Rodney D. Brooks, Shrm-Cp Email & Phone Number

Meridian, MS, US

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States

Wiggins, Mississippi, United States

Lead all aspects of Human Resources and a Member of the Senior Leadership Team

Meridian, MS

Author has been added to my vast experiences. with seven published books: "The Book of Nicknames" and "The Millipede Effect"both published by AuthorHouse Printing. The book "What If? Just A.S.K. - How our Youth Can Change, Improve or Become an Influence in Those Things They Desire " and "What if I want to be Christian? Just A.S.K." "The Box - The.

United States

Laurel, Mississippi, United States

Laurel, Mississippi

Manage the Human Resources (HR) function of the plant and associated complex locations, including strategic leadership and direction, staffing, employee and labor relations, training, development, salary and benefit administration. Operate at both the strategic and "hands-on" level, and serve as a key business partner and member of the Complex Leadership.

Kemper County MS

• HR Project Lead for the Kemper IGCC location. Work with Plant Leadership Team and Corporate Leadership Team to ensure successful implementation and delivery of Human Resource's products and service for the Integrated.
• Developed Staffing Strategy for the project that allowed us to tap into other industries talent pool
• Developed 1st Union Avoidance Strategy within the Company
• Developed Employee at risk matrix to make sure we are able to retain our top talent
• Developed compensation strategy for the location to attract talent in market that Southern Company does normally operate
• I along with the Plant Manager and O&M Manager put the remaining Leadership Team together and developed the overall vision and organizational structure in place to maximize our 1st of a kind technology

Kemper County Mississippi

Work with Plant Leadership Team to ensure successful implementation and delivery of strategic Human Resource's and tactical Employee Relations. Ensure that Human Resource's strategic and tactical initiatives are effectively executed. Consult with management and others in the organization on Human Resources issues as well as striving to maintain a work.

• Plan, Lead, Partner, Measure and Deliver all facets of Human Resources for Kohler Company's Engine Plant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. These responsibilities include but not limited to HR Strategic and Tactical.
• Developed and Implemented Random Drug Testing Policy
• Rolled out behavioral base interviewing
• Instituted SWOT Analysis in relations to Talent
• Instituted key metrics: Cost of Recruiting, Time to Fill, Interview/Offer Yield, Human Resources Index, HR Scorecard, etc.
• Established HR as a Business Partner

Ozark, AL

• Lead, measure and deliver all aspects of HR and Training which include Organizational Development, Staffing, Employee Relations, Benefits, Training, Succession Planning, Compensation, Recruiting, Systems Management.
• Established the first overall Communication Strategy that was in line with the overall Goal Development Process (GDP) for the location.
• Developed disciplinary process that ensured consistency and accuracy for the first line Supervisors in administering discipline
• Put together a team to look at cost inefficiencies in our Benefits
• Instituted a new behavioral interview process that aligned the skills sets and behavioral expectations of the Company with the talent that we were seeking.
• Continue driving process improvements within Human Resources that allows us to look at our current processes and see if they meet our Customer’s needs and if they create value to the organization.

• Skills and Responsibilities: Training, Safety, Employee Relations, Coaching, Performance Management, Recruitment, Organizational Development, Succession Planning, Labor Relations, Arbitrations, Compensation and Reward.
• Successful Contract Negotiation 2007-2008: Successfully developed and negotiated (Mill Lead Spokesperson) mill strategy for Contract Negotiations which included: eliminating language that tied Management’s hands from a.

• Skills and Responsibilities: Training, Safety, Employee Relations, Recruitment, Organizational Development, Labor Relations, EEOC Investigations, Safety and Security, FLSA Issues, Compensation and Reward and.
• Part of the Management team that implemented Lean Manufacturing. Assessed the Plant for readiness. Developed talent strategy to improve the Plant’s overall understanding of 5S, Kaizen Events, Visual Inventory.
• Successfully negotiated contracts in 1995 (Jackson MS) 1996 & 2000 (Tucker, GA). Operated as chief spokesperson. No work stoppage..

• Skill and Responsibilities: Divisional Office Manager for group of 200 Professionals and 85 non exempt, Event Planning, Vendor Responsibility, EEOC Investigation, Affirmative Action Benefits Administration, FLSA.
• Successfully represented the Company in the states of TN, MS, AR, KY, MO and AL in a 4 year period to zero findings of fault in over 60 EEOC charges through Position Statements and Conciliation Meetings.
• Developed and implemented the Division’s FMLA and ADA Procedures.
• Lead the Division’s community task force for our store in Forrest City, AR to bring about a better image for the store and engage in more community outreach.
• Co-lead the implementation of the Paperless HR office which allowed us to scan our files on to disk. This included I-9s which were approved by the DOL.
• Received Para-Legal Certification.

Little Rock, Arkansas Area

Bachelor Of Science, Major - Business; Minor Economics

Activities and Societies: President Alpha Phi Alpha - Nu Alpha Chapter - Arkansas Tech University Track and Field Student Government.

Phr, Human Resources

Paralegal Certification, Legal Assistant/Paralegal