Lead Human Resources team, including employee relations, talent management, diversity and inclusion, and talent acquisition.

Human Resources responsibilities with a focus in Talent Management and Talent Acquisition. Duties include leading the recruitment of all levels of employees with the U.S. Industrial Gas organization, leading diversity and inclusion, compensation, succession planning, and talent development.

Managed the Human Resources responsibilities for the Global HyCO business, including HyCO engineering, operations, sales, business development, technology, and finance. Duties included employee relations, labor relations, investigations, recruitment, and talent management.

Manage HR activities in the Global Hydrogen and US Hydrogen businesses, including but not limited to Talent Acquisition, Talent Management (including training and developing High Potential talent at all levels), Organizational Development, and Immigration. Work closely with the Leadership teams to successfully meet business objectives through motivated employees.

Human Resources Manager with specialties in employee and labor relations, recruitment, training and development, benefits administration, and organizational development. Currently focusing on campus recruiting, as well as training and developing managers. Managing multiple rotational programs, providing HR Business Partner support to three corporate functional department VP's, while assisting with the training and development of High Potential mid-level managers in emerging markets.

Partnered with management team to attain business performance objectives. Responsible for conducting new employee orientation and introductions. Managed Employee and Labor relations of two divisions and a Joint Venture. Worked with management team on coaching, counseling, disciplinary actions and terminations. Lead the creation, implementation, and administration of performance appraisals. Managed On-Boarding of an acquisition of 100 new employees within the Southeast U.S., including benefits and compensation administration, orientation, policy review, cultural integration. Assisted in the implementation of Praxair’s Leadership Strategy, which included employee and management training, for all supported Divisions. Assisted management team in creating and implementing recruitment program, including creating interview and advertising packages. Coordinated recruitment of new employees through job fairs, campus recruiting, professional, and diversity organizations.

Handled all aspects of consultative sales in Territory. Worked closely with shop managers and purchasing agents to determine the best product line for welding shop, assisted in training and set up of new equipment. Coordinated with shop managers and purchasing agents to find productivity improvements and cost savings.

Partnered with management team to attain Divisional performance objectives. Responsible for conducting new employee orientation and introduction. Managed Employee/Labor relations of two divisions. Worked with management team on coaching, counseling, disciplinary actions and terminations. Worked with management team to create, implement, and administer performance appraisals. Created and implemented Leadership Strategy program, which included employee and management training, for the Florida Division. Assisted management team in creating and implementing recruiting program, including template interview questions and advertising packages. Created and implemented a database for Human Resource Tools used by line managers. Coordinated recruitment of new employees through job fairs, campus recruiting, professional, and diversity organizations.

Managed the recruitment process, employee relations, as well as scheduling of associates. Worked closely with management to determine the correct staffing levels for each department and the store overall.

Managed store associates, revenue generation, sales promotions, and visual displays. Worked closely with associates to increase sales and walk-in business.