Kelly Manley is the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at CNH Industrial. She leads the global HR organization to support the Company’s strategic direction, overseeing HR operations across the Global Business Units, Corporate Regions, Business & Corporate Staff Functions, Talent Management, Diversity & Inclusion, Organization Development, Industrial Relations and Compensation & Benefits. She also oversees the Communications and Sustainability functions.
She has more than 20 years of experience in people development, organizational design and employee engagement across a range of industries including manufacturing, non-profit, technology and public relations, much of which she gained through roles of increasing responsibility with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), now Stellantis.
Kelly Manley was appointed CHRO at CNH in January 2024. She first joined CNH in 2021 as Chief Diversity & Inclusion, Sustainability and Transformation Officer becoming a member of the Company’s Global Leadership Team.
Prior to joining CNH, Mrs. Manley served as Vice President of Global Talent, Leadership & Learning, where she drove the talent strategy across the then Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) group and led a number of organizational transformations which included acting as the Talent Executive Lead for the most recent merger of FCA and PSA, forming Stellantis. Her past global HR leadership roles within the former FCA organization include Diversity & Inclusion, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, HR Systems and Shared Services, and lead HR Business Partner roles in the Industrial, Commercial and Corporate Staffs areas. No stranger to corporate transformation, Kelly Manley joined the then DaimlerChrysler in 2005 and led the international human resources responsibilities in the separation of the two companies.
Kelly Manley holds a master’s degree in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Detroit Mercy and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology from William Tyndale College, both in the United States. She has received accreditations from Thunderbird and the Gestalt Institute’s International Organization Systems Program. Ms. Manley is a certified executive coach through the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC).