Robert Gray Email & Phone Number

Calabasas, Ca, Us

Calabasas Hills, Ca, Us

México, Distrito Federal, Mx

Oversee all aspects of human resources practices, including: payroll, benefits, recruitment, employee relations, diversity, employee development, organizational effectiveness, and Collective Bargaining Agreement negotiations. Participate as part of executive team focused on strategic human capital, with responsibility for four divisions of building systems/supply, including one site in Mexico. __________Highlights- Spearhead Human Resources team to analyze workforce data and HR metrics to effectively plan for staffing needs, turnover reduction and hiring strategies. - Resolve escalated complex employee relations issues, conducted effective thorough confidential investigations, and performance & compliance related guidance. - Facilitate strategic HR leadership and HR transformation, including change management and senior-level communications to boost productivity.

Doraville, Ga, Us

Provided direct and hands-on leadership to 11 HR generalists in support of individual Simmons/Serta locations with a headcount of up to 1800 manufacturing employees, hourly and salaried employees. Worked productively with team, customers, and external resources to drive communications, policy development and strengthen the overall customer experience. Aligned strategies in human capital with key business strategy, priorities and goals. __________Highlights- Supported $1B in annual regional sales while serving as a member of Regional Leadership team with two peers who led the overall operation of the region with budget responsibility for compensation, travel, recruitment, labor, grievance settlement and employee engagement. - Built a talent pipeline of 15 plus High Potentials for future openings by implementation of Succession Management process in the region. - Masterminded 3 internal promotions to Director roles in 2019.

Doraville, Ga, Us

Spearheaded daily HR activities, including development, implementation, and administration of all mission-critical HR needs. Strengthened talent acquisition, retention, employee engagement, organizational development, performance succession planning, and employee union relations. __________Highlights- Sustained strict adherence to all applicable labor law, standards, and guidelines. - Ensured successful negotiations in collective bargaining agreements spanning US & Canada. - Delivered direct consultation to leadership figureheads to provide guidance through the grievance process and represented the brand during all arbitrations. - Supervised a highly skilled team of HR generalists across 14 different manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Canada with frequent travel to locations both in and Union plants outside of my Division.- Led successful improvement of Houston and West Palm Beach locations of Serta by analyzing people metrics and provided sustainable solutions to top areas identified.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Upheld sole responsibility for HR operations as a member of the Plant Leadership Team as well as key member of corporate-level teams centered on culture, handbook, HRIS implementation, problem solving and recruitment. __________Highlights- Provided education to ensure immersion into the Simmons culture. - Played a critical role in recruiting and evaluating hourly and salaried associates. - Edited an internal national magazine featuring a quarterly publishing schedule and highlighting company news, associate lives, and special events from 18 different plants. - Partnered with Operations and Finance to exceed plant goals that resulted in Most Improved Plants in both Seattle and Kansas City. - Recognized as a key contributor to achieving OSHA VPP Star Status in Seattle and SHARP Certification in Kansas City.

Seattle, Wa, Us

Functioned as a member of International team responsible for educating partners about company policies and guidelines, including compensation, benefits, leaves of absence, terminations, job postings, training programs, personnel records, and transactions. Provided support to resolve partner relations issues and collaborated with staffing partners to ensure selection of partners who will best meet business unit, department or regional needs. __________Highlights- Forged strong partnership with Union to meet/exceed goals, outputs and performance. - Participated in the implementation of partner resources programs, processes and other initiatives to promote operational efficiency.

Kent, Wa, Us

Operated as a sole Human Resources leader, directing multi-shift manufacturing plant and attached retail stores. Focused on employee development, community relations, retail support and adhered to regulatory compliance, employment law such as FLSA, FLMA, ADA, AAP, OSHA & Cobra. __________Highlights- Developed and facilitated plant learning on wellness, problem solving, conflict resolution, performance improvement and Safety. - Coordinated employee events and championed a healthy and rewarding work environment as part of effort to reduce turnover to 10%, a reduction to 15%. - Achieved Achieve Global Master trainer certification and taught leadership courses on presentation, frontline leadership, employee communication and engagement.

Toronto, On, Ca

Served as a Site Labor Specialist for the food manufacturing site of 600 UFCW member bargaining units. __________Highlights- Provided guidance and acted as influencer/advisor to managers, supervisors, and team members on various human resource issues and ensured compliance with company policies and procedures. - Ensured consistent application of bargaining unit contract while handling resolution of grievance issues with Union representatives.

Brownsburg, Indiana, Us

Directly responsible for all aspects of Human Resource functions and process improvement in a facility of 100 team members with additional strong partnership with Union to meet/exceed goals, outputs and performance. __________Highlights- Organized payroll processing, ITretail store support, and organizational management. - Maintained less than 3% turnover, leveraging Agile full recruiting life-cycle recruiting, selection, placement of new team members in coordination with department managers. - Developed strong Microsoft Office skills to include; Power point, Word, Excel, and Access.

Tukwila, Wa, Us

Worked as a member of Leadership Team to effectively and efficiently meet company production plans and customer demands. Drove excellent customer service internally and externally within budgeted parameters. __________Highlights- Developed training, hiring processes for plant operations and designed pinch point guide for online safety. - Streamlined payroll processing for 200 employees leveraging HR Systems; JD Edwards, ADPand Kronos.