Human Resources Director

Human Resources Director - Manufacturing

Staff Role

San Juan Del Rio, Queretaro

Join Morgan Advanced Materials as our Director, Human Resources for our San Juan del Rio, Mexico site—a high-impact leadership role on the Technical Ceramics Leadership Team!  You will shape and deliver the people strategy for a critical manufacturing operation, partnering closely with our leadership team to align talent, culture and organization effectiveness with business priorities. This is an opportunity for an experienced HR leader who thrives in both commercial and operational environments, brings strong business acumen and can influence leaders and build capability to drive measurable results.

You will play a central role in advancing a culture rooted in safety, ethics, inclusion and performance—while helping to strengthen leadership, accelerate talent development and create an engaging employee experience across the site and the broader Americas footprint. If you are a strategic HR business partner who also enjoys rolling up your sleeves to make change happen, this is a chance to make a lasting impact.

Morgan Advanced Materials is a business rich in history and innovation. Founded in the UK in 1856, we have grown into a global organisation with 70 sites in 18 countries. Our model to serve our customers where they need us has led to a diversified product range using our unparalleled expertise in ceramic and carbon materials, which we exploit to solve difficult problems for our customers across a diverse range of markets.

We are a purpose driven organisation. Our purpose is to use advanced materials to make the world more sustainable and to improve the quality of life. We deliver on that purpose through the products that we make, and the way that we make them.

The Technical Ceramics business of Morgan Advanced Materials engineers high performance functional and structural ceramic materials, components and sub-assemblies to address customer-specific technical challenges.

Key Figures: Revenue £1,114.7m (2023), ~8,500 employees, manufacturing in 20+ countries, and a global customer portfolio. A UK PLC with head office located in Windsor, Berkshire UK.  Listed on London Stock Exchange; Member of the FTSE 250 Index.

What You'll Do

• Partner with the Global HRBP, Site Leader and executive team to translate business strategy into focused people and organizational priorities.
• Lead the full spectrum of strategic HR initiatives, including talent management, performance management, leadership development, succession planning, employee engagement, internal communications and talent acquisition.
• Help define and strengthen a high-performance culture across the site, reinforcing accountability, leadership capability and business results.
• Champion a culture grounded in safety, ethics, diversity, and inclusion, while sponsoring programs that bring leadership behaviors to life.
• Advise leaders on organizational effectiveness, team design and change management to support growth, transformation, and long-term success.
• Elevate talent and people development by strengthening feedback, development planning, and leadership accountability for key roles and high-potential talent.
• Partner with business leaders to assess current talent, identify future capability needs and implement long-term talent strategies that improve organizational performance.
• Work closely with Talent Acquisition to fill critical roles efficiently while improving the diversity and quality of talent entering the organization, supported by meaningful metrics.
• Support compensation and broader people programs in ways that align with business objectives and our overall HR strategy.
• Lead and develop the San Juan del Rio HR team, coaching them to operate as trusted business partners who understand the operation and add measurable value.
• Ensure compliance with Mexico’s national and local legal requirements by monitoring legislative changes, maintaining adherence, advising management on necessary actions

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; an MBA or MS in Human Resources is strongly preferred.
• Full bilingual fluency in English and Spanish, including advanced English communication skills.
• At least 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience with broad-based expertise across core human resources disciplines.
• Proven ability to translate business needs into practical people strategies and execute them effectively.
• Demonstrated success leading HR through cultural change and delivering clear value to the business while continually developing the HR team and growing its impact.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and influencing skills, with the ability to gain alignment across a diverse leadership team.
• Solid knowledge of recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation and HR systems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment and comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Proficiency in HRIS and Microsoft Office tools, including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Access; advanced Excel capability is preferred.
• This role is site-based and requires an on-site presence each day at the San Juan del Rio plant.

Morgan Advanced Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. Ind-1