Robert Bedinger Email & Phone Number

Mobile, Alabama Area

Responsible for Union Health & Welfare and Pension Plans administration including plan renewals, investments, compliance activities, regulatory matters, member communication and meetings with the Board of Trustees. Taft-Hartley third party administrator (TPA) and HR consulting• Plan Administrator of 4 Union Health & Welfare Plans - Responsible for annual renewals analysis and presentation to the Board of Trustees for approval - Responsible for eligibility analysis and COBRA administration management - Life insurance renewals and administration - Stop Loss, reinsurance, selection and administration• Plan Administrator of 5 Union Pension Plans each valued between $33M - $44M - Responsible for retiree benefit analysis and calculations for payment - Investment analysis and communication with investment advisers for each plan• Responsible for administration and updating of Trust and Plan documents, Summary Plan Descriptions and forms for all plans• Coordinate activities for all plans between attorney, actuary, auditor, investment adviser and the Board for all plans• Financial Statement reporting for all plans – income statements and portfolio management• Worked to update technology systems at office – server, computers and software utilizing cloud- based systems• Participated in labor negotiations meetings for local union

Mobile, Alabama

- The company has 660 employees and $505M in revenue- Member of Retirement Committee (401K)- Selected and participated in the implementation of new cloud based payroll system with time off reporting module- Designed and maintain HR website on company intranet- Duties of Director of Human Resources

Mobile, Alabama

- Responsible for all functions of Human Resources including compensation, benefits, payroll, immigration, performance management and recruiting- Managed all HR activity to support acquisition and integration of seven companies as well as the sale of the company itself two times- Handled recruiting for all full time, temporary and contract hires- Handled all immigration (H, L, TN, J, F visas and perm residency)- Redesigned benefits programs and handled vendor negotiations as well as ongoing relations- Overall responsibility for benefits administration- Overall responsibility for payroll function

Mobile, Alabama

- Managed all HR activity to support acquisition and integration of one company as well as the sale of the company itself once- Created and implemented new service award program- HR took over payroll function and then implemented new payroll system

Mobile, Alabama

- Joined the company with 80 employees and $24M in revenue- Implemented current policies and procedures- Implemented newly approved HAY salary structure- Completed salary review and received approval for changes- Responsible for succession planning

San Jose, California

- Part of a team responsible for all benefits administration- Worked with benefits providers and brokers for all benefits 401k, health, dental, Life, Accident, etc- Trained employees regarding benefits at San Jose site and at many other company locations- Part of a team that reorganized the merit process- Worked with Radford to create the salary structure for the division- Retained duties of prior Personnel Administrator position

San Jose, California

- Responsible for all international relocation and immigration- Responsible for service award program - successfully improved this program through better recognition and by enhancing the presentation- Responsible for temporary and contractor worker administration and contracts- Involved in succession planning- Created program for interns from abroad to work at the San Jose site- Ran the technical award program that all departments in the company competed for every year- Administration of patents and the related awards