Andrea Wier Email & Phone Number

Kaukauna, Wisconsin

- Provide employee relations support, consultation and resolution guidance to the Management Team for a machine shop with 95 employees. - Help to maintain positive employee morale by resolving employee conflicts in a timely manner.- Investigate complaints and recommend appropriate resolutions. - Manage and ensure MVI’s compliance with federal and state labor and employment laws.- Manage the onboarding process for new employees.- Facilitate the performance evaluation process for hourly and salaried employees and ensure timely completion. - Coordinate and manage employee leave of absences including Family Medical Leave. - Manage the termination/layoff process. - Develop and ensure compliance with company Human Resource policies.- Support the administration of employee benefit plans.- Ensure accurate and up-to-date job descriptions exist for all approved positions.- Manage the Human Resource portion of the ISO procedures and the ISO certification process.- Maintain organized, accurate, up-to-date employee records.- Manage all unemployment claims and related issues.- Serve as back-up for payroll processing.- Ensure all HR-related systems are properly updated for new employees, employee status changes, benefit changes, and rate changes.

Little Chute, Wisconsin

- Responsible for recruiting in a contract manufacturing setting. - Provide guidance to leadership on issues that arose within the shop.

Appleton, Wi

Full-time hours: April 2013-August 2015, Part-time hours (30 per week): August 2015 to present- Responsible for helping to support a unionized, manufacturing plant of 500 employees, reporting directly to the Plant HR Manager. - Responsible for employee relation issues including disciplines, formal complaints and allegations of discrimination, harassment, etc. - Craft grievance answers at first, second, third and fourth step. Effectively work with the Union Board to resolve grievances.- Provide HR support (employee issues, career development, improvement plans, etc.) to Appleton Plant managers. - Created 360 Degree Feedback survey and process for the leadership team within the Plant.- Assist with layoff and recall activities as business needs require, including notifications (letters and phone calls), unemployment questions and system updates.- Responsible for internal and external recruiting of hourly and salary positions. - Conduct investigation interviews and follow-up meetings. - Provide guidance to managers on promotion requests.- Participant on the Core Selection Team for a new pre-hire assessment product. - Key team member on the Kronos Advanced Scheduler implementation.- Respond to inquiries regarding policies, procedures and programs (FLSA, EEO, FMLA, company policies, etc.).

Appleton, Wi

- Directly responsible for supporting approximately 400 Customer Service and 300 Maintenance employees spread throughout 22 sites across the US.- Report directly to Managing Director of HR.- Business partner for Customer Service and Maintenance management, ensuring coordinated, efficient and cost-effective execution of employee relations activities- Administer two labor agreements. Provide training and assistance in interpreting and working within them to Business Partners and support staff- Offer grievance resolution options. Draft second and third-step grievance responses for Customer Service grievances. Coordinate third-step grievance meetings for Maintenance grievances- Lead Business Partners in preparation of responses to employees and union representatives - Ensure consistency in handling disciplinary problems and assist in preparation of employee notices and corrective action- Created, revised and presented multiple training programs to all levels of the organization – harassment prevention, corrective action, labor relations, performance management, 360 degree feedback, recurrent training, Crew Chief (Union Lead) training- Provide guidance and interpretation of policies and procedures - Manage and investigate company-wide investigations of internal employee complaints- Managed revision of all HR Company Policies and rollout to organization- Successfully implemented organization wide Employee Hotline program with external vendor- Effectively onboarded and trained two new ER Managers during 2012

Appleton, Wi

Human Resource Representative – Appleton Plant: December 2007 to March 2011- Responsible for helping to support a unionized, manufacturing plant of 800 employees, reporting directly to the Plant HR Manager. - Responsible for employee relation issues including disciplines, formal complaints and allegations - Craft grievance answers at 1st, 2nd, and 3rd step. Effectively work with the Union Board to resolve grievances.- Provide HR support to Appleton Plant managers. - Assist with layoff and recall activities as business needs require, including notifications, unemployment questions and system updates.- Responsible for internal and external recruiting of hourly and salary positions. - Conduct investigation interviews and follow-up meetings. - Manage the Appleton Plant intern and co-op program, including recruitment at targeted universities and placement of students. - Oversee bonus and salary increase cycle for Appleton Plant hourly and salary positions to ensure accuracy and timeliness.- Participant on the selection team for a new HRIS vendor. - Respond to inquiries regarding policies, procedures and programs (FLSA, EEO, FMLA, company policies, etc.). Human Resource Representative – HQ Technical Papers Division: October 2006 to Dec. 2007- Continued responsibility for all Assistant Human Resource Representative tasks listed below. - Provided HR support (recruiting, employee issues, new manager assimilation, career development, etc.) to three Technical Papers Division Departments: Supply Chain, Finance and Procurement. - Improved the Headquarters Technical Paper Division and Corporate internship program by researching other programs and forming relationships with strategic schools.- Trained all Human Resource Representatives within the organization on Appleton’s Affirmative Action Plans. - Spent one month at West Carrollton Ohio Paper Mill to train new Human Resource Representative on recruiting, policies, and procedures.

Appleton, Wi

- Full responsibility of maintaining the Corporate internship program (recruiting for and maintaining the program)- Managed the summer student program placing approximately 25 students for office needs annually. - Responsible for maintaining the Onboarding process and updating all documents as needed. Trained managers on their role in the process. - Responsible for the Corporate Affirmative Action Plan and oversaw the plans for all other Appleton locations (7 total). - Oversaw the relocation policy for new employees. Worked with the relocation and moving companies to ensure timely moves. - Facilitated the New Employee Onboarding Network (N.E.O.N.). - Supported the Human Resource Representatives and Human Resource Director of TPD.

Appleton, Wi

- Developed the new employee Onboarding process. - Effectively ran the internship program within company standards. - Backed-up the HR Assistant when needed for posting positions via applicant tracking system, Monster and CareerBuilder. Helped with scheduling interviews. - Developed the New Employee Onboarding Network (N.E.O.N.).

Bba, Human Resources

Associates Degree, General