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Job Description
Koch Engineered Solutions (KES) is looking to add a Vice President of Human Resources for the John Zink business within our Equipment Technology and Services (ET&S) segment. This position will be located in Tulsa, OK. Relocation will be supported. Your Job Are you a strategic leader passionate about building strong organizations and shaping culture? In this role, you will sit on the business leadership team as a full strategic partner-helping set direction, influencing decisions, and co-owning outcomes. You'll bring workforce and organization insight, translating business priorities into global talent and culture strategies that drive measurable performance. What You Will Do
Partner with senior leaders to solve business challenges through practical people and organization strategies (e.g., organization design, leadership capability, workforce planning).
Build trusted relationships across functions and regions, aligning stakeholders and removing barriers to progress.
Bring an external perspective - challenge assumptions, encourage innovation, and improve decision quality using sound economic thinking.
Analyze industry, talent market, and competitor insights to inform action and benchmark organizational strengths and opportunities.
Link workforce decisions to key business drivers, productivity, and financial performance.
Hire, develop, and retain talent - ensuring the right people are in the right roles at the right time, grounded in strong values and individual strengths.
Coach leaders to raise performance, engagement, and development with both care and candor.
Clarify roles, responsibilities, and decision rights to enable inclusive, high-performing teams.
Use data and risk awareness to make informed tradeoffs, act quickly, and adapt as needed.
Model and drive accountability-holding yourself and others to commitments and behaviors aligned with our core values. The Experience You Will Bring Requirements (Basic Qualifications):
Demonstrated leadership experience (HR or non-HR) partnering with senior leaders and leading complex, cross-functional organizations or teams in a global environment.
Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy into workforce, talent, and organization plans with measurable impact.
Strong relationship-building, coaching, and influence skills across diverse stakeholders and cultures.
Fluency in data-informed decision making; comfortable using metrics to diagnose issues and evaluate tradeoffs.
Experience shaping and executing people and organization outcomes (e.g., org design, workforce planning, leadership development, performance/engagement, or change leadership), in partnership with HR and business stakeholders.
Ability to operate globally across time zones; willingness to travel as needed. What Will Put You Ahead
Experience leading complex, global teams or organizations (HR, operations, s.