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Seattle, Washington, United States

Serving on the senior leadership team, direct all HR functions and create strategic HR objectives for the Americas and Canada. - Built HR team/department supporting USA and Canada transforming the HR function from strictly administrative to strategic business partner. - Serve as Global HR contact for corporate initiatives. - Coach, mentor and advise leaders on employee relations, transparent leadership, inclusion, talent management and assessment - Oversee creation of new employee orientation and engagement program, ensuring all employees understand organizational objectives, the part they play in achieving objectives and maintaining engagement. - Create and oversee strategic recruiting and onboarding focused on reducing time to fill and increasing diversity. - Performed job and compensation analysis for all roles in USA/Canada ensuring competitive and equitable compensation.

Sumner, Wa

Serving on the executive leadership team, responsible for creating HR and business strategies supporting business objectives for aerospace manufacturer. Set annual goals, objectives and KPIs for organization. Direct oversight of human resources, office administration, IT, plant safety. - Provide leadership and oversight for human resources department, plant safety, IT, and office administration. - Coach and mentor managers, ensuring they have the skills and understand organizational employee value proposition and execute accordingly. - Developed, implemented, and maintain diverse recruitment practices increasing overall company diversity at every level of the organization and increasing overall diversity by 36%. - Developed, implemented, and maintain compensation plan detailing labor ladders and establishing clear measurements for pay for performance and promotional paths. - Created, implemented, and oversee companywide safety program: created safety handbook, job hazard assessments all positions, stay at work program, formed safety committee, developed safety learning center, increasing safety awareness 85% and reducing lost time injuries by 98%. - Responsible for development, design, and management of benefits (RFP to rollout): 401k, medical, dental, ancillary. - Researched, selected, deployed SSO HRIS: recruiting, onboarding, time management, training, benefits, 401k, payroll.

Serving on the corporate management team, provided HR oversight covering 10 states and creation of two subsidiaries. Provided overall HR leadership and training emphasizing company values and mission. POWTEC provides high level IT software development services to U.S. agency customers. Workforce 85% remote. - Built HR department implementing scalable and repeatable processes in support of rapid organizational growth throughout the creation of two subsidiaries over four years. - Created and executed full life-cycle recruitment and retention strategies including job analysis, compensation and benefit analysis, employee recognition and training which resulted in minimal turnover and year-over-year decrease in human capital expenditures. - Created and implemented HR standard operating policies and procedures in alignment with company business objects and in compliance with legal requirements and labor laws. - Mentor, coach, and train mangers in employee relations resulting in managers who are knowledgeable and adept in managing and maintaining a successful workforce. - Responsible for multi-state legal and regulatory oversight ensuring legal compliance in all HR functions and Federal reporting requirements: OSHA, EEO, VETS100, FLSA, OFCCP, DOL, AAP, FMLA.

Provided contract HR services for small to medium size businesses.

Greater Seattle Area

Provided Human Resource and Business Management expertise to mobile workforce across the United States for cellular site acquisition firm during the cellular site acquisition boom. Identified and built highly effective sales teams that exceeded customer expectations in every market. Managed day-to-day office operations and administrative staff. Responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll.

Greater Seattle Area

HR Generalist for NW Region and Recruiter for West Coast Region. Began as group administrative assistant and promoted into HR and worked my way up from coordinator to Recruiter for the Western Region. Administered corporate HR initiatives, provided benefits administration and managed NW Region's continuing education and internship programs.

Provided on-site administrative support for condominium conversion projects, supporting up to six agents in fast paced, deadline driven environment. Supervised permanent and temporary administrative staff.

B.A., English Language And Literature/Letters

Bachelor'S Degree, Ancient/Classical Greek Language And Literature