Human Resources Leader

About Molex Molex’s headquarters is based in Lisle, Illinois, and provides electronic components and solutions worldwide, with more than $8 billion in revenue. It makes one of the broadest product lines in the electronics industry, with more than 160,000 products serving consumer devices, aerospace and defense, data center, telecom, transportation, industrial, and medical customers.

Molex was founded in 1938 and has been privately owned by Koch since 2013. It has 90 manufacturing locations and 70,000+ people in 40 countries. Molex is organized into five global solutions divisions, including the Commercial and Consumer Solutions (CCS) division.

The Position Molex CCS has a strong presence in China, and we're looking for an HR Leader to serve as a strategic partner to the business. This person will drive profitable outcomes through our culture and people by advancing Principle Based Management™ (PBM™), building talent, and leading organizational change.

The HR Leader will report to the Vice President of Human Resources and be based at our Shanghai site. They'll lead all HR functions in China for the CCS division. This covers 2 key locations (Shanghai and Kunshan) with about 1,200 employees, and the role directly oversees a team of 7.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Partnering: Act as a thought partner to the Shanghai and Kunshan leadership team. Challenge assumptions, offer new perspectives, and solve business problems in ways that improve results. Hold yourself and your partners accountable for results and for behavior aligned with Our Values.

• Understand the external environment, key business value drivers, and how workforce decisions affect financial performance.
• Be a steward of our culture and PBM™, starting with Integrity and Compliance. Align people to the vision and foster challenge and experimentation through clear roles, responsibilities, expectations (RREs), and decision rights.
• Shape workforce strategies for current and future business needs, close critical talent gaps, and help supervisors develop high-performing teams.
• Use data, opportunity cost, and risk assessment to guide organization design, change, and compliance decisions that maximize value.
• Lead the China HR team and use the HRBP Capability Framework to assess capability and tailor development.

• Relationships and Collaboration: Build relationships at all levels, including the Shanghai and Kunshan leadership team, the CCS HR Lead team, and HR capability groups (HR Services, Total Rewards, HR Compliance, Legal, and Recruiting). Influence key decision-makers to move transformational initiatives forward.

Candidate Profile

• Progressive HR experience in strategic partnering, culture, talent, and change, with a record of leading teams through transformation.
• Strong business and financial acumen, using data and sound judgment to connect people decisions to value creation.

• A track record of coaching and developing high-performing teams and growing talent.
• Shows the ability to challenge and influence senior leaders and build relationships across complex, matrixed environments.
• Deep understanding of local culture and business practices in China.
• Fluent in Mandarin and English (required).
• Manufacturing experience is a plus, but the ability to drive transformational change matters most.