Provide human resource expertise in areas of organizational strategy development for business expansion and growth, management coaching and development, succession planning, policy development and implementation, employee relations, recruiting, performance management, training, benefits, compensation, legal compliance, HRIS.

Provide human resource expertise in the areas of recruiting, employee relations, policy development and implementation, performance management, compensation, legal compliance and management training and development.

Provide human resource expertise in the areas of recruiting, employee relations, policy development and implementation, performance management, compensation, legal compliance and management training and development.

- Provided generalist support to four Time, Inc. Divisions (Fortune, Money, Entertainment Weekly, New Media) client group of 600+ employees.- Managed the staffing, selection, and placement for exempt editorial and publishing positions. - Provided creative, innovative, and cost effective approaches to organizational concerns while balancing the stragic goals of the Company with the business unit and employee objectives.- Designed training materials and facilitated training sessions on Management Effectiveness (staffing/selection, performance management, compensation and diversity).- Represented and consulted management in negotiating the collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild; advised management on contract interpretation; primary interface with union leadership.- Managed and improved employee relations environment; provided creative approaches to performance management.

- Provided leadership and support to client base of 500 employees on human resources strategies and practices including staffing, performance management, employee relations, compensation, organizational capability, safety, benefits.- Provided labor relations support for three Teamsters contracts including contract interpretation, grievance and disciplinary proceedings, preparation of arbitration case files and hearings and participation in contract negotiations.- Provided direction/support to general manager during crewing/downsizing initiatives as well as implementation of severance and outplacement services.

- Provided leadership and support to client base of 350 employees on human resource strategies and practices including staffing, compensation, performance management; employee relations; organizational capability; safety; benefits; training and development.- Participated on team leading "greenfield start-up" of $40MM facility which included working with architects on facility design; development of new business mission statement; staffed and trained new and existing employees; closed one facility and consolidated the work force into the new facility; established consistent work rules and a positive discipline process; and designed and successfully implemented a preventative labor relations strategy.- Coordinated annual salary adminstration, succession planning and affirmative action plan preparation.

- Worked directly with Vice-President Human Resources to establish consistent personnel policy administration for the five Areas in the Eastern Division.- Areas of concentration included staffing, manpower planning, turnover analysis, transitional support process, training and 3-Step process improvement.- Worked on special projects for the Division President which included an analysis of our major competitors' key leaders and assisted in the design, game planning and implementation of the Pepsi-Cola reorganization in 1992.

- Managed interal Associate Program and temporary personnel with responsibility for $2MM+/year.- Counseled managers and employees on employee relations issues including payroll, benefits, compensation and staffing.- Conducted needs analysis and designed and implemented major restructuring of part-time work force to achieve financial objectives while providing flexibility to meet work-family/diversity issues.- Headquarters trainer for "Interaction Management Program".