Category: HR

         SENIOR HR             Highlights        Safety ManagementEmployee EngagementHR GeneralistTraining & DevelopmentOrganizationRecruiting & Succession Planning            Accomplishments      Experienced in union and non union manufacturing, sales & headquarter environments.  Established North American region safety operations network across US & Canada, 7 manufacturing sites and 4separate business units, this model has been used in other functional areas.        Experience      Senior HR    January 2007   to   October 2010     Company Name   －   City  ,   State      Industrial Development DirectorNovember 2015 to CurrentDanone - Minster, OHDevelopment of consistent technical training to assure skill attainment across the 7 manufacturing sites in the region.  Environmental, Health & Safety DirectorOctober 2010 to October 2015Dannon - Minster, OHEstablished and led regional safety and health network for 4 Dannon US sites.  Expanded responsibilities to include allsafety auditing across 7 dairy Danone sites, waters division and baby nutrition divisions in the US.  Attained One Team Award for the region attaining no lost time incidents during a time of growth.Expanded skill set to become an internal ISO 22000 quality auditor and a ISO 14001 Environmental auditor.Assured EHS transition for 2 newly acquired businesses.Lead on bio-vigilance, food and site security.  Led site of 400 employees and 200 contractors in HR, training and safety functions during a time of high growth andextensive change.  Key contributor for negotiation team first union contract with BCTGM resulting in millions of dollars of savings inbenefit costs over the term of the 5 year contract.  Implemented behavior based safety methods to reduce lost time from 12 to zero resulting in a 3 year record of nolost time incidents.Transitioned and reduced 24 shift configurations to 4 by implementing 12 hour 24/7 shift organization.Succession plan recruiter lead to assure bench strength in industrial manager and supervisor roles.             January 2002   to   April 2007     Company Name          A Bayer Material Science Company - Sheffield, MALed HR/Training functions for 5 New England States.  Closed one facility including outplacement of personnel.Team member for carve in team to align another site into a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer.Transitioned 24/5 operations to a 24/7 schedule after successfully defeating union organizing campaign.Led cross-functional training team to attain $141,000 Massachusetts workforce development training grant.Assured completion of training of new employees and cross training of personnel from hourly to executive level.  Implemented crisis management process, including negotiating local employee assistance vendor incoordination with national contract.Oversaw recruiting activities to identify top talent using consistent, high impact recruiting and compensationmethods.Contributed to the Job Safety Behavior Observation process (JSBO) by conducting ongoing health, safety andISO audits.  Reason left - trailing spouse.             January 2000   to   February 2002     Company Name          Angola, INServed as process owner for operations of human resources functions, operations quality organization, as well asliaison to division and corporate information systems and finance functions.  Facilitated staff role identification and structure to provide support to customer-centric organization.Led order fulfillment team.  Reduced errors by 83% using structured problem solving approach.Implemented performance management process.  Reason left - plant closure Human Resource ManagerJuly 1996 to December 1999Ingersoll-Rand ARO Fluid Products Division - Angola, INManaged human resource functions, including safety, training and development, workers' compensation, organizational effectiveness, staffing, payroll and labor negotiations.  Served as chief spokesperson in UAW contract negotiations team integrating cell based and skill based paylanguage.Communicated and implemented policies and procedures, including Americans with Disabilities (ADA) andFamily Medical Leave Act (FMLA).Contributed to Kaizen, suggestions, business strategy planning, and safety teams as well as quality advantagetraining, quality of leadership, and money stream training.Reduced absenteeism from 4% to 1.5%.Implemented case management and return to work programs, reducing average lost days from 273 to zero.Reduced workers' compensation costs by 62%.Closed 114 grievances without arbitration in 3 years.  Human Resource ManagerFebruary 1989 to March 1996Hendrickson Truck Suspension - Kendallville, INOversaw human resource functions for multiplant operations.  Functions include safety, training and development,workers' compensations, organization effectiveness, staffing and labor negotiations.  Managed 3 direct reports Implemented first HRIS - ABRAAttained 3 promotions and received the Hendrickson President's Award.  Reason left - reorganization.          Education      Bachelor of Science   :   Personnel  ,   1988    Purdue University   －   City  ,   State  ,   USA    Personnel        Associate of Science   :   Supervision  ,   1987    Purdue University   －   City  ,   State  ,   USA    Supervision        Associate of Science   :   Plant and Soil Science  ,   1985    State University of New York - Cobleskill   －     State  ,   USA    Plant and Soil Science        Skills    ADA, approach, arbitration, auditing, business strategy, case management, contract negotiations, crisis management, finance, functional, HRIS, Human Resource, human resources, HR, information systems, ISO, leadership, Material Science, money, negotiating, negotiation, negotiations, network, organizing, organizational, payroll, performance management, personnel, policies, problem solving, quality, recruiting, recruiter, Safety, staffing, structured, supervisor, technical training