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Wichita, Kansas Area

Wichita, Ks

Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

• Advise and counsel management and employees as it relates to labor/employee relations issues up to and including terminations.• Act as an employee advocate in dealing with issues and concerns.• Oversee discipline to ensure compliance throughout our facilities.• Support Labor Relations team by addressing floor level issues.• Partner with management, the bargaining unit, EEO, Security, and Legal to ensure we take the appropriate action.• Facilitate conflict resolution• Participate in training activities and attend staff meetings as requested.

Wichita, Kansas Area

•Partnered with business unit to achieve business goals and objectives.•Lead and participated on team projects that were initiated by the business and Human Resources. Projects included Achieving Excellence, Integration Process, Exit Interview, Kenexa Survey, and Succession Planning.•Prepared job announcements, collected and reviewed resumes/applications and narrowed the field down to the most qualified applicants before referring to our management team.•Recruited, interviewed and developed job offers to our exempt and non-exempt team members. Partnered with management team to analyze recruitment issues/strategies in order to find the most qualified candidates.•Attended job/college career fairs.•Managed employee/labor relations issues with management and union up to and including termination.•Provided advice and counsel to management in regards to labor/employee relations issues, and interpretation of the bargaining unit contract.•Conducted internal investigation in response to employee grievances/complaints and provided appropriate resolution.•Facilitated focus groups to identify key issues within departmental teams.•Partnered with McConnell Air Force Base to offer career assistance to those transitioning out of the military.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Managed employee/labor relations issues for 600 employees with management and union up to and including termination.• Advised and counseled management with the interpretation on the bargaining unit contract.• Facilitated succession planning exercise with the director and management team.• Partnered with business unit to achieve business goals and objectives.• Facilitated focus groups to identify key issues within bargaining unit work scope.• Participated in exempt and non-exempt interviews. • Conducted internal investigation in response to employee grievances/complaints and provided appropriate resolution.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Managed employee/labor relations issues with management and union up to and including termination.• Implemented a “Freedom to Manage” program that focused on employee advocacy and union awareness/avoidance.• Partnered with business unit to achieve business goals and objectives.• Participated and implement HR projects that support the organization. Projects included: global exit interview database, behavioral based interview questions, established college partnerships, and provide career assistance with transitioning employees at McConnell Air Force Base.• Participated on the Accommodation Review Committee, which was designed to place employees with medical restrictions.• Provided leadership to ensure compliance with employment/labor laws.• Responsible for annual merit process.• Facilitated annual Succession Planning exercise.• Assisted in the annual budget process. Human Resources Business Partner - 1998 – 2001• Recruited, interviewed and developed offers for exempt and non-exempt team members, which included initial staffing of a new service center.• Provided advice and counsel to management in regards to labor/employee relations issues, and interpretation of the bargaining unit contract.• Conducted internal investigation in response to employee grievances/complaints and provided appropriate resolution.• Partnered with union to resolve issues.• Facilitated portions of employee orientation, including “Focus on the Customer”.

Wichita, Kansas Area

• Investigated hourly employee complaints, and developed resolutions to prevent grievances.• Consulted management with the interpretation of the bargaining unit contract as it relates to employees.• Partnered with union to resolve issues.Staffing Representative - 1995 – 1997• Actively recruited, selected and placed hourly team members to meet schedule requirements.• Developed and maintained liaison between Social Services, Diversified Educational Training Manufacturing Company and Raytheon Aircraft.• Coordinated with Wichita Area Technical College in recruitment efforts of hourly team members.• Developed college relations and a Minority Intern Program with historical black colleges for those students majoring in finance or accounting.• Attended career/job fairs for exempt and hourly candidates.

Ma, Human Resources Development

Bba, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha Kappa Psi