Mark J. Slagle Email & Phone Number

From hospitality and restaurant entrepreneur to R&D plant manager to HR and Finance leader, I am proud of the nonlinear path my career has taken and has led me to today. Curious by nature, I welcomed each opportunity to increase my skill set and learn a new part of the businesses I’ve been associated with.Customer service is my passion and regardless of the line of work I am in, what company I serve, the customer always comes first for me.Most recently I served as HR Manager at Marker Systems in N. Tonawanda, NY. In that position I managed all HR functions as well as payroll. I brought learnings from my past entrepreneurial experience with me. I am confident my business experience makes me a better and more perceptive HR leader.➤ SKILLS IN DEMANDI believe the most in demand skills today are the ability to be agile and comfortable with ambiguity. From mixed messages about our health, safety, and the economy, today’s leaders must be able to scan the environment for the latest events while filtering it through the lens of common sense and prudent response. For HR, this means keeping abreast of all the regulatory changes happening throughout the pandemic as well as best practices regarding organizational diversity, equity, and inclusion and remote work.➤ MY ZONE OF GENIUSI am an intuitive doer….I always have a sense of what I need to do, and my past successes have taught me to trust my intuition and move forward with what I know and that I will always figure out the rest.➤ LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHYI lead from the front. I believe mutual respect encourages better communication and results in outcomes that forward the goals of an organization.➤ FAVORITE LEADERSHIP QUOTE“Skills can be taught. Character, either you have it or you don’t.” – Anthony Bourdain➤ SOMETHING FEW PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT MEAfter I sold my interest in Fables Café, my wife and I traveled to Spain and spent six months doing volunteer work on country farms and homesteads.➤ AREAS OF EXPERTISEHR FUNCTIONAL ▪ HR Compliance Filings▪ Benefits Open Enrollment▪ Time & Attendance▪ Recruiting & Onboarding▪ Regulatory Compliance▪ I-9 Management▪ Employee Communication▪ Staff Development▪ Employee Relations▪ HR Documentation▪ Policy Interpretation▪ Employee SchedulingBUSINESS & MANAGEMENT▪ Budget Management▪ Complex Problem Solving▪ Performance Management▪ Accounts Payable/Receivable▪ Team Collaboration▪ Software Upgrades▪ Safety Culture/OSHA ▪ Inventory Management▪ Cost Containment▪ Vendor Relationships▪ Event Coordination▪ Project Management

Listed skills include Leadership, Human Resources, Plant Operations, Business, and 24 others.

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  Canisius University

  Hotel And Hospitality Management