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Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

As the strategic Midwest HR business partner for multiple Canteen Division Presidents and their respective teams, I provide generalist support with emphasis in talent development, training, litigation avoidance, organizational development/design, change management, labor productivity, and new business mobilization.

Horsham, Pennsylvania, Us

Collaborative HR business partner for sales team across 4 states including salaried, union, and non-union employees across sales depots and retail stores (500+ employees):• Improved union-management relations by implementing effective plan to establish regular union-management communications. Plan resulted in a 50% reduction in grievances and a 30% reduction in the time required to get new union contract negotiated and ratified. • Successfully worked with sales directors on the talent review process to identify leadership development needs for respective sales teams and facilitated annual plans. As a DDI certified trainer, coordinated and led training on numerous modules including Leadership Essentials, Coaching for Peak Performance, Conflict Resolution, and Change Management. • Enhanced employee engagement survey results through effective listening and follow-up. This included coordinating and participating in ongoing management-employee roundtable meetings and follow-up action meetings, and ensuring timely follow through and implementation of employee action plans.• Increased employee safety engagement by leading effort to educate managers on proper injury/accident reporting procedures, accident investigations, and OSHA reporting requirements. Also accomplished this by helping to craft a more progressive method of learning for employees by converting company’s safety beliefs and principles into a game format. • Developed and implemented strategies, including better tracking system, to effectively decrease the turnaround time on job requisition approvals and to reduce the time needed to fill open positions.• Significantly reduced number of employee complaints and employee hotline calls by implementing and leading annual “Respect in the Workplace” training for all salaried, non-union, and union employees.• Substantially lowered the risk of ADA and/or FMLA violations by executing plan to educate all managers on FMLA and the ADA Interactive Process.

Chicago, Il, Us

HR business partner with 3 direct reports, supporting sales teams across 4 states, which included salaried, union, and non-union employees in all sales depots and retail stores (500+ employees). I was responsible for all HR related topics, including labor relations, benefits, compensation, recruiting, payroll, training, HRIS (SAP), employee relations, employee investigations, talent assessment, and succession planning:• Successfully developed 2 HR Generalists, which led to their promotions.• Implemented union wiring strategy to improve management-union and management-employee relations, which included regular face-to-face/phone communication meetings between management-union and contract education meetings for managers. Results were improved relations between company management and union leadership as well as between company management and employees. Did not experience any arbitrations during my tenure.• Effectively worked with regional sales vice presidents to implement a collaborative talent review process for their respective sales management teams. As a result, management was able to more accurately assess their employees’ performance and potential and provide more precise talent maps and succession plans.• Played integral role in planning and rollout of bi-annual employee engagement survey, communicating the results, establishing action planning committees, and ensuring that action plans were established and executed on time.

Chicago, Il, Us

Led HR for 8 out of the 16 U.S. manufacturing plants (4 union (UFCW) and 4 non-union (5,000+ employees) with 8 HR Managers reporting indirectly to me:• Developed HR staff to migrate towards a strategic HR delivery model. Led and sponsored HR project teams to develop core supervisory training curriculum, consistent FMLA tracking and administration, common employee handbooks, and global business practices training.• Effectively maintained union free status in all 4 non-union plants by keeping an open dialogue with employees, listening to and addressing their needs.

Chicago, Il, Us

HR generalist role in a union meat plant environment for Sara Lee Corporation's Bessin division.

Entry level HR generalist position in a union meat plant.

Master Of Management, Human Resource Management And Organization Behavior

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Business Administration And Management, General