Iloma Simmons, Phr, Srhm-Cp Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

Strategically managed Employee Relations, coached, developed and supported leaders while managed full scale end to end investigations.

Riverwoods, Illinois

An Individual contributor responsible for completing investigations from end-to-end, provided HR consultation while reducing investigation close rate by 15% within our case management system in 2021 and 2022.Execute and implement RIF programs and processes including all communications to all parties, developed timelines with leadership for all impacted employees including expatriates returning from our UK offices.Provide strategic leadership and expertise in all areas of employee relations and the employee experience including interpreting policies, consultative services, and collaboration with business partners and global HR colleagues to independently resolve issues, interpret policies. practice inquiries, and weighed in on ADA HR accommodations while developing efficiencies.Champion our performance management processes in accordance with all policies, applicable laws and our Code of Conduct.Collaborate with our internal legal team, developed, oversaw, and advised on our corrective action processes in conjunction with leadership for our US, UK and call center employees both exempt and nonexempt employees.Direct Operational Excellence for work efforts and project implementation championing VP’s, Directors, department leads, call center team leads and operations leadership Develop strong business relationships across all platforms and levels of leadership

Glenview

Strategically managed and implemented heavy employee relations issues supporting both clinical and non-clinical staff, exempt and nonexempt employeesIndependently developed workforce planning strategies, led end-to end investigations, guided leaders on performance management, corrective action and development plansProject Manager for Employee Engagement Survey, liaised with IT to develop survey link, developed all communications for project, managed team, solution design, development of survey questions, recognized as Top workplace by Chicago Tribune Magazine 2017 and 2018 & 2019, increasing employee satisfaction by 10% year over year

Chicago

Sr. Employee Relations Specialist (Hired perm) March 2016-presentHuman Resource Business Partner (Contractor) Oct 2015-Feb 2016Employee Relations Internal Education and Case Management, including management and resolution of complex employee issues while partnering on medium and low risk employee complaints, and ADA/FMLA issuesCo-developed and managed the implementation of Employee Engagement Strategy; Reduction in Force; Crisis Response and Policy InterpretationDeveloped Employee Relations Data and analyzed results for trends Provided strategic HR leadership and developed proactive solutions, in an effort to increase employee engagementResolved complex employee relations issues for onsite JLL employees, collaborated with clients, developed employee relations strategies, partnered with key stakeholders, adapted effective approaches to meet the needs of our clients and employees Utilized our case management system to document all employee relations cases, received through our HR Service Center, Managers, HR Business Partners, Ethics Hotline and other channelsConducted end-to-end investigations and fact-finding. Implemented and oversaw our performance management system and executed corrective actions while developing coaching and development plans

Chicago

-Support a large scale Operations team to include a VP, two Directors and senior managers covering the Midwest and Central regions, providing strategic guidance and leadership while overseeing implementations, developing strategies, programs and exceeding organizational objectives, reducing turnover and recruitment costs by 10% annually and increasing brand awareness of our products and services through training and development-Examine and develop HR policies and processes for review, revision, interpretation and implementation, support compensation initiatives to include compensation analysis of job grades, salary structures, provide salary data to management, review and recommend salary based upon comp analysis and research, -Manage extensive employee relation issues of remote locations and investigations from start to finish, counseling, corrective action, terminations, coaching and development of exempt and non-exempt employees along with Performance Improvement Plans (PIP)-Provide leadership, HR guidance and policy interpretation to senior leaders, Performance Management (PM), Talent Management (TM), and succession planning while continually driving diversity and employee engagement-Evaluate and develop all aspects relating to large-scale organizational restructuring, RIF’s, RIF selection process, adverse impact analysis, RIF coordination and Letter Agreement generation (RIF documents)-Act as a key contact for employees regarding, HR questions, benefits, payroll, employee issues and policy interpretation, process FMLA documents, benefits administration and annual Open Enrollment-Manage full life-cycle recruitment activities including sourcing, development of job descriptions, provide succession planning, build talent pipelines, develop recruitment strategies, post positions, complete interview process, extend all contingent offers, successfully fill over 100+ non-exempt, exempt and corporate roles nationwide annually and familiarity with OFCCP regulations

Bolingbrook, Il

-Managed a team of recruiters and HR coordinators (6-10), the talent acquisition process, Performance Management (PM), employee review process, coached and developed staff members, ensured compliance of all required trainings, prepared communication documents for both internal employees and temporary staff-Planned, directed and delivered on all SLA’s to meet client needs and proactively consult with clients to ensure desired outcomes of contractual resources and products and services were met-Reduced turnover by 30% within first year, mitigated risks to client account by managing all co-employment issues, devised effective trainings and revised on-boarding of contingent staff which reduced costs to client by 25% enabling us to renew our contract and expand our products and services-Managed full life-cycle recruitment of temp-to-hire and contingent employees, sourced and recruited for internal roles including multiple positions for national accounts and various clients within the region-Developed and managed relationship building workshops to improve team engagement, training programs and employee relation issues including all internal investigations from start to finish for both corporate and contingent workforce

Greater Chicago Area

Sr. Technical Project Consultant (promotion) Oct 2006-Sept 2009Sr. Recruiter May 2006-Oct 2006-Managed the startup HR team which rolled into corporate HR in an effort to the support the resources specifically hired for a major IT initiative to include, recruitment, on-boarding, employee relations and Governance oversight-Project Leader for large enterprise-wide compensation review project to standardize and streamline salary structures working closely with outside vendor, Mercer-Strategically led, developed and supported various phases of the project through facilitation of meetings, providing key updates, training initiatives (KT) and delivery of critical information while engaging with all levels of the project including project sponsors, executive management and external vendors-Developed and analyzed turnover data to determine root cause of high turnover rate to the CCSP Project-Consistently acted as a strategic business partner and HR consultant to all departments associated with the project to include policy interpretation, employee relations and compliance-Managed full life-cycle recruiting, sourcing, interview, contingent offer and on-boarding process for all project positions including, oversaw talent management process of vendors, development of job descriptions and job posting process

Masters Degree, Guidance Counseling

I completed a 10 month on-site internship at Plainfield South High School where I had the opportunity to council students on a variety.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Human Resources Management And Services