Teaching International Business Health Care Practices, Human Resources and Organizational Development for their PGS Program

Business partner for Physician Practices providing strategic and collaborative leadership support managing and overseeing the design, development, communication and delivery of Human Resource programs, services and initiatives.

Responsible for all facets of Human Resources supporting 250 employees. Paragon D&E is a leader in advance manufacturing. With a strong history in injection and compression tooling, Paragon is family owned and been in business for 70 years. Paragon has evolved in to a multifaceted organization with a diverse product line serving Aerospace, Defense, Heavy Truck, Automotive, Agricultural, Oil and Gas industries.

Contract position

• Proficient in selecting, designing and implementing Performance Management Systems that measure personal and organizations objectives and goals• Responsible for multiple facilities in variety of industries including Defense, Automotive, Appliance, Health Care• Leader in coaching and mentoring process improvement/mapping, project management and strategic planning development for organization, specified business units, and Human Resource team• Proven leader in driving succession planning programs and the development of On-Boarding Program• Promote activity and engagement in non-profit industry, awarded and managed Economic Job and Training Grants• Quantify performance indicators on a quarterly Human Resource Dashboard for business units align with organizations strategic plan• Implemented roll out of Gallup and Press Gainey Employee Engagement survey and results – Led organizational follow up teams to increase staff satisfaction• Excellent facilitation, coaching, employee development and communication skills-confident in quick decision making • Leader and developer of Change Management initiatives for new facilities, mergers, acquisitions and closing facilities: Belding Plant, Atlanta Plant, Meijer Heart Center, Lemmen Holten Cancer Pavilion, Blodgett expansion

•Executive member of the Steering Committee guiding an $48 million diversified organization – setting budgets, strategically advising labor needs, facilitating organizational communication and public relations•Executive board member of a newly developed non-profit agency the SOURCE; wrote business plan, develop the concept, promote to the community and other area business, key player in uniting 5 other manufacturing in being awarded $117,00 Economic Job Development Grant•Monitor scope of operation status: turnover, labor to sales, benefit analysis, labor efficiencies, staff engagement•Provide guidance to team of 11. Create shared vision, set goals/objective for 5 facilities.•Assure semi-annual performance reviews are completed, coach managers and/or handle disciplinary issues•Write procedures and implement QS900 4_18 element for all facilities•Negotiate plan design, identify carrier and manage self-funded workman’s compensation program and benefit programs; Medical, Dental, Life, Optional Life, Vision, Short and Log Term Disability, Cafeteria Plan , 401K and Pension Program•Plan, develop and maintain exempt and hourly recruitment strategies•Reduced turnover 20% :Implement Hourly New Hire Training Program, Eliminated on-site-temporary recruiting agency; establishing Employment Specialist Position saving the organization $100,00 in the first 6 months•Developed and orchestrated Employee Recognition Programs•Update, enforce and interpret the Employee Handbook; monitor and maintain due process•Monitor and prepared EEO plan and yearly reports•Representative in legal issues: Workman’s Compensation, Department of Labor/ Civil Rights, MESC Claims, Etc.•Managed donor relationships for community events: Warren Reynolds’s Golf Outing, SECOM, SOURCE, Make a Wish.•Instrumental in obtaining and administrated $120,00 Economic Job Development Grant

Benefit AdministrationWorkman's Compensation AdministratorTraining CoordinatorRecruitment

Establishing a Human Resource Department for the Grand Rapids location.