Head of Human Resources (Director / VP level)
North Dallas, TX | Fully onsite | Confidential search
About the Company
Our client is a private equity-backed industrial distributor headquartered in North Dallas, Texas.
About the Role
The Head of Human Resources reports directly to the President and owns the full HR function. This is a financially minded HR leader who sees people costs as one of the largest levers in the business. Beyond leading recruiting, retention, payroll, benefits, and HR systems, this person will own HR financial reporting and analysis, present to the board, and support HR through acquisitions.
The corporate office is lean, so this role suits a leader who sets strategy and is also comfortable rolling up their sleeves to get the work done.
Key Responsibilities
HR Finance and Reporting
- Own HR-related financial analysis, including labor cost reporting, headcount budgets, forecasts, and cost allocations across locations, working independently of the FP&A team
- Build and maintain recurring reports on labor costs, headcount, turnover, and productivity, measured against budget and prior periods
- Show how people decisions affect operating costs and EBITDA margin, and find ways to improve staffing and labor productivity
- Model the cost of benefits changes for the company and employees, and communicate changes clearly to the workforce
- Contribute to the monthly financial reporting package
Board, Private Equity, and M&A
- Prepare and present the HR section of board meetings, including headcount and operating expense trends
- Lead HR due diligence and integration for acquisitions
- Prepare the HR function for a future sale and speak confidently with prospective buyers about the workforce
Compensation and Performance
- Build pay bands and ranges for every role, and track how they change over time
- Tie performance reviews to merit increases with a fair, consistent, on-budget process
- Create a pay and performance dashboard so leaders can answer employee pay questions quickly
Talent, Retention, and HR Operations
- Lower turnover and time-to-fill, especially for warehouse and driver roles
- Build a scalable recruiting engine for drivers, warehouse, sales, procurement, and leadership roles
- Own payroll, benefits, employee relations, leave, policies, and compliance
- Serve as executive owner of HR technology, including Paylocity, and improve data quality, automation, and reporting
- Standardize core HR processes such as onboarding, offboarding, performance reviews, and job architecture
- Advise the President and leadership team on structure, talent, and compensation
Qualifications
Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Senior HR leadership experience in a multi-location, operations-heavy business
- Experience in a private equity-backed company
- Proven ownership of labor cost reporting, headcount budgets, and HR financial metrics, built yourself rather than received from Finance
- Strong understanding of EBITDA, operating margins, and how HR decisions affect financial results
- Advanced Excel skills;comfortable building models, reports, and dashboards
- Track record of reducing turnover and time-to-fill for hourly roles such as warehouse and drivers
- Hands-on experience overseeing payroll, benefits, employee relations, and compliance
- Experience working closely with a CEO, CFO, and operations leaders
- Willing to work fully onsite in Farmers Branch, TX
Preferred
- Experience in industrial distribution, manufacturing, logistics, or a similar field
- M&A experience on the buy side, sell side, or both
- Board reporting experience
- Experience building pay bands and compensation structures
- MBA, finance background, or HR certification (SPHR or SHRM-SCP)
- Paylocity experience