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St Petersburg, Florida, US

St Petersburg, Florida, US

Support corporate objectives, strategies, and initiatives related to Human Resources by providing leadership, communication, problem solving, decision-making, coaching, development and goal setting to the HR Operations Team, comprised of HR Employees Services, Reporting & Analytics, Project Management, Change Management & Communications, and Voice of the.

St Petersburg, Florida, US

Primary HR Business Leader for the VP Operations, VP Supply Chain, VP Finance, and VP Quality and their teams for Jabil's Healthcare Division. Led and provided overall direction to 17 HR Managers who support 18 manufacturing facilities (approximately 14,000 employees) in U.S., Latin America, Europe and China.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Served as member of Gerdau Long Steel North America (GLN) executive team and HR leader for all of North America operations. Oversaw all human resources activities for approximately 11,000 employees in multiple.
• Led culture transformation and modernization efforts at GLN, creating culture of openness, simplicity, and empowerment with accountability, with culture pulse check scores improving from 6.0 in 2016 to 6.5 in 2017.
• Presided over redesign of healthcare program for 2018, resulting in $10,000,000 in savings while still providing strong benefits package for employees.
• Reduced corporate HR headcount by 25% within 13-month period, resulting in $1,000,000 in salary savings.
• Served as executive sponsor for and actively participated in GLN's Diversity and Inclusion Initiative.
• Spearheaded communication and change management efforts for divestiture of 40% of business.

Tampa, Florida, US

• Led and provided overall direction to 17 HR managers who supported 18 mills (8 non-union mills and 10 union mills; approximately 4500 employees), 21 recycling operations (approximately 250 employees) and 40+ downstream.
• Negotiated 20+ collective bargaining agreements, with all settlements within approved parameters.
• Developed positive employee relations training program (i.e., union avoidance) and trained mill management teams, preventing organizing attempts and maintaining union-free status at GLN’s non-union mills.
• Led / Facilitated career and succession program for GLN operations, resulting in significant internal talent moves each year and greater than 90% retention of top talent.
• Led over 6 reduction-in-force efforts between 2009 - 2016, with zero litigation.
• Negotiated 4 plant closure agreements with USW, providing flexibility to decommission mills in timely manner.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Led and provided overall direction to HR staffs in Clearwater and Sarasota, FL, and Teterboro, NJ, concerning career and succession, communications, organizational development, salary planning, and employee and labor.
• Spearheaded reorganization and reduction-in-force efforts for Clearwater, FL and Teterboro, NJ sites.
• Conducted positive employee relations training (i.e., union-avoidance) for leaders throughout aerospace.
• Selected to participate in company-wide leadership development program.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Supervised and provided overall direction to HR staff concerning benefits, compensation, communications, diversity / EEO, staffing, employee and labor relations, training, and organizational development. Served as lead.
• Reduced HR staff by 50% in less than 18 months by instituting standardized processes, procedures and policies.
• Improved employee opinion survey scores from 29% to 63% within two-year period.
• Implemented performance management review and merit increase programs.
• Trained front line leaders on basics of supervision.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Led three-shift heat treating and coating operation consisting of 8 salaried and 75 bargaining unit employees.
• Implemented safety, productivity, and quality initiatives as well as furthered the development of lean manufacturing principles in the department.
• Oversaw redesign of production flow path in Heat Treat/Coating Department, resulting in more efficient operations.
• Successfully outsourced coating operation.

Pittsburgh, PA, US

• Oversaw day-to-day human resources and labor relations matters. Supervised staff of 3 employees.
• Sat 2nd chair in 2001 contract negotiations with UAW and IAM, drafting all non-economic proposals.
• Reorganized aerospace dept., leading to manpower flexibility, overtime reductions, improved safety performance.

Juris Doctorate

Bachelor Of Arts, Economics