Head of Labor Relations & People Strategy - North American Supply Chain & Procurement
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Job Description The Head of Labor Relations & People Strategy - North American Supply Chain & Procurement is a key leadership role responsible for critical initiatives withing Supply Chain and Procurement such as, workforce planning, labor relations, and talent strategies. This role provides leadership and guidance to 3 direct reports and indirectly across the Supply Chain and Procurement P&P team.
This is a Hybrid role located in Chicago, IL (Aon Center) 3 days/week Onsite
Principle Accountabilities:
- Partner with leaders to enhance ways to build our talent capability at all levels; work across the organization to improve training and development, Ownerversity, career experiences, mentoring and rotations.
- Continually work with and challenge current org structures to drive continuous improvement and efficiencies. Partner with team leaders to evaluate monthly business performance reviews and seek opportunities to drive efficiencies while increasing value.
- Develop and implement HR strategies, programs, and initiatives that align with the North America Supply Chain and Procurement business objectives in partnership with business leaders.
- Analyze HR metrics and data to inform business decisions and drive HR initiatives, including talent management and organizational design.
- Provides budgeting oversight and control for people related ZBB packages.
- Lead and manage a team of HR professionals, providing coaching, guidance, and development opportunities to ensure the team is equipped to deliver high quality support to the business.
- Ability to identify/define problems, collect data, establish facts and articulate conclusions and effective solutions at all levels of organization
• Often required to make decisions and take decisive action using own judgement.
- Often required to make decisions and take decisive action using own judgement.
- 10+ years of dynamic Human Resource experience, including 5+ years in a business partnership oriented role for executive leaders.
- Proven experience in leading HR teams and developing HR strategies that drive business results.
- Experience in a manufacturing or operations environment, preferably in the food industry.
- Strong knowledge of employment laws, regulations, and HR best practices.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Influencing/aligning strategy around talent capability and behaviors.
- Ability to analyze complex HR data and develop insights to inform business decisions.
- Strong business acumen.
- Strong knowledge of process improvement methodologies, such as Lean or Six Sigma.
Location(s) Chicago/Aon Center
Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes .
From U001 Kraft Heinz Food Company Company's careers page (Workday), checked 30 Oct 2026.
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Posted 6 Oct 2026 · checked 30 Oct 2026 · Report this job