Greg Cross Email & Phone Number

Sema (Southeastern Massachusetts)

Subject matter expert consultant with Service Corp of Retired Executives in South Eastern MA chapter

Canton, Ma

Vice President of Human Resources America’s Region 2010 to 2020(Lexington, OH, Canton, MA, Juarez, Mexico, Sao Paolo and Manaus, Brazil)Managed all aspects of Human Resources, including for multi-site organization, overseeing benefits, employee relations, compensation, recruitment, HRIS, and performance management systems. Supervised 10 professionals.• Served as key member of management team of new formed division (Stoneridge Control Devices), successfully leading organizational change effort in combining leadership of 2 operating divisions in the US.• Integrated 2 divisions of less than $100MM in sales and led division to achieve $500MM in sales in 7 years through building trust with leaders.• Acted as Lead Training Facilitator for life skills training program (10, 2-hour sessions for all salaried employees in Canton), creating shared experience of all salaried employees at both sites to enable a connection and common method of relating to one another.• Implemented new compensation structure for salaried employees in Lexington Ohio plant (700 employees), addressing structural pay inequities over time while becoming more market competitive.• Effected HR leadership change restructuring at Lexington, Ohio plant by developing and promoting HR Manager and moving incumbent manager into position aligned with strengths, enabling more proactive and energetic HR team.

Canton, Ma

Oversaw all aspects of Human Resources, including benefits selection and design, employee relations. Managed wage and salary program and sustained market competitive structure for all positions. Supervised 3 professionals and food service operation.

Canton, Ma

Responsible for all aspects of benefits management for an operating division with 500 employees. Managed all supplier relationships including health care (BCBS), dental (Delta), and 401K / Profit Sharing (ING). As Plan Administrator was responsible for all aspects of 401k plan administration including supplier selection and evaluation, fund performance assessment, and responsibility as a fiduciary of the plan managing $40M in assets.• Launched mentoring program; development initiative to connect divisional leadership with helping guide development of individual professional employees.• Sourced, selected, and hired 401K Advisor to join the plan as a fiduciary and significantly improved quality of the plan at no additional cost to the company or participants.• Sourced, selected, and implemented voluntary benefits program for employees (supplemental employee and dependent life insurance, pre-paid legal, and critical illness products).• Negotiated, implemented, and managed transition from self-insured to fully insured health insurance plan achieving approximately $600K in annual cost savings for the division.

Responsible for all aspects of Human Resources fo 150 employee Bakery

Boston, Ma

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