Human Resource Senior Manager

At Gerdau, we empower our people to grow, thrive, and make a difference—together. With a culture built on trust and teamwork, we offer meaningful work, continuous development, and opportunities to shape your future. We invite you to come work with us, where your contributions are valued, your voice is heard, and your career is forged with purpose

Description:

The Human Resource Senior Manager offers an exciting opportunity to lead impactful HR strategies that directly shape organizational success. You will drive talent, labor relations, and workforce initiatives across a complex multi-site environment while partnering with leadership to enhance performance and engagement. Your work ensures compliance, strengthens talent pipelines, and enables business growth through effective HR programs.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead development and execution of HR strategies aligned with business objectives

• Direct employee and labor relations activities, including negotiations and issue resolution

• Drive talent management processes including recruiting, performance management, labor cost planning and execution, and succession planning

• Ensure consistent implementation of HR policies, compliance standards, and governance practices

• Partner with leadership and cross-functional teams to deliver HR programs, drive productivity and support organizational structure optimizations and initiatives across the organization

Skills:

• HR functional  expertise: Employee & labor relations, talent management, compensation practices, and multi-site HR operations

• Compliance & risk management: Knowledge of labor laws, policy interpretation, investigations, and audit readiness

• Business & data acumen: Ability to analyze HR metrics, support workforce planning, and align HR decisions with business performance

Behavioral Compentencies:

• Strategic thinking & influence: Aligns HR strategies with business goals and effectively advises senior leaders

• Leadership & relationship building: Develops teams, coaches managers, and builds strong partnerships across the organization

• Communication & conflict resolution: Navigates complex employee issues, communicates clearly, and manages sensitive situations with sound judgment

Education:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Business Administration,  Human Resources, or a related field.

• 8 - 12 Years HR experience

• 5+ Years team leadership experience

• Union negotiation expertise

Gerdau believes in equal employment opportunity related to all employees and applicants for employment. It is the policy of Gerdau that there will be no discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, sex, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status. All external applicants must be legally eligible to immediately work in the country of hire without current or future sponsorship.  

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