Senior Human Resource Business Partner

Senior human resources business partner to the executive staff of a $400M business. Responsible to provide pro-active human resource processes aligned with business goals - including succession planning, knowledge transfer, performance managment, learning & development, compensation & benefits, compliance, hiring & retention, labor & employee relations, and employee engagement. Additional responsibilities include - Security, EH&S, and Facilities

Executed seamless integration of 2 companies with a total of 8,000 employees which included the design of best practices, building compensation structures and strategies, rationalizing health benefits programs, determining performance management protocols and developing policies and procedures within 30 days. Redesigned performance management system which included developing best practice strategies, identifying desired and required knowledge, skills and abilities for 200 job descriptions, establishing a succession plan, within 90 days of acquiring new company Restructured company to successfully emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by restructuring the organizational design without legal or regulatory challenges which includedDesigning and implementing a shared service center for corporate finance

Selected by Board of Directors to chair Ethics Committee charged with the responsibility to develop and implement global Business Ethics and Code of Conduct policy which included training more than 2000 managers and supervisors domestically and internationally, establishing telephonic reporting and response system.Significantly increased organizational diversity by developing and implementing a 2 phase recruitment project resulting in an overall 75% retention rate.Reduced supervisory turnover 50% and decreased non-exempt employee turnover 20% by establishing and directing a cross-functional team of trainers and implementing a Supervisory Training program. Directed all Company labor relations activity as Chief Labor Relations officer and Company spokesman. Negotiated more than 50 collective bargaining agreements during tenure affecting more than 3,000 manufacturing and logistics employees which included linkage of compensation increases to performance metrics, capping health benefits cost increases, and introducing “living contract” language. Managed dispute resolution processes, reducing arbitration activity 80%.

Chief negotiator and labor relations leader administering Collective Bargaining Agreements with UFCM, IBT, IAM, IBEW, BCWU, Carpenters, and others representing 17,000+ employeesMaintained relationships and administered grievance process for 12 local unionServed as management trustee on multiple multi-employer health& welfare, pension, and severance funds