Human Resources Manager

THE COMPANY

Our client is a privately owned contract manufacturing organization with multiple plants across Mexico, providing plastic injection molding, sheet-metal stamping, assembly, and clean-room manufacturing for leading clients in the medical, automotive, electronics, and industrial sectors, among others. The company’s philosophy blends Japanese manufacturing excellence with global innovation, delivering quality, agility, and value to its customers.

THE POSITION

Role Overview
We have been retained to find an experienced or up-and-coming hands-on Human Resources Manager to lead the HR function in Tijuana and coordinate HR initiatives across its Mexican operations and sites. This is a privately owned company that is embarking on establishing a world class operation with HR best practices in the initial 18 to 24 months and the role will be challenging and with many initiatives requiring a strong commitment. This role is both strategic and hands-on—responsible for developing the company’s people strategy, ensuring compliance, standardizing policies, and procedures across plants, driving engagement, and partnering closely with plant and executive leadership to sustain a performance-driven culture. This position is based in Tijuana, Mexico, and reports to the CFO.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Partner with executive management to shape and execute the HR and people strategy aligned with the companies’ growth and operational goals.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to plant leaders, fostering organizational effectiveness and leadership development.

Talent Acquisition & Development

• Lead workforce planning and recruitment to attract high-performing talent for multi-site manufacturing operations.
• Build and implement leadership-development and succession-planning programs to strengthen the organization’s capability pipeline.

Culture & Engagement

• Champion the companies’ values, DEI, and continuous-improvement culture.
• Promote employee engagement, communication, and recognition programs that enhance morale and retention.

HR Operations & Compliance

• Oversee all HR functions including payroll, HRIS, compensation, benefits, and employee relations.
• Ensure compliance with Mexican labor law (LFT), IMSS, INFONAVIT, and other regulatory requirements.
• Implement consistent policies and practices (standardization) across all manufacturing sites.
• Oversee performance management processes, ensuring they drive accountability and results.
• Analyze HR metrics to measure effectiveness, identify trends, and recommend improvements.
• Promote initiatives that increase employee retention and reduce absenteeism.

Performance & Rewards

• Lead performance-management processes that drive accountability and results.
• Evaluate and benchmark compensation and benefit programs to maintain competitiveness within Mexico’s manufacturing sector.

THE CANDIDATE

Candidate Requirements and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field (Master’s or MBA preferred).
• 10 + years of progressive HR experience, with at least 4 years in a leadership position (such as HR Manager) in manufacturing of a single site or multi-sites. Will consider both an experienced or an up-and-coming hands-on HR Manager from a smaller or mid-size operation that is ready for promotion into overseeing a larger multi-site operation.
• Proven expertise in labor law, compliance, HRIS, recruitment and employee relations in Mexico. Some knowledge of compensation and benefits practices is important.
• Experience leading cultural-transformation initiatives and familiar with Lean/Continuous Improvement methodologies.
• Experience leading organizational change, scaling HR in a growing business, and influencing at the executive level.
• Union experience is desirable.
• Strong bilingual communication skills (Spanish & English).
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution in dynamic, growth-driven organizations.
• Ability to develop emotional intelligence among leaders, and building highly functioning teams

Key Competencies

• Strategic thinking & business acumen
• Leadership presence & emotional intelligence
• Change management & influence
• Integrity, judgment, and confidentiality
• Results orientation with a people-first approach
• Hands-on with a “can do” attitude

Why Join this Regional Contract manufacturer?

• Opportunity to lead HR across five manufacturing plants within a rapidly growing international company.
• A collaborative culture that values innovation, teamwork, and continuous improvement.