• Provide Strategic and tactical HR Management support for four steel/automotive blanking sites in the US, including a Unionized facility.• Strategic member of bargaining committee for Collective Bargaining Agreement for Unionized facility.• Generate cultural change among the workforce around COVID-19, to ensure that all facilities are adhering to or exceeding Corporate and regulatory standards.• Leverage relationship-building to successfully manage and develop labor relations, reducing grievances, and increasing communication between Management and Union.• Manage payroll, compensation, benefits, employee relations, leaves of absence, FMLA, and all other day to day HR operations.• Updating policies and practices to ensure compliance with new laws and regulations.• Full life cycle recruiting in a challenging environment.

• Developed talent acquisition strategy, reduced redundant expenses by 50% and simplified process forbetter employer branding and improved candidate experience. Full life-cycle recruiting.• Strategic partner for production team and executive leadership, shortened time to fill by 12 days forkey positions. Member of executive leadership team.• Reduced employee turnover by over 40% through effective employee and supervisor coaching.• Active communicator, holding weekly town halls during COVID-19 crisis to keep communication linesflowing and reinforce the brand internally.• Served as 401k plan administrator, benefits manager, payroll manager, FMLA, workers compensation,implementing new legislation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.• Managed employee relations and discipline, coaching employees and supervisors/managers.

Multisite HR and Safety Site Leader for ISO certified manufacturer. • Created deep cultural change by shifting shared norms and expectations for unionized workforce,strategically reinforced through policy/procedure development and coaching employees and leaders.• Created and implemented an onboarding program that was rolled out across the organization.• Overhauled the Talent Acquisition process, building a pipeline of qualified applicants and reachingunderrepresented populations.• Talent Management- Carrying talent strategy throughout the organization, identifying high potentialsand leadership/skill gaps, assuring that skills gaps are addressed.• Created internal career pathways with a new, grant-funded Career Development Program.• Generated continuous process improvement across the HR function, including FMLA/NYSPFL, WorkersCompensation, Unemployment Insurance, and Disability, policies, time and attendance, and benefits.• Served as site safety manager, working with leaders and employees to overhaul safety culture.Reduced accident rates by 30% in the first year while increasing timely incident reporting.• Managed all learning and development activities by developing and delivering trainings as gaps wereidentified (culture, safety, management skills, compliance).• Supported merger activities by identifying opportunities for synergies and harmonization.• Managed union relationship by improving communication between Management and UAW,successfully negotiated a new win-win labor agreement in 2.5 days during a national UAW strike.

Broad HR support for the Global Headquarters of a global manufacturing company.• Collaborated with executive team, global and local leadership to drive a new strategic plan andassociated culture change throughout the organization, including integrating new acquisitions.• Evaluated and improved Talent Acquisition & Talent Management process to support new strategicinitiatives, worked with US HR Managers to improve EVP, branding, and candidate experience.• Streamlined talent acquisition and talent management workflows. Created onboarding process.• Responsible for full life cycle recruiting for Corporate and hard-to-fill roles across the US.• Handled employee relations for Corporate employees, served as a resource for field managers.

Provided human resources and management guidance for small businesses and entrepreneurs. ◦ Evaluated employee engagement via surveys and statistically appropriate data analysis.◦ Overhauled policies and procedures for a 120 member nonprofit group, including a code of conduct, progressive discipline policy, and creation of an ombudsman position.◦ Created and monitored performance evaluation systems◦ Trained entrepreneurs in expert negotiating strategies which helped one business owner negotiate a $15,000 price reduction in a contract.◦ Filled an HR Director role for many organizations without in-house Human Resources.

Hired as the sole manager with full generalist responsibilities. Served as a business partner, aligning day-to-day activities with strategic goals.◦ Put the right people in the right place via behavioral interviewing and talent acquisition.◦ Increased profits by 50% by developing, administering, and evaluating new employee onboarding and training.◦ Managed all payroll functions, personnel records, and created procedures to ensure compliance with state and Federal regulations.

Instructor & course support for online leadership class serving working professionals. ◦ Leveraged blended learning technology using webinars, videos, online quizzes, chat rooms, discussion boards, and email to present multi-mode training information to professional students.◦ Obtained buy-in by tying lesson plans into learners’ professional lives.

Taught undergraduate business majors & MBA students.◦ Courses developed/taught included topics such as Human Resources/Organizational Behavior, Project Management, Leadership, Management, and Group Dynamics..◦ Developed courses from the ground up using Smartboard technology, Blackboard, distance learning modules, and in-person presentation skills. Selected, developed, and delivered all course materials as appropriate for educational goals.◦ Studied adult learning models, adult education, and perfected use of varied delivery modes.◦ Coached and guided students, setting expectations and helping them develop competencies to meet mutual goals.

◦ Collaborated on high level international research teams with top scholars from Canada, France, Mexico, & the Netherlands. ◦ Supervised research teams, providing training in research methods & management theory.◦ Consulted by collecting performance data for real-world problems, including decision-making at a nuclear power plant, pilot burnout, and turnover in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.◦ Presented original research at academic Human Resources conferences. Served as a presenter, reviewer, and discussant at the Academy of Management, and presenter at Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology annual meetings.◦ Published four times in top-tier academic journals with 5-10% acceptance rates. Topics included workplace motivation, negotiation, and employee perceptions at work. ◦ Cited hundreds of times in research journals and books like the Handbook of Organizational and Managerial Wisdom (2007), Handbook of Social Psychology (2010), Handbook of Organizational Justice (2013), Handbook of Research on Negotiation (2013), and The Oxford Handbook of Leader-Member Exchange (2015).

Served as the primary point of contact for former Northrup Grumman Employees and organized all outplacement center activities.◦ Provided compassionate support to job seekers by understanding their individual challenges.◦ Provided practical support by organizing job fairs, educational events, and speakers/webinars for candidates.◦ Provided flexible, one-on-one training for candidate skill gaps such as MS Office, LinkedIn, SEO, and online visibility, directly improving attendee skill sets at a critical time in their careers.

Responsible for administering all HR activities in the department.◦ Created job descriptions for each full and part time position in the department.◦ Responsible for FMLA and Worker’s Comp, maintenance of employee records using HRIS, progressive discipline, job postings, and behavioral interviewing.◦ Managed all payroll functions utilizing ADP for weekly wages, and used HRIS to manage PTO/leave◦ Brought injured employees back to work by suggesting light duty arrangements for injured employees.◦ Tracked and balanced a multimillion-dollar budget, and assigned and monitored departmental work orders.