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United States

• Provide daily HR support to the business and develop strategic talent solutions from hiring through career progression and succession planning to ensure we attract, retain and develop top talent.
• Engage in data collection, identifying organizational needs and development solutions.
• Assess market data to guide compensation as well as suggest other forms of compensation to provide meaningful reward and recognition to current employees as well as prospective employees.
• Collaborate, cross functionally, with various business units to gain insight on project productivity, plan improvements as well as to gauge effectiveness and ensure projects meet company objectives and long-term goals.
• Evaluate staff performance at multiple facilities and made recommendations for training improvement.
• Support unit managers in orchestrating new employee orientation as well as guide junior team members.

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

• 8-month contract; Managed all aspects of leave administration, including employee notifications and vendor management, disability programs and health benefits.
• Improves organizational results by measuring and assessing performance, diagnosing opportunities and implementing solutions.
• Conducted employment verifications and investigations.
• Met with staff to resolve difficult situations related to performance and conflict management.
• Understood, interpreted and mediated human resources inquiries to support administration of human resources policies, procedures and programs.
• Coached managers through employee relations matters including employee engagement, documentation, discipline and performance improvement plans.

Bamberg, South Carolina

• Acted as a HR solutions partner to leaders delivering consistent advice and coaching to support and enable local business, people and organizational design strategy.
• Supported engagement programs as well as implemented rewards program to keep current talent engaged.
• Partnered with the business and talent management on workforce planning, employee development, succession planning, and employee retention.
• Worked with team members 1 on 1 and in small groups to enhance performance and employee satisfaction.
• Led new talent acquisition and recruitment program efforts to attract 50+ new full-time hires.
• Analyzed and modified compensation and benefits policies to establish competitive programs and ensure compliance with legal requirements.

• Coached managers on people strategy, including team structure (organizational design), strategic hiring, performance management, compensation, recognition, and learning and development.
• Provided guidance to leadership on disciplinary action, performance, coaching, recognition, and morale improvement planning.
• Assessed employee development needs by identifying HR training needs and conducting training for employees and leadership.
• Recommended approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and within company to reach business goals.
• Investigated and liaised with legal department to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances and other sensitive issues and prepared position statements for EEOC.
• Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations and disciplinary procedures for engineering teams, customer service & sales teams, technical teams, and financial teams.