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Memphis, Tennessee, Us

• Team Lead for SharePoint site expansion • Supply Chain management • Software troubleshooting • Ariba COE Sourcing Operations • Manage high volume procurement process• Project Management deliverance• Manage Vision templates• Data extraction • Identity and Access Management • New hire onboarding • Engagement Lead• Women of IT Member

Greenwich, Ct, Us

KEY RESULTS•Responsible for the full scope of Human Resources including staffing, training, development, compensation, benefits administration, project management, engagement, and employee relations. •Identified $50,000 in cost avoidance through compliance via file maintenance.•Cost savings of $15,000 in benefits and payroll.•Contributed to HR team increased and improved engagement scores by 20% within 6 months.•Partnered with a unit of Generalist to manage over 1800 Contingent Workers during peak season.•Weekly preparation of Labor Report for distribution to 13 Staffing Agencies involving 350Contingent workers.•Coach and Develop Operations team on policies, procedures, and regulatory compliance requirements. •Instrumental in the implementation from Lawson to SAP Success Factors.•Monthly conversion of Contingent workers incorporating new hire orientation roll out.

Wilmington, De, Us

•Employee and labor relations •Collective Bargaining negotiations •People Treatment Investigations •Grievance response, arbitration preparation, and NLRB charge responses•Partnership with Union Executive Board in efforts of resolution and prevention•Compensation administration•Facilitated recruiting process to include interviewing both non-exempt and exempt personnel •Onboarded new hires•Lead the site communications process with the focus on transparency and sharing of information•Run compliance reports for accuracy. Audit salary reports, report findings and summarize findings.•Leadership role in external community relations•Certified compliance with local, state and federal employment laws •Administered departmental expenditures within budget•Provided tactical workforce planning in alignment with the business plan •Talent management, coaching and development •Coordinated local performance based compensation and the local pay determination processes •I-9 auditing, E-Verify, and AAP compliance KEY RESULTS•Achieved 100% data integrity in HRIS (Workday) via site audit•Identified $10,000 in cost avoidance through account maintenance while improving Nomex inventories•Implemented new hiring process being able to decrease onboarding time from 22 days to 15 through coordination leads.•Applied new testing procedures to internal candidates displaying a cost savings of $8,000•Business unit expert in Compensation while ensuring pay accuracy and improving placing preventive measures allowing the efficiency of pay grade level management.•Restored structural integrity to annual compensation assignment via data correction enhancement to shift allowance and shift premium ensuring wage and salary structure compliance.•Instrumental in Effects Bargaining resulting in partnering relationships between the bargaining unit and site leadership.•Site Safety Committee involvement enhancing site participation and maximized annual safety efforts.

Needham, Ma, Us

•Worked directly with HR Director to insure compliance with all applicable EEOC requirements•Responsible for screening/interviewing all candidates•Initiated background checks and pre employment physicals/drug screening•Overseen Workers’ Compensation, FMLA, STD/LTD, Personal Leave•Employment verification •Handled personnel issues to include progressive discipline forms •Executed training for 120 staffed personnel•Salary administration to ensure equality and correctness•Performed employee training, i.e. EEO training•Processed garnishments, liens, and support orders•Compliance Officer•Identified, developed, and maintained grants to fund yearly training objectives in efforts of Workforce Development •Collaborated with TN WIN to secure grant funding•Attended unemployment hearings•Prepared weekly payroll for hourly, and salaried employees•Performed P & L management, general ledger journal entry maintenance•Maintained cost accounting updates for month end distribution•Performed month and year end closing•Assisted with site budget preparation: expense monitoring, research, analysis and reporting•Overseen all facets of A/P processing and vendor maintenance KEY RESULTS•Led recruiting and on-boarding for all new employees, sources potential candidates from local technical facilities, community agencies, and recruitment fairs. Recruited 300 employee during tenure. •Acquired grant funding via local WIN for training initiative resulting in $12,000 rewards annually•Spearheaded a 10% decrease in annual employee turnover through consistent improvements in the recruitment and retention program.•Reduced annual employment claim costs from 1.5% in 2008 to less than 0.25 in 2012•Administered 401(k) transactions, merit increases, and any changes to the benefit program

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