POSITION SUMMARY:
The Director of Human Resources serves as a strategic HR leader supporting a corporate function with a strong focus on organizational effectiveness, team design, and talent processes across the full associate lifecycle. This role partners closely with senior leaders to build high-performing teams, enhance productivity, and improve associate engagement and retention. The Director ensures consistent execution of HR standards, policies, and strategies while maintaining compliance with employment laws and organizational governance requirements. In addition to strategic leadership, the role leads a small HR team and provides hands-on HR support across associate relations, talent management and development, and workforce management.
This associate reports to the VP of Corporate Human Resources and has regular interaction with Executive and Officer levels throughout the organization. Qualified candidates for this role will have at least 5-7 years of progressive HR experience including strong examples of influence and change through collaboration.
This role is based at Penske Logistics corporate office in Reading, PA., and is an in-office position at least 4 days a week. The position is eligible for relocation assistance.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic HR, Organizational Effectiveness & Execution
- Partner with functional leaders to design and evolve team structures that enable clarity, scalability, and high performance
- Translate enterprise HR strategies into practical, well-executed solutions that meet the needs of the supported corporate function
- Lead workforce planning, role design, and capability assessments aligned with business strategy
- Use data and insights to identify opportunities and drive improvements in productivity, engagement, and retention
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on change management, team effectiveness, and leadership impact
Talent Lifecycle & Team Performance
- Oversee and continuously improve talent processes across the associate lifecycle, including workforce planning, onboarding, performance management, development, and career progression
- Ensure consistent application of talent processes, tools, and standards across teams
- Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to align hiring strategies
- Strengthen performance management practices, feedback culture, and accountability through leader coaching and process rigor
- Support succession planning and internal mobility to build sustainable talent pipelines
Associate Relations, Compliance & Risk Management
- Provide expert guidance on associate relations matters, ensuring fair, consistent, and legally compliant practices
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, regulations, and internal policies
- Coach leaders on associate relations, investigations, corrective actions, and performance issues
- Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Labor Relations teams to manage risk, address complex cases, and ensure appropriate documentation and resolution
- Proactively identify associate relations trends and risks and recommend preventative actions
HR Standards, Policies & Governance
- Ensure effective execution of HR standards, policies, and procedures across the supported function
- Drive understanding and adoption of HR programs, policies, and expectations among leaders and associates
- Monitor adherence to HR governance, controls, and compliance requirements
- Participate in audits, reviews, and continuous improvement of HR policies and practices
HR Team Leadership & Capability Development
- Lead, coach, and develop a small HR team to deliver high-quality, responsive support to internal customers
- Build HR acumen across the team, ensuring strong knowledge of employment practices, compliance, talent processes, and organizational effectiveness
- Set clear expectations and priorities to ensure timely, consistent, and business-aligned HR support
- Foster a customer-focused mindset, ensuring the HR team understands business needs and delivers practical, value-added solutions
- Provide ongoing feedback, performance management, and development planning for HR team members
Talent Development & Engagement
- Support the design and execution of leadership and professional development initiatives aligned with organizational needs
- Partner with Learning & Development to identify skill gaps and development priorities
- Drive engagement strategies that enhance the associate experience and support retention
- Use engagement data and feedback to inform action plans and leader accountability
Qualifications:
- 10+ years HR Generalist experience required
- At least 3 years leadership experience required
- Bachelor’s Degree in HR, or related field required, Master’s Degree in HR or related field preferred
- PHR / SPHR or other HR Certification is preferred
- Experience leading projects and initiatives with a cross-functional team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to influence leaders, peers, and direct reports
- Strong ability to build relationships at all levels within an organization
- Ability to prioritize multiple projects
- Ability to build a strong professional HR team
- Demonstrate strategic thinking
- Regular, predictable, and full attendance is an essential function of the job.
- Successful candidate must complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and complete a drug screening.
Physical Requirements:
- The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer
About Penske Logistics
Penske Logistics engineers state-of-the-art transportation, warehousing and freight management solutions that deliver powerful business results for market-leading companies. With operations in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, Penske and its associates help businesses move forward by increasing visibility and driving down supply-chain costs. Visit Penske Logistics to learn more.
Job Category: Human Resources
Job Function: HR Business Partnering
Job Family: Human Resources
Address: 100 Kachel Boulevard
Primary Location: US-PA-Reading
Employer: Penske Logistics LLC
Req ID: 2606016
