Director of Human Resources - Commercial
About this role
Grow Boldy with Pretium and Shape the Future of a Growing Commercial Organization!
At Pretium Packaging, our people are our competitive advantage. We're looking for a Chicago-based, strategic, business-minded Director of Human Resources – Commercial who is passionate about developing leaders, building high-performing teams, and driving business results through people.
This is more than an HR leadership role—it's an opportunity to serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, influence organizational strategy, and help shape the future of our commercial organization.
As the strategic HR partner to our Commercial Leadership Team (headquartered in Birmingham, Michigan), you'll work directly with senior leaders across Sales, Key Accounts, and Commercial Operations to align talent strategy with revenue growth, customer success, and organizational performance.
Who we are:
Pretium Packaging, founded in 1992, is a leading supplier of injection-blow molded plastic containers, renowned for our commitment to superior quality, value, and customer service. With 19 manufacturing facilities across North America, we provide innovative packaging solutions that meet the diverse needs of brand owners in the United States and Canada.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as the primary HR advisor to Commercial leadership.
- Partner with executives to align talent strategy with revenue growth and commercial objectives.
- Coach senior leaders on leadership effectiveness, succession planning, and team performance.
- Drive performance management and leadership accountability.
- Support workforce planning, organizational design, and compensation strategies.
- Lead succession planning and leadership development initiatives.
- Guide complex employee relations matters while partnering with Legal and HR Operations.
- Build trusted relationships with executive leaders and participate in key business reviews.
What You'll Bring:
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience supporting senior executives, commercial organizations, or sales leadership.
- Success influencing executive stakeholders and leading organizational change.
- Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people strategy to business performance.
- Excellent communication, coaching, and relationship-building skills.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field.
- Ability to travel as needed to support the team primarily located in Birmingham, Michigan.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting field sales organizations or multi-site operations.
- Advanced degree or MBA.
- Experience in manufacturing, packaging, industrial, or other B2B environments.
Why Join Pretium Packaging?
Join a company where you'll influence strategic business decisions, partner directly with executive leadership, and help shape the future of a growing commercial organization.
Your expertise will have a measurable impact on our people and our business.
Company at a glance
Pretium Packaging is a leading plastic container and closure manufacturer with a global footprint of 25 facilities and more than 330 production lines. Capable of producing plastic containers using PET, HDPE and PP, Pretium specializes in sustainable packaging for five key markets:
- Food & Specialty Beverage
- Nutrition & Wellness
- Consumer Chemicals
- Home & Personal Care
- Clinical Healthcare
At the core, Pretium is known for a focus on market knowledge, sustainability, product innovation and highly responsive operations. Pretium emphasizes superior quality, value and customer service, becoming one of the most trusted suppliers of injection-blow molded plastic containers and closures today.
Pretium has the expertise and capability to design, develop and manufacture custom bottle designs for various customer applications. In addition, Pretium offers one of the most extensive libraries of stock bottles (sizes 10CC to 12L) and preforms, providing the ability to satisfy customer requirements in an expedited time frame.
At Pretium, it is our goal to provide customers with industry-leading service, quality-driven products that result in cost-effective and innovative packaging solutions.
Feel free to visit our website for more information about our company and capabilities:
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314-727-8200
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