Area HR Manager, Motion Systems Group

Responsibilities

Are you ready to shape a brighter future?

In Motion Systems Group, we play a pivotal role in applications that change our world. We are in almost everything that moves. With our wide range of technologies, we help our customers solve their most complex engineering challenges by living our purpose: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

We believe that our team members are our key assets and that a diverse workforce is a driving force to bring our purpose to life. We foster a culture where every team member feels safe, included and empowered.

We all belong, we all matter, and we all make a difference.

We have an exciting opening for an Area HR Manager supporting North America Operations for the Motion System Group in Cleveland, OH. If you are looking for an opportunity to make an impact and grow your career, consider putting your experience in motion at Parker. Here you will find a passionate team built on a winning culture that puts our people and customers first. We are inspired by our purpose of Enabling Engineering Breakthrough that Lead to a Better Tomorrow.

The Area HR Manager serves as a strategic HR partner responsible for deploying people strategies that support operational performance, business continuity, and measurable business outcomes. This role leads and develops HR professionals while overseeing key HR processes including talent acquisition, team member relations, performance management, workforce planning, compliance, compensation, benefits, learning and development, inclusion, and engagement.

Your Main Responsibilities:

• Lead deployment of group HR strategy by translating business priorities into measurable goals, KPIs, and leadership reporting.

• Serve as a strategic HR advisor to group leadership on workforce planning, organizational design, change management, and business continuity.

• Establish group-wide HR governance to ensure compliance, audit readiness, risk mitigation, and accountability across divisions.

• Lead and develop divisional HR teams, including performance standards, operating rhythms, budget management, and succession planning for key HR roles.

• Oversee end-to-end HR service delivery across the team member lifecycle, ensuring timely resolution of escalations and continuous improvement.

• Drive talent acquisition, performance management, succession planning, leadership development, and inclusion strategies aligned to business needs.

• Lead compensation, job architecture, market pricing, pay equity, and annual merit, incentive, and promotion processes.

• Own HR analytics and continuous improvement initiatives, using workforce data to identify trends, guide action plans, and improve organizational outcomes.

We are looking for talent with:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field required.

• Advanced degree (MBA, MHR, or similar) andadditionalHR certifications (PHR/SPHR, SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP) is preferred.

• 15+ years of progressive HR experience, including at least 7 years in a managerial or leadership role.

• Strong knowledge of employment law, benefits administration, compensation, performance management, and HR best practices.

• Proficiency with HRIS platforms and HR analytics tools, such as Workday, Oracle, SAP, or similar systems.

• Demonstrated experience scaling HR programs in high-growth, complex, or matrixed organizations.

• Experience with total rewards strategy, organizational design, large-scale change management, and DEI program design and measurement.

• Proven ability to lead, develop, and build high-performing HR teams while partnering effectively with senior stakeholders.

• Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, sound judgment, and ability to manage complex, sensitive, and confidential matters.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

("Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / VEVRAA Federal Contractor")

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