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Workforce Strategic Planning - Provides options/possibilities based on best practice for development business pod and career path business pod. Work with entity HR leadership in aligning and socializing workforce planning outcomes. Operations Business Partner Consultant - collaborates with executive leader on handling employee relations inquiries. Seeks ways to improve tools and resources and communication. Tracks and reports on operational projects. Training - Trains leaders on essential skills and processes they need to know within their first 6 months. To include management, policy, documentation and FMLA training.Employee Relations - serves as the first line of support for day-to-day inquiries of areas of focus and assist in coaching and guiding on routine matters. Provides counsel in the interpretation and application of both DUHS and PRMO policies through effective guidance for managers and employees ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Processes bi-weekly company payroll and 401(k) funding within designated timeframe. Ensures accuracy of processing in partnership with both ADP and Charles Schwab. • Participates in all payroll or 401(k) audits.• Coaches managers on various employee performance concerns and day-to-day management.• Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation• Assists HR Director with any employee relation concerns or complaints. • Assisted HR Director with compensation projects to include salary bands and 401k benchmarking • Evaluates and recommends improvements to HR processes and procedures to meet the needs of the business• Conducts exit interviews and assists with involuntary leavers• Runs, as well as participates, in new hire orientation and onboarding• Assists HR Director with benefit maintenance• Regional contact for global mobility contracts and guidelines. Partners with both Baker Tilly and Aspire Mobility to ensure expats/inpats have accurate personal tax information and are well establish in the region. Also, ensures all visa’s are initiated and completed in partnership with Morgan Lewis.• Maintains HR personnel data and systems. • Assisted with implementation of global HRIS system• Facilitates HR related trainings to the organization (recruitment training, team leader training, development, etc.)• Assists HR Director with development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures• Lead, designed and implemented a US local recruitment process with assistance from Global HR. Included the creation of requisition forms in SharePoint to improve efficiency due to lack of ATS system. • Project managed the optimization of US onboarding process.

• Drove recruitment process to include: phone screening candidates, posting job ads, scheduling interviews, booking travel, coordinate weekly management meetings, organizing the process, setup of ISPE job fair.• Ran and prepared New Hire Orientation in alignment with other HR assistant to include processing new hire paperwork, ensuring the setup of new hires in HR systems (SAP, ADP, People Form)• Aided HR Director with benefit maintenance including open enrollment, benefit presentations for new hires and answering employee questions regarding benefits• Handled expatriate related contracts in liaison with global mobility (Denmark). Assisted HR Director with expat allowances based on role within the company. • Updated HR policies, maintained employee personnel files, employee directory and company organization charts• Conducted annual I9 audit.• Processed bi-weekly payroll and 401k processing for hourly and salaried employees and assisted with all payroll related questions. • Prepared and maintained employee referral bonus system, requisition form and behavioral interview questions.• Handled exit interviews for voluntary leavers

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Schedules interviews between candidates and team; involves booking travel, coordinating Outlook calendars and maintaining files in a timely manner.• Drafts and uploads offer letters for internal/external candidates.• Supports on boarding process; monitors background investigations, badge appointments and drug tests.• Submits relocation and H1-B Visa requests to appropriate vendors.• Facilitates smooth transfer of employee data and files through online systems.

- Screened applicant resumes and scheduled on site interviews- Posted job openings online

• Standardized quality control processes across three geographic regions; Ireland, MA, and NC.• Compiled employee information for HR database.• Trained in Lean Six Sigma through weekly tutorials.• Participated in professional development events for career transitions/readiness.• Conducted self-evaluation of performance and presented learning outcomes to 30+ supervisors, co-workers and representatives of HR.• Assisted to trouble shoot customer complaints and corrected orders for accurate shipments.

Bachelors, Human Resources

Study Abroad, Business Administration And Management, General