Meredith Strader, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Director of Human Resources

Danville, Virginia, United States

Florence, South Carolina

Highly focused and engaged director who executes human strategies by implementing talent acquisition, compensation review, training and development, team building, total rewards development, employee relations, and succession planning.* Provides strategic business partnership to leaders with a focus on talent management, change management, performance management, leadership, and development conflict.* Lead the development of the talent reviews, succession planning, and talent development, to ensure resources are in the right place at the right time.* Collaborated with senior management implement core talent processes across several divisions to drive performance including succession planning, early career, and leadership development.* Partnered with Business Leaders to ensure positive employee relations to ensure a winning workplace at all levels.* Drove HR process improvement and standardization across the workplace.* Lead training development in middle managers to improve production. Coach and counsel managers on a variety of topics to optimize employee engagement, performance, team development, and organizational effectiveness.* Guides all recruitment efforts and hires based on culture fit and attitude.* Manages safety team, conducts safety meeting, and walk throughs to manage a safe employee environment.* Completes all accident investigations and follows the workers' compensation trail to ensure the outcome for the employee and the company.

Florence, South Carolina

Mebane, North Carolina

World's largest confectionery company based in Japan Principal strategist in a start-up role, providing progressive leadership initiatives for up to 100 employees across two shifts, holding full responsibility for all H.R. related tasks and activities. Devised the entire SOP handbook for the HR department. Implemented Workers Compensation, unemployment, FMLA, FSLA, training and development •Collaborated in the organizational development of the production leadership team, creation of job job descriptions, alignment pay scales, and the Employee Handbook. • Implemented HRIS, and re-negotiated the benefits program and was able to get better compensation with an company savings of 16%.• Integral in providing safety training, OSHA 10, Food Safety, and HAACP.• Developed the first successful MAF pay raise and selective bonus system.• Created the annual budget for payroll, reducing onboarding costs by working with staffing companies to reduce buy-outs. • Developed and implemented an evaluation system that is developing leaders to feed our pipeline• Devised a program to reduce the necessity for temporary employees, reducing costs by 50%.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Recruited to lead the H.R. management responsibilities for 70 locations, 850 employees, and a $1B corporation. Drove H.R. strategic planning process in aligning talent acquisition, employee retention, performance management, career development, compensation, compliance, organizational design, and multiple employee programs. • Oversaw and developed a staff of 200 managers, and integral in opening 75 additional locations in seven years.• Analyzed legal engagements and investigations representing the company in over 200 legal proceedings.* As a Serv Safe instruction certified over 400 managers and employees to mee health department compliance.• Devised an exit interview process with closed-loop feedback to ensure information capture and capitalization. • Drove operational excellence, stabilized compliance, and upgraded policies and procedures, tools, and media.• Revitalized compensation, benefits, and performance reviews for both exempt and non-exempt employees.• Accomplished aggressive recruiting goals, and executed disciplined testing and interviewing programs.• Initiated review and audit review process for employee benefit programs for industry leadership and retention. • Redesigned employee review planning, delivery, and ongoing monitoring processes. • Developed coaching and consulting programs for business leaders for improved employee relations, and to drive more relevant manager - employee engagements

Morrisville, Nc

Morrisville, Nc