HR Manager - Aurora, IL

Job Details

Description

Position Summary

The HR Manager leads a team that aligns Human Resources operations to ensure consistent support for all employees across the organization: including headquarters, showroom/sales locations, and technical service sites in Ohio and California.

The HR Manager ensures HR operates as a scalable system, not a reactive service. They build structure around the “HR whirlwind,” ensuring operational clarity while enabling the HR leadership to focus on strategic planning, leadership development, and organizational design.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

What You'll Do

• Lead, guide, and align the HR team.
• Conduct structured HR team meetings to establish priorities, track commitments, and ensure clarity.
• Promote accountability, documentation, professionalism, and strong communication.
• Ensure consistent HR support for showroom/sales locations, enhanced services in Ohio, and the California calibration/repair lab.
• Oversee core HR functions: employee relations, leave administration, compensation support, performance management, benefits support, policy guidance, recruiting workflows, and onboarding processes.
• Develop and update policies, procedures, and tools that make HR processes clear and repeatable.
• Serve as a key HR resource for 50+ managers and supervisors, guiding them through performance expectations, documentation, and policy application.
• Facilitate consistent handling of corrective actions and investigations; ensure documentation is legally defensible and scalable.
• Guide managers to lead properly
• Track trends (turnover, performance, retention, staffing gaps).
• Suggest compensation and headcount plans
• Make benefit renewal recommendations.
• Ensure compliance and accurate documentation across the team.
• Map current HR processes and identify improvements for clarity, efficiency, and scalability.
• Use data to inform decisions and present actionable recommendations to leadership.
• Oversee coordination of temporary housing for Japanese expatriates relocating to and from the U.S.
• Serve as Chief Privacy Officer for the company.
• Support travel program administration in partnership with designated internal stakeholders.

Skills You'll Need

• Strong process and systems-thinking
• Professional written and verbal communication
• Ability to lead work through others
• Sound judgment and confidentiality
• Data comprehension & insight generation

Core Competencies

• Business Acumen
• Coaching & Development
• Innovation & Process Improvement
• Results Driven
• Team Building

Why choose Mitutoyo?

Benefits

Mitutoyo America Corporation is a leader in the field of precision measuring tools and instruments. We serve an important role in providing state-of-the-art measurement products to manufacturing companies throughout North America. We are the only full-line provider of Metrology solutions in North America that can satisfy every measurement challenge faced by our customers. Our benefits include:

• Competitive Salary package - $100K - $125K annually
• Minimum 17 days PTO plus at least 10 paid holidays per year
• Shut down period at the end of the year
• Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
• STD, LTD, Employee Assistance Program
• 401(k) Plan plus company match
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Service Recognition
• Company Vacation House in Florida

Supervisory Responsibilities: Responsible for managing HR team personnel, ensuring performance standards, training, policy compliance, workflow management, and performance evaluations.

Work Environment: Office environment. Must occasionally move within office to access files, equipment, and other resources.

Work Schedule

Monday – Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM (full-time in person role)

Travel: Periodic travel to remote locations each year is required.

Required Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of progressive HR experience and leading a team.
• Strong employee relations and manager support experience.

Other Duties Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Reports To: To Be Announced.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Mitutoyo America Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer and evaluates all employees according to ability, performance, and merit—without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, or any protected class under applicable law.