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Established in 1933, Hohmann & Barnard, Inc., has pioneered innovative solutions for the masonry industry. As a global leader in manufacturing construction materials for the building envelope, we offer anchors and reinforcement, moisture protection, thermal performance, wall estimating software, and air barrier systems for commercial and residential masonry markets.We are part of Marmon Holdings, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company, that comprises more than 100 autonomous manufacturing and service businesses serving diverse industries and markets worldwide. Marmon businesses operate more than 400 manufacturing, distribution, and service facilities, and employ more than 20,000 people globally.As part of the Leadership Team, I am responsible for supporting the company's business plans and strategic direction by developing and executing on the human resource strategies. Responsibilities in the areas of talent management, change management, performance management, union relations, training and development, compliance and compensation management.

Contract Pharmacal Corp. (CPC) develops, manufactures and packages solid dose drugs and dietary supplements. CPC employs more than a thousand highly skilled professionals in its Hauppauge, NY facilities and to date has commercialized over 5,000 products. Manage Human Resources, Payroll and EHS teams. Scope of responsibility encompasses the entire HR function with emphasis on benefits, staffing, employee relations, union relations, payroll, safety, training and development, project planning, compensation, compliance, and HRIS.

Scope of responsibility encompasses the entire HR function with emphasis on staffing, employee relations, training and development, project planning, compensation. Manage 3 direct and indirect reports. Highlighted Contributions:• Recruitment: Managed recruitment for multiple key R&D, Sales and Marketing positions. • Created new recruitment program with a focus of streamlining a consistent approach.• Developed new orientation/on-boarding program with an emphasis on corporate branding.• Evaluated multiple background check vendors to improve efficiency and costs.• Created a new employee referral program.• Training: Developed and administered a multi-phased training program for management.• Creating a manager’s operational manual to compliment training.• Associate Relations/Performance: Managed annual performance program. • Updated all employee job descriptions with management to current standards.• Implemented new warning and performance improvement plan templates.• Partnered with management to successfully administer annual performance reviews.

Management position leading all HR functions for 800+ professional and skilled labor employees in multiple locations throughout the country. Scope of responsibility encompasses the entire HR function with emphasis on compensation and benefits, employee relations, HRIS, staffing, career development/succession planning, training, organizational development, and union administration. Coach, mentor and train 6 direct reports responsible for a $1.7 Million zero-based budget. Highlighted Contributions:• Organizational Development / Restructuring: Orchestrated business reorganization, which entailed counseling senior executives on downsizing workforce in response to market changes, developing department budgets, cost proposals, and contracts for services. • Benefits Management: Played a critical role in the quick deployment of essential communications to all staff regarding benefits and newly implemented policies following a major organizational shift.• Managed and directed the company-wide health and welfare benefit programs.Coordinated the calculation of the severance and benefit plans for a plant closure and transfer of corporate location• Compensation: Sole person responsible for compensation including job description analysis, market pricing and grading. • Union Administration: Effectively operate in a union work environment consisting of 400 employees in four locations represented by two unions. • Successfully negotiated and implemented labor union contracts for multiple projects and bargaining units.• Managed the closure of two union facilities. • Top Talent Acquisition / Management / Development: Managed recruitment and associate relations for client groups, legal, professional affairs and finance. • Acknowledged for designing and implementing quality focused and best-in-class orientation and management training for skilled and management staff.

Promoted through a series of increasingly responsible positions resulting in a high-profile leadership role directing the company’s benefits programs including multiple medical plans, dental, vision, FSA, multiple life and supplemental life plans, STD/DBL, LTD, AD&D and EAP plans including 5500 filing.; • Oversaw the successful system transformation and scale up; created a self-service payroll system that became the company’s intranet system. Improved efficiencies and significantly reduced expenses and demands on HR staff workload. • Created a centralized database that accurately reported on pension payments. New database credited with improving the audit process, eliminating duplicate payouts and reduced risk and negative exposure to the company. • Successfully transitioned new benefit vendors including medical, vision, FSA and life insurances.• Benefits Management: Compiled trend and cost analysis for benefit renewals.• Managed Nikon’s 401(k) and Pension plans including 415 compliance testing and auditing.• Developed and implemented annual benefit open enrollment and quarterly 401(k) enrollment from a paper based system to an online. Conducted open enrollment and training meetings for union and non-union employees in various states.• Processed FMLA, CFRA and ADA requests and Worker’s Compensation claims.• Transitioned COBRA administration from outside vendor to in-house, self-administration.• Partnered with various vendors to provide a no cost or low cost wellness program for employees.• Staff Coaching / Training: Trained as the backup support for the Payroll Manager.

• Administered comprehensive benefit programs including 401(k), medical, dental, vision, STD/DBL, LTD, AD&D and EAP plans for six US locations and 2 England locations. • Administered Employee Stock Purchase Program and Stock Option Grants for all US and International locations. • Processed FMLA requests, Unemployment claims and Worker’s Compensation claims.• Managed the implementation of companywide HRIS database. • Successfully implemented a Company Self Service site to allow employees access to benefit and policy information and the ability to change their personal information.