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•As part of leadership team, provide counsel to senior level staff and support to business lines.•Partner with system HR team for integration and alignment of various HR functions, including compensation, benefits, recruitment, training, and employee relations. •Manage employee terminations, grievances, and other difficult situations in a sensitive, fair and respectful manner, working closely with legal counsel, and management.•Realigned compensation programs to ensure competitiveness while controlling accelerating costs.•Designed an employee engagement strategy that improved morale, retained talent, and business continuity through multiple changes with the executive leadership team.•Instituted a performance management process that built accountability into all levels of the process.•Converted vacation/sick balances to central “paid-time off” approach, utilizing employee and manager focus groups for input on policy and implementation.

•Awarded “Westinghouse Special Awards” for completion of projects related to compensation, performance management and international programs.•Addressed multiple employee relations issues related to sexual harassment, intoxication, workplace violence and absenteeism, working with Legal to ensure best resolution. •Collected over $100,000 in monies owed to Westinghouse by employees on expatriate assignments, including working with Payroll to establish payment plans, if required.•Prevailed in multiple grievance and unemployment hearings for employees related to disciplinary action and/or separation from the company. •Introduced product line’s performance review calibration tool, creating a flexible and well-received spreadsheet that was later adopted company-wide.•Teamed with Finance, Project Management and onshore Human Resources to establish medical facilities in Sanmen and Haiyang, China.•Created multiple forms and tools in MS Word and Excel improving efficiency of various processes for managers, employees and human resources team members.

•Increased percentage of employees with job descriptions in PeopleSoft from 53% to 83%.•Investigated and brought to resolution multiple employee relation issues, including criminal behavior, workplace fatality and discrimination concerns.•Successfully completed multiple job audits, providing results and recommendations to employees, directors and Vice-Presidents on any necessary compensation adjustments.•Winner of Commitment and Excellence award for actions following director’s passing.•Provided human resources support to over 500 employees within multiple departments while advising individuals at various levels within the company.•Processed employee leave of absences while addressing their leave/disability.•Achieved desired result in multiple unemployment hearings by preparing appropriate witnesses and providing company counsel any/all required documents.•Jointly created pandemic action plan to ensure coverage during periods of significant illness.

•Provided human resources support for employees and managers nationwide, including sites in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Missouri, Colorado and West Virginia. •Successfully negotiated multiple salary offer packages at both the exempt and non-exempt level.•Addressed multiple employee issues including attempted workplace suicide and perceived religious discrimination.•Co-developed company's standardized compensation plan, including shadowing and interviewing employees to ensure accurate job descriptions and bands.•Explained and interpreted company and governmental rules, regulations and procedures and the need for compliance to managers and employees. •Evaluated applications for work history, education and training, desired salary, and other skills/abilities to determine qualification for employment; conducted interviews, and assisted managers in selecting candidates.

•Supervised team of three professionals and four administrative level employees. •Redesigned new-hire orientation program to include HR information and university resources.•At the request of the university President, conducted a “Benefits of your Benefits” seminar for he and his staff.•Developed and implemented plans and strategies for the health/pension plans and supported short and long-range business objectives.•Primary contact for vendors and consultants on plan design, contracts, coverage, and renewals. •Developed an electronic system to maintain and track position descriptions for over eight thousand employees, resulting in departmental cost savings of thousands of dollars. •Acted as corporate HR liaison for three branch campuses, addressed general HR questions/concerns.•Testified as an expert witness at grievance hearings, which included on-campus grievance hearings/mediations, as well as grievances that progressed to the administrative law judge level.

•Designed and instructed courses pertaining to Business Law, Human Resources and Communications. •Organized and participated in Employer Advisory Board meetings. •Maintained a graduate placement rate of 92% or above. •Developed employment opportunities for students by generating job leads via contact with potential employers.