Advanced Dispersions & Specialty Coatings | North Baltimore, OH
At Avient, our people power our performance. As Human Resources Manager, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our culture, strengthening our talent pipeline, and partnering with leaders to drive business results across our Advanced Dispersions and Specialty Coatings business within the Color, Additives & Inks segment.
This is a hands-on role for an HR leader who thrives in manufacturing environments, enjoys influencing leaders, and is energized by talent development and continuous improvement.
What You’ll Do
- Partner with business leaders and the HR Director to deliver HR strategies aligned to business goals
- Lead HR execution across four manufacturing locations: North Baltimore, OH; LaPorte, IN; Massillon‑Hardwick, OH; and St. Louis, MO
- Drive talent strategies including workforce planning, org design, succession planning, and development
- Support recruiting strategy to attract and retain high-performing talent
- Lead employee relations, performance management, and development initiatives
- Implement and ensure compliance with HR policies, labor laws, and ethical standards
- Use HR metrics and insights (turnover, engagement, performance) to inform decisions and improvement
- Champion a safe, inclusive, and high‑accountability work environment
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, guiding complex people and organizational decisions
- Lead and support change initiatives that strengthen organizational effectiveness
What You Bring
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field (Master’s preferred)
- 5–7+ years of progressive HR experience; manufacturing experience preferred
- Strong knowledge of labor laws, employee relations, and performance management
- Proven ability to influence leaders and operate strategically while executing tactically
- Business acumen with a track record of aligning HR priorities to operational and financial outcomes
- Experience using HR data and metrics to drive decisions
- HR certification (SHRM‑CP/SCP) a plus
Why Avient
- Visible impact across multiple sites and businesses
- Strong partnership with business and enterprise HR leadership
- Opportunity to lead change and shape the employee experience
- Growth‑focused culture that values innovation, collaboration, and accountability
If you’re an HR leader who wants to play to win, collaborate seamlessly, and help build the future of Avient. We’d love to hear from you!
About Us
Our purpose at Avient Corporation is to be an innovator of materials solutions that help our customers succeed, while enabling a sustainable world.
Innovation goes far beyond materials science; it’s powered by the passion, creativity, and diverse expertise of 9,000 professionals worldwide. Whether you’re a finance wizard, a tech enthusiast, an operational powerhouse, an HR changemaker, or a trailblazer in materials development, you’ll find your place at Avient.
Join our global team and help shape the future with sustainable solutions that transform possibilities into realities. Your unique perspective could be the key to our next breakthrough!
We believe that all of our global employees are leaders and that the six most important behaviors for driving our strategy and culture are the same no matter if an employee is a leader of self, a leader of others, or a leader of the business.
By playing to win, acting customer centric, driving innovation and profitable growth, collaborating seamlessly across Avient, and motivating and inspiring and developing others and yourself you will accelerate your ability to achieve Avient’s strategic goals, to meet our customer needs, and to accomplish your career goals.
At Avient, we believe a wide variety of thoughts, ideas and backgrounds gives us the creativity to be successful in a rapidly changing world. In support of this, we stress equality of opportunity for all qualified individuals in accordance with applicable laws. Decisions on hiring, promotion, development, compensation or advancement are based solely on a person’s qualifications, abilities, experience and performance.
Avient is an equal opportunity employer. We maintain a policy of non-discrimination in providing equal employment to all qualified employees and candidates regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, protected veteran’s status, or other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal, state and local law. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to complete an online application, please contact the Avient HR Team by emailing, [email protected].
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or related field
- 5-7+ years of progressive HR experience in a manufacturing environment
- Strong knowledge of labor laws and performance management
- HR certification (SHRM-CP/SCP)
Avient Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Avient Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Avient Corporation.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with immediate vesting and a company match is part of the package, and company filings confirm employer-supported retirement plans. This foundation positions retirement benefits as a meaningful element of total rewards.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off includes vacation and dedicated hours for community service, with many roles offering eligibility from Day One. The offering spans vacation, sick time, holidays, and volunteer time, providing breadth beyond basic leave.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Performance-based bonuses and formal recognition programs complement base pay, and some manufacturing postings describe guaranteed bi-annual bonuses. Overtime pay availability in hourly roles can materially lift take-home earnings.
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What We Do
Welcome to a new kind of materials company. This is a time where the world craves a more sustainable planet, unprecedented innovation and economic growth. This is a time where people seek strong relationships, diverse perspectives and an opportunity to accept the most pressing challenges of today. It’s in this spirit, that these two complementary businesses have been joined into one. Avient promises to honor the legacies of its past organizations as it seeks to build a world-class sustainable organization – together – that creates value for all stakeholders. Together, Avient will help customers to build a better world with an expanded portfolio of polymer colorant and additive solutions. In addition, all customers will benefit from: • expanded resources, services, development, and technical support • faster and more comprehensive innovation • a combined base of highly skilled R&D teams • a broader, best-in-class solution portfolio • improved geographic reach • enhanced supply security
