Interacts with all levels of management to develop a full understanding of specific talent needs by building relationships and gaining knowledge of location specifics, environments and communities as well as functional staff needs across the entire organization. Recruits talent to fill vacancies including sourcing, screening, interviewing and recommending qualified candidates for consideration for hire. Develops, implements, administers and evaluates recruiting strategies to attract and retain qualified candidates for corporate and location professional and managerial positions. Develops and implements human resources training initiatives to address employee and operational needs and performance development. Develops strategies for recruiting needs. Develops and maintains Affirmative Action Plans. Actively involved in employee relations. Creates and implements HR policies. Specializes in Labor Relations and union involvement for Wood Products.

Resolved employee grievances and administered contracts by developing partnerships with business and union leadership. Partnered with HR organizations to execute the Company Labor Strategy, identifying risks, and developing and implementing mitigation plans. Advised leadership on business decisions that balanced the needs of the business and employees. Developed and provided education, support and training on containment issues, contract interpretation, and other contractual stipulations to leaders and HR. Attended business union steward meetings and acted as a liaison for the Labor Relations organization. Primary contractual focus was on the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) and the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace (SPEEA), both Professional and Technical units.

Administered Human Resources programs, systems and processes. Provided guidance and implementation assistance of HR policies, practices and strategies. Conducted preliminary analysis of workforce planning analysis. Resolved or referred HR Service Center elevated employee issues. Conducted employee investigations. Partnered with executive leadership to support day to day activities, leadership development, team building, performance management, and HR initiatives. Supported employees from multiple collective bargaining units. Fostered employee engagement including employee issue resolution and employee advocacy. Responsible for pulling, analyzing, and reporting to leadership on multiple forms of HR data to assess current trends and recommend the appropriate course of action. Company-wide HR restructuring eliminated HR Generalist position.

Owner/facilitator of content change submission process for online HR portal. Administrator and team process owner in charge of investigating and achieving solutions to issues regarding data structure, process improvement and documentation, sit access, and usability within team SharePoint 2013 site to support strategic initiatives and team statement of work. Assessed, advised, planned and executed priority project initiatives to meet business partner requirements and delivery of HR services via the platform. Facilitated projects to implement changes to the platform by collaborating between business partners and information technology organization members to communicate project requirements, activities, status and provide buy-off on final projects. Monitored and coached business partners on effective service delivery according to the Service Level Agreement (SLA) using customer satisfaction and usage metrics.