Human Resources Manager
Leavens Auto Group | London, Ontario
Full-Time, Permanent | $80,000–$110,000 per year
This is an existing vacancy.
Leavens Auto Group is seeking a hands-on, experienced Human Resources Manager to lead HR and recruitment across our dealership group.
This is the organization’s sole in-house HR role - a hands-on leadership position responsible for HR and recruitment across the dealership group. The successful candidate will work directly with executive leadership, General Managers, department leaders, employees, and candidates to provide practical HR guidance, lead full-cycle recruitment, maintain sound employment practices, and improve people processes across the group.
Leavens Auto Group operates five dealership locations in London and one location in the Windsor/Tecumseh area. This is a full-time, in-office position; remote or work-from-home arrangements are not available. Regular travel among London locations and periodic travel to Windsor/Tecumseh are required.
Key responsibilities
- Serve as the primary HR advisor to executives, General Managers, department managers, and employees.
- Provide practical guidance on employee relations, performance management, attendance, conduct, accommodations, leaves, policy interpretation, and workplace concerns.
- Prepare employment offers, agreements, amendments, compensation-change letters, probation documentation, performance documentation, and other HR correspondence.
- Lead full-cycle recruitment for approved vacancies, including job intake, posting development, sourcing, screening, candidate communication, interview coordination, reference checks, offers, and onboarding.
- Partner with hiring managers to improve hiring quality, interview consistency, candidate experience, and timely hiring decisions.
- Maintain HR policies, templates, employee records, compliance calendars, onboarding processes, and reporting.
- Coordinate and oversee HR-related occupational health and safety compliance across the dealership group, including training and certification tracking, required documentation, incident reporting and follow-up, safety-meeting/JHSC or representative processes where applicable, corrective-action tracking, and compliance calendars.
- Identify recurring HR, recruitment, retention, documentation, and manager-accountability issues and implement practical improvements.
People, Culture & Talent Strategy:
- Partner with executive leadership and managers to strengthen a positive, accountable, respectful, and consistent workplace culture across all dealership locations.
- Identify practical opportunities to improve employee engagement, communication, onboarding, recognition, retention, and manager effectiveness.
- Develop and test proactive recruitment strategies beyond job postings, including employee referrals, candidate pipelines, direct sourcing, school/trade-program relationships, industry networks, social media, re-engagement of past applicants, and selective agency partnerships.
What you bring
- 5+ years of progressive, broad-based HR experience, including employee relations, manager coaching, employment documentation, recruitment, onboarding, and HR compliance.
- Demonstrated full-cycle recruitment experience, from sourcing and screening through offer and onboarding.
- Experience working independently in a stand-alone HR role, small HR team, or highly autonomous HR environment is strongly preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of Ontario employment standards, human-rights obligations, accommodation principles, and core HR compliance practices.
- Experience coordinating health-and-safety processes, training records, safety documentation, or compliance activity is an asset.
- Excellent judgment, discretion, organization, written communication, and follow-through.
- A visible, approachable, practical style and comfort working directly with employees, candidates, managers, and executives.
- Experience in automotive retail, retail, hospitality, multi-site operations, service, manufacturing, or another fast-paced frontline environment is an asset.
- CHRP, CHRL, CPHR, or related HR education is an asset.
- Valid Ontario driver’s license and reliable transportation.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary of $80,000–$110,000 per year, based on experience and qualifications
- Comprehensive group benefits package, Health & Dental, LTD,
- RRSP Contributions
- Reimbursement for approved business travel to the Windsor/Tecumseh location, in accordance with company policy
- A hands-on, long-term role with direct access to executive leadership and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference across Leavens Auto Group
Please apply throug indeed:
https://ca.indeed.com/job/group-human-resources-manager-fe4e2133dd985191
Leavens Automotive Group is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter (or email).
The successful candidate will be required to complete a criminal record check as a condition of employment. Any information obtained will be assessed in relation to the requirements of the position and handled confidentially.
Leavens Auto Group does not use artificial intelligence to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position.
We appreciate all applications; however, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
