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South Carolina, United States

• Site HR Leader in support of large employee ramps for F-16 Production and Depot Maintenance programs under contact with the U.S. Dept. of Defense.
• Rapidly implemented compensation & benefits changes, added new hire incentives, HR process improvements to facilitate large scale hiring. Executed unprecedented actions, including international talent mobilizations to.
• Managed a team of HR professionals to create the needed cultural and procedural changes while maintaining a non-union work environment in the midst of Covid and significant leadership change at the site.

• Trusted advisor for Senior Leaders for Diversity & Inclusion, Culture Development, Change Management and HR Projects.
• Project Manager for large scale change that impacted compensation design, benefits offerings, talent recruitment, union relations and significant stakeholder change management.
• Conducted gender pay equity analysis and implemented corrective actions.
• Managed the implementation of high impact policies with complex change management strategies.

London, Greater London, GB

• Led HR initiatives throughout a $6B construction project with 1000+ employees and EPCM subcontractors to ensure successful completion of contractual requirements while maintaining high levels of industrial harmony and.
• Provided extensive leadership coaching to internal and external senior leaders to improve organizational leadership in a foreign country with over 35 different nationalities represented across the workforce.
• Provided dedicated HR support to 200+ expatriates including mobilization and employment contracts.
• Designed new organization structures to drive inter-department collaboration, accountability and business performance as the organization evolved.
• Improved labor-hire vendor usage saving over $2M in labor costs annually.

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Drove talent acquisition including staffing, on-boarding, performance management, leader coaching, employee development, strategic talent management, and workforce planning.
• Implemented a 2 week on-boarding program while increasing staff headcount by approximately 30 percent.
• Coached executive and front-line managers to improve accountability, site performance, and culture.
• Oversaw negotiation of 2 union contracts; met organizational goals and maintained positive union relations.
• Implemented a robust performance management system and performance-based bonus plan to better support alignment of employee performance and behavior with company needs and objectives.
• Managed all HR communications and the HR/Training budget for 3 sites.

El Segundo, CA, US

• Facilitated strategic HR leadership, led multiple policy initiatives, and coached leaders at all levels to support 800+ employees in meeting business/customer care goals.
• Implemented an employee rotational program to improve retention and reduce burnout; successfully facilitated focus groups to address leadership and employee relation issues.
• Identified the root cause of turnover that exceeded 120%, implemented a zero cost solution that reduced turnover to about 45%. Other sites across the organization then implemented my strategy.

London, Greater London, GB

• Supported CFO, 3 Directors, and 3 GM’s as the designated HR business partner for Finance, IS&T, and 3 manufacturing plants with 900 employees and approximately 400 contract workers.
• Successfully led plant turnaround through restructuring senior leadership, extensive front-line manager coaching, and developing a positive union relationship.
• Drove the Human Capital agenda through consulting and advising on performance management, talent reviews, compensation, staffing, organizational design, and change management.
• Built productive union relations and effectively resolved labor grievances in a unionized setting.
• Conducted employee investigations and handled related disciplinary actions and terminations.
• Implemented process optimizations to achieve business outcomes; realized tangible savings including repairing labor budget forecast issues, reducing payroll errors by 93%, and incentivizing hourly workers.

London, Greater London, GB

• Designed and implemented all HR processes for full employee life cycle including change management.
• Managed the implementation and ensured global alignment of the SAP payroll system, HRIS design, and 50+ HR policies to support a green-field construction project in a developing country.
• Directed and project managed multiple initiatives including the design of all HR process, the graduate development program, recruiting website design, and an internal HR portal.
• Created and implemented a labor cost model utilizing workforce planning data as part of the annual budgeting process for a $400M labor budget to secure project funding.

London, Greater London, GB

• Analyzed performance data to guide business planning for 6 union plants and a $2.2B business.
• Managed the year-end performance review and remuneration review process; used multivariate regression statistical analysis to ensure accuracy in the execution of pay for performance plans.
• Created a system to upgrade the HR process of quarterly incentive payments thereby saving the company $50K annually and freeing up a dedicated headcount.
• Developed and implemented business metrics for workforce planning, talent reviews, succession planning, pay for performance, diversity, organizational health as well as to monitor and control HR processes and provide.
• Improved HRIS processes to ensure accurate employee data and support more robust reporting.

Rahway, New Jersey, US

• Supported a global manufacturing organization as HRBP through organization startup, culture development, and organization design.
• Managed the HR activities related to $4B plant divestiture with internal and external stakeholder.
• Sigma project developing and implementing quarterly stock option database, and redesign award process globally.
• Identified reporting issues, conducted UAT testing, and supported reporting contingency planning related to a global SAP implementation.
• Analyzed and created employee survey results presentations for executive audiences and assisted the creation of action plans to resolve issues.

Murray, UT, US

Conducting incident investigations, developing new processes to ensure DOT/MSHA compliance of workforce, safety benchmarking, providing financial information about accidents, developing company orientation video, redesigning gain-sharing incentive plan, completing government wage surveys, interpreting union contract work rules and discipline procedures.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resources & Labor Relations

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Sociology

Associate Of Science - As, Human Biology