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Philadelphia, Pa, Us

New York, Us

Strategic business partner providing full cycle Human Resources support to wholesale/retail supply chain operations, customer call center and corporate accounts payable function. Role spanned employee relations, organization management, change management, performance management, and leadership/talent development. Served on Diversity & Inclusion North Carolina campus team. Proactive leader on several projects implemented on the North Carolina campus.Served as member of the North Carolina campus Diversity & Inclusion team. Facilitated NC diversity committee interest survey, served on the ERG implementation team, and supported events held on campus. Introduced PFLAG to the company. PFLAG attended multiple company events.Business leader strategic partner on successful closure of one facility and relocation of business units into 3 other facilities. Built project plan and communication strategy and facilitated ongoing communications.North Carolina campus representative on global project team charged with building an internal career pathing process and tools. I identified external resource contracted to provide global training of internal career coaches and, with global sub-team, developed roles and responsibilities for career coach program. Served as a career coach and managed the program on the North Carolina campus. Served as representative for North Carolina campus on global recognition project team. Responsible for implementation and management of Bravo! program across the NC campus and metrics reporting.

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Managed a 4 person Human Resources function in plant with 650 full time and part time associates. Direct involvement in TPM including membership in autonomous workgroup, education/training pillar and goal alignment pillar, and utilization of basic problem solving tools. DMAIC team sponsor for two teams resulting in combined savings of $60k+. -Implemented successful positive employee relations plan to prevent unionization during two public neighbor company union drive campaigns. -Member of division-wide task force focused on frontline leader retention. Co-authored new onboarding handbook for frontline leaders which has been identified as a national best practice. -Change agent for Hours of Work policy amendments that resulted in significant reduced overtime and schedule changes. -Initiated and executed rollout of computer kiosks for employee communication. Currently used to provide online access to benefits and pay stub information, moving team to paperless pay system.

Managed the Human Resources function in a plant with a population of 475. At time of arrival, the location had two main product line businesses, one of which was being transferred to another state. Challenged and successful in creating balance such that each of two businesses remained adequately staffed while accomplishing the transition.-Built strategy for attracting talent in a highly-profitable business in a rural, isolated location-Developed training on writing effective annual individual impact goals and development plans, and progressive discipline and documentation for frontline leaders. -Challenged to re-examine the company’s utilization of cafeteria service provider whose costs were 62% higher than budgeted. Resulted in terminated contract and RFP process. Successfully negotiated a fixed price contract for service for 2 years which achieved reduced costs meeting expected budgeted rate.

Hershey, Pennsylvania, Us

HR manager with team of 4 that provided HR services to 220 employees in manufacturing facility. Human Resources responsibilities included performance management, benefits administration, compensation, recruiting, employee relations, industrial health, safety and wellness, affirmative action, and leadership development. -Terminated a $1million contract with one of the nation’s largest temporary labor suppliers that failed to meet terms of a process improvement plan and selected another agency delivering an 8% cost savings compared to previous vendor.-Achieved the facility’s best OSHA records over three years during management of industrial health and safety programs and issues. -Involved in the reorganization of salaried staff – supported an Early Retirement Program/Enhanced Mutual Separation Program and downsized 10 staff members in a second initiative. Both programs reduced salaried employees 33% and saved $1+ million. Hourly staffing reductions saved $5+ million (25%) over five years. -Credited with delivering $500,000+ in corporate savings by managing and curtailing expenses associated with staff downsizings, employee uniforms, security services, and a temporary agency.-Founded Plant Diversity Council and led plant diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Human Resources & Management And Administration

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