I am an accomplished senior human resources and labour relations leader with a progressive management background and success in unionized and non-unionized environments in leading business transformations. Over the years I have gained senior management level experience at the Director and Manager level in construction and food manufacturing fields. I take pride in creating world-class operations, achieving industry-best results for health & safety and labour savings while pioneering continuous improvements to enhance all aspects of human resources. I like to a take a common sense approach to everything I do and this has allowed me to gain valuable experience in HR and Labour Relations expertise as a lead negotiator for collective bargaining; interpreting and administering collective agreements; resolving grievances; overseeing and handling human rights complaint investigations; rectifying Employment Standards issues; building positive working relationships with unions to develop collegial solutions; and advising managers and executives on collective agreements and labour law.I take pride in building relationships and having open communication to ensure that my team and I provide excellent support to all other departments within an organization. I embrace technology and change management as a visionary in identifying gaps and introducing best practices to achieve the best results for an organization overall.