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Chief People Officer, Trucking & Hauling
Build the people function from the ground up at a 25-year trucking and hauling operation headquartered in Central Minnesota: driver recruiting, retention, safety culture, and HR infrastructure.
About the Opportunity
This is a well-established trucking and bulk hauling company headquartered in Waite Park, Minnesota, with roughly 25 years of operating history and a large team of drivers, mechanics, and office staff across multiple locations. The company recently partnered with new ownership committed to investing in its people, systems, and growth.
Like most owner-operated businesses of this scale, HR has historically been handled informally. The opportunity is to build a modern people function around a workforce that already runs one of the most respected fleets in the region.
The Role
We are looking for a hands-on Chief People Officer to own everything people-related: recruiting, retention, safety culture, compliance support, benefits, and leadership development. In trucking, people are the constraint on growth. This role exists to remove that constraint.
You will be responsible for:
- Build and lead the HR function: systems, processes, policies, and team
- Own driver and mechanic recruiting, the single biggest growth constraint in trucking
- Drive retention through onboarding, engagement, recognition, and career paths
- Champion a safety-first culture in partnership with operations leadership
- Support DOT-related people compliance: qualification files, drug and alcohol programs, hours awareness
- Modernize benefits, compensation structures, and performance management
- Implement an HRIS and bring reporting discipline to headcount, turnover, and hiring funnels
- Partner with the CEO and Cape Point's managing partners on org design as the company scales
Who We're Looking For
- 8+ years of HR leadership experience, with time as an HR Director, VP People, or CHRO
- Trucking, logistics, construction, or industrial workforce experience strongly preferred
- Proven track record recruiting and retaining hourly and skilled-trade workforces
- Working familiarity with DOT people-compliance requirements
- Builder mentality: comfortable creating the function rather than inheriting one
- Hands-on and floor-present, not a policy-from-a-distance operator
- Based in or willing to relocate to the Waite Park / St. Cloud, Minnesota area
Compensation
- Base Salary
- $140,000 – $180,000
- Performance Bonus
- 20–30% of base, tied to retention and hiring targets
- Benefits
- Full benefits, 401(k)
- Relocation
- Relocation support available
Why This Opportunity
A workforce with real pride in the brand, an ownership group that funds what works, and a blank slate to build the people function the right way. Your work will show up directly in trucks on the road and margin on the P&L.
The portfolio company name is confidential at this stage of the search and will be shared with qualified candidates after an initial conversation.
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