100,000–$120,000 base + bonus eligible + ESOP participation
This is a high-impact leadership position within a growing, employee-owned environment.
About the Organization
Our client is a respected manufacturing company with a strong reputation for quality, craftsmanship, and long-term customer partnerships.
The organization is employee-owned (ESOP), values accountability and collaboration, and is focused on building a strong, unified culture across locations.
The Opportunity
This HR Manager will lead Human Resources for a 250+ employee manufacturing site (approximately 45 office staff and 200+ production employees). Reporting to the Vice President of HR, this leader will serve as the primary HR presence on-site and a key partner to plant leadership during a critical integration and stabilization phase.
This is a blended strategic and hands-on role. Success requires someone who can build credibility quickly, operate independently, and execute with confidence in a fast-paced production environment.
This role is expected to be onsite. The workforce is onsite, and HR leadership needs to be visible and accessible.
What You’ll Own
Immediate Impact
Lead and elevate frontline recruiting strategy and execution
Strengthen communication, hiring workflows, and pipeline diversification
Manage day-to-day employee relations, compliance, and leave matters
Update and refine foundational HR infrastructure (handbook, policies, processes)
Partner closely with corporate HR to ensure alignment and decision consistency
6–12 Month Impact
Stabilize HR delivery and rebuild trust/credibility across the site
Strengthen ER practices and leadership coaching
Improve benefits administration and readiness for the future
Help shape how company culture shows up locally
Establish strong communication rhythm with remote HR leadership
Ideal Candidate Profile
Required
7+ years of progressive HR experience
Strong manufacturing orientation, comfortable in heavy or customized production environments
Experience supporting 200 + employee populations with high frontline engagement
Confident decision-maker who can operate without daily oversight
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Executive presence and ability to influence plant leadership
High emotional intelligence and ability to navigate ambiguity
Preferred
Spanish bilingual (highly valued, not required)
Experience partnering with remote HR leadership
Prior experience in post-acquisition or environments undergoing change
Compensation & Benefits
Target base salary: $100,000–$120,000 (based on experience)
This is not a “maintenance” HR job. It is an opportunity to:
Step into a high-visibility leadership role
Influence culture during integration
Build structure and credibility where it matters most
Be part of an employee-owned organization with strong long-term growth
If you are a confident, relationship-driven HR leader who thrives in manufacturing environments and enjoys building stability out of complexity, I look forward to connecting.
Role Overview The Strategic Executive Business Partner is a highly trusted, senior-level partner to the CEO and a full member of the Senior Executive Team (SET). This role sits at the intersection of executive operations, strategy execution, and governance, with accountability for driving discipline, clarity, and follow-through across the CEO’s priorities and the SET. As the business scales and complexity increases, this role ensures the CEO and Senior Executive Team remain aligned, disciplined, and focused on the highest-value work – without surprises, dropped balls, or miscommunication. In addition, this role is a key partner with the Executive Administrative staff ensuring all elements of logistics for company and executive events, communications, etc. are well-managed in a proactive manner. Core Responsibilities CEO Partnership & Daily Operating Rhythm
Serve as the CEO’s strategic operating partner, providing daily structure, prioritization, and accountability.
Lead a daily CEO check-in and prioritization.
Anticipate needs, surface risks early, and ensure nothing falls through the cracks as scope and pace increase.
Senior Executive Team (SET) Leadership
Act as a full, accountable member of the Senior Executive Team, serving as the connective tissue across functions.
Own SET meeting cadence, agendas, facilitation, documentation, and follow-up.
Drive consistency and discipline across SET information management, communication norms, and operating rhythms.
Serve as the informal “accountability police,” ensuring commitments are tracked, deadlines are met, and decisions are executed.
Lead offsite planning, including agendas, materials, note-taking, follow-up, and quarterly goal reviews.
Support talent reviews and functional updates, with topics aligned to quarterly Board priorities.
Board & Governance Ownership
Own all Board and Committee materials end-to-end in partnership with the CEO and SET
Coordinate with executives to gather inputs, synthesize content, and ensure high-quality, concise presentations.
Enforce discipline around timing, ensuring Board materials are prepared, finalized, and distributed.
Ensure Board discussions, decisions, and expectations are clearly translated into executive-level action.
Communications & Follow-Through
Own executive-level communications on behalf of the CEO, ensuring clarity, alignment, and professionalism.
Provide continuous updates, ask thoughtful questions, absorb context quickly, and avoid repeated clarification requests.
Ensure meeting outcomes are translated into clear actions, owners, and timelines.
Relationship Management & Onboarding
Build strong, trusted relationships with the CEO and each SET member.
Partner closely with executives to support alignment, communication, and follow-through.
Support onboarding and integration of new executives, ensuring clarity around expectations, cadence, and norms.
Requirements:
Bachelor’s degree
7+ years of experience in activities such as enterprise-level roles, strategy, finance, human resources, general management, or project/program management
Proven experience navigating and supporting leadership through executive transitions, sale transactions and/or high-growth periods
Demonstrated success working closely with senior executives and cross-functional teams
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Thrive in ambiguity while bringing structure, calm, and clarity
Demonstrate sound judgment, discretion, and executive presence
Be proactive, organized, and relentlessly reliable
Communicate constantly and clearly without over-asking or over-escalating
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