Led the “Get Started Team”, responsible to assist and coach new hires for the first 30 days after hire with issues related to payroll, benefits, policy, systems access, etc.-Improved new hire satisfaction by 37% by creating and publishing webcasts of the “Welcome Session”, Timekeeping Tutorial and Benefit Enrollment Guidelines -Developed and implemented “Onboarding Portal” which includes employment forms for e-signature, company policies, culture and history-Collected and reported monthly metrics to various stakeholders, improved efficiency of laptop and badge distribution, benefit enrollment timeliness and other issues-Lead for all salaried employee I-9 Forms for new hires, incoming international service employees, business travelers and active employees with expiring work authorization documents. Interfaced with Legal, International Service, Personnel Relations, the vendor and all HR and business users. -Developed a SharePoint site for all users of Ford’s electronic I-9 Form database, providing training on E-verify and correct processing for all types of approved documents -Efficiently maintained 28,000 salaried records, verified accuracy, and ensured compliance with all government regulations

-Supervised team of four recruiting coordinators. Designed and facilitated weekly new hire orientations. Monitored all system feeds for data accuracy, ensuring timely paychecks and benefit enrollment for 3,000+ salaried new hires annually.-Developed employment offers; prepared, presented and negotiated offers for general salaried employees to mid-level managers, and presented offers to executives which included stock options, bonuses, and special interaction and handling. Conducted on-going communication and built relationships with candidates; responded to all inquiries regarding the offer, benefits, company policy, and relocation; ordered background checks and drug screens.-Onboarding team lead for managing the outsourcing of the recruiting function to an outside supplier. -Wrote standard operating procedures and work flow charts, reviewed technology capabilities and needs of current and new systems. Trained supplier staff in all aspects of onboarding.-Led vendor selection for drug screening, compared deliverables and cost rationale, resulting in 40% cost saving reduction.-Recommended and implemented technology improvements to improve work flow and minimize data errors by automating the data population of standardized forms, increasing efficiency.-Developed components within the Recruiting Team SharePoint website Redesigned both internal and external-facing sites to provide ease of access to hiring and interview processes, and provide a central and logical location for departmental documents and schedules

-Executed the transition of the offer / onboarding process from the Ford Access database to the vendor Applicant Tracking System – 2xBrassring. Wrote standard operating procedures and work flow charts for the vendor.-Provided all tracking logic and design of forms used to electronically collect data from various sources including hiring managers, candidates, Human Resources and communications to candidates including offer letters, benefit and relocation policy, offer-specific forms-Business lead for the development and integration of data from the 2xBrassring database into PeopleSoft and the vendor who performs background checks.-Developed and implemented system User Acceptance Testing. Partnered with IT teams and internal controls to insure data integrity and privacy.

Counseled and administered health, dental, life insurances, benefits, annual enrollment, defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans, payroll, FMLA, 401K Plan, company policies and programs, and COBRA. Managed professional records containing highly confidential personal and professional information.• Designed and presented effective orientation to groups of up to one hundred new hires and summer interns. Provided current and relevant training on policy and procedures, and ensured timely enrollment in health care benefits.• Calculated and processed retirement packages for hourly, general salaried, executive and disability retirement applicants. Team successfully managed the success of the 2007 Windows Program during which eight thousand salaried and several thousand hourly employees elected early retirement or other incentive buyouts. Traveled to plants, provided informational forums to the UAW employee population.• Monitored data flow between various HR systems to ensure standard data flow. Detected and corrected errors which prevented delayed paychecks, incorrect tax withholding, delayed enrollment in health care. Improved new hire Employee Value Proposition by 18%.• Developed a training program and manual for new associates, wrote and published standard processes • Selected to lead complex projects such as converting hundreds of subsidiary employees to Ford. This included training HR Professionals on Ford systems such as PeopleSoft and HRIMS, developing and presenting orientation for employees, and insuring all data points were captured in the conversion of employee files and records.