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Franklin Park, IL

Responsible for providing leadership to all five domestic Sloan locations to achieve strategic, financial and operational goals within the context and alignment of the business objectives. Leading culture and engagement for both both union and non union asscociates.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Leader of the Human Resources team and member of the executive team.Setting the overall HR strategy with responsibilities for employee relations, compensation, company communications, HRIS systems, recruitment and selection, benefits strategy and administration, environmental safety and health.

Iowa City, Iowa Area

Sr HR Manager for 1000 person facility, Focusing on the daily management of the 800 manufacturing facility associates. Worked with the senior leadership team to drive strategic initiatives. Developed and implemented process improvements and ensured positive employee relations. Lead the human resource function for the manufacturing facility managers.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Directed HR and safety for 300 person manufacturing plant with intermittent oversight extending to five locations consisting of 3 unions and 1,000 employees.Key Responsibilities & Results:
• Overseer of all human resource functions including execution of strategic planning, performance management, compensation plans, recruitment, conflict resolution, policies, safety programs, medical management.
• Devised and deployed re-organizational strategies to boost profitability. Collaborated on best in class methods to improve plant performance, leverage talent, orchestrated positive culture change, and mobilized cost.
• Planed and lead collective bargaining agreements with multiple unions.ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Culture change agent- collaborated with Operations Director and built productive relationship with union leadership to create a beneficial work environment that maximized performance.
• 92% reduction in union grievances served as catalyst for corporate investment in plant by eliciting substantial savings from captured lost productivity. Slashed annual grievances from as many as 48 to an average of 4.

Greater St. Louis Area

Managed multiple functions for manufacturer of machinery lubrication equipment.Safety ManagerActed as significant change agent in forging plant culture change from one of entitlement to partnership. Challenged to cut workers'​ compensation costs to avert plant closureProvided multi-pronged management expertise in safety, health, workers'​ compensation, and.

Greater St. Louis Area

Maintained safety management and training, workers'​ compensation management, and air/noise monitoring to achieve facility compliance with OSHA regulations for the world's largest producer of magnet wire coatings. Promoted to OSHA Affairs Coordinator after achieving 50% reduction in OHSA recordable accidents that resulted in substantial lowering of.

Master Of Science Degree, Environmental Studies

Bachelor Of Science Degree, Geology