Dan Kraus Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Functional Lead For PeopleSoft 9.1 HCM Upgrade.• Responsible for support in the Americas, including HR, Benefits, and Payroll• Manage major projects for the Americas and Globally.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Functional Team Lead/Mentor on global implementation of PeopleSoft HRMS 8.8 . Responsible for leading the design efforts and working with local management to identify business requirements and develop solutions to meet those requirements. Successfully implemented the system throughout Europe and in Asia-Pacific countries.• Led organizational fit-gap analysis and HR process redesign by marrying outside consulting development life cycle methodology with Six Sigma tools. This led to process improvements and common practices nationally upon implementation.• Led HR systems integration for U.S. acquisitions in partnership with Benefits Administration and Operations Management.• Six Sigma Black Belt, completed project with retirement administration vendor to improve the quality of services they provide to our plan participants. Working with the supplier we cut in half the vendor’s response time to our employees and improved the quality of data Avery was supplying to the vendor.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Provided Human Resource support for 250-400 employees for $800 MM business.• Led all aspects of compensation strategy including managerial, professional and sales plans. Provided consulting support to multiple plants on hourly compensation plans. Led the design of new compensation programs for exempt & nonexempt base pay and incentive plans.• Designed and implemented an improved method for the existing performance management process that saved time, reduced inefficiencies, and helped to tie individual performance expectations with organizational goals.• Managed staff restructuring and major organizational change management issues.• Implemented methodologies to improve compensation management, and administrative efficiencies.

• Provided coaching and counseling to line management.• Successfully responded to EEO complaints and completed OFCCP reviews.• Served on multi-divisional task team to assess and recommend redesign of exempt pay plan, and participated in the development of a formal compensation strategy.• Co-authored a formal selection process that integrated organizational priorities with interviewing methodology.• Assisted Sales Management with the process of territory redesign and sales force redeployment to support the organization's focus on key segmented markets.

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

• Handled recruitment of employees, employee relations, departmental budgeting, team building/training, disciplinary issues, policy & procedures.• Trained staff in discipline process, interviewing, effective communications, union avoidance training, corporate policies and other employee development classes.• Led efforts to implement pay-for-skills plans at two separate plants and made design changes at a third.• Supported the restructuring of a business that was split into three separate operating divisions over a 3-4 year period.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

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