HR Manager - Mexico

Location: Mexico

Company

John Crane, part of hirify.global, provides engineered rotating equipment solutions, including mechanical seals, couplings, filtration systems, and digital diagnostics for process industries.

What you will do

• Lead HR strategy and service delivery for employees, managers, and site leadership in Mexico.
• Advise business leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent, leadership effectiveness, and transformation.
• Manage HR policies, payroll obligations, employee relations, benefits providers, and labor compliance.
• Lead union negotiations, labor relations strategies, and representation before relevant authorities.
• Drive succession planning, performance management, retention, engagement, leadership development, and early-career programs.
• Support HR digital transformation through Workday adoption, data quality, analytics, and process improvement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Relations, Human Resources, or a related field.
• At least 8 years of progressive HR experience, including partnership with senior leaders in manufacturing, industrial, or engineering environments.
• Experience with succession planning, organizational design, change management, talent management, workforce planning, and HR analytics.
• Experience with labor and employee relations, union negotiations, stakeholder management, and safety culture.
• Fluent English required.
• Ability to work in Mexico at a country or site-specific scope.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive workplace focused on equality, ethics, diversity, and respect.
• Collaboration with HR business partners, centers of expertise, shared services, Finance, Legal, leadership, and local suppliers.
• Employee benefit programs include food vouchers, life and medical insurance, salary surveys, and savings funds.
• Recruitment fees are paid by Smiths, and applicants are not charged recruitment-related costs.