Alison Meschko
Denver,CO
Summary
Conscientious and compassionate human resources professional with drive for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Corporate HR Manager
Trinidad Benham
04.2023 - Current
- Lead HR operations across our 11 manufacturing plant locations, managing employee engagement, talent acquisition and strategy, talent development, and organizational design
- Collaborate with HR colleagues for effective implementation of HR programs and support at our plant locations
- Helped revamp the HR Department from the ground up by creating collaboration between plant employees and plant HR employees that previously did not work together
- Facilitate and integrate new policies, created and implemented a brand new Employee Handbook
- Implemented a performance management process resulting in improved employee performance and retention by 20%
- Facilitated a new recruiting strategy that increased sourcing efforts, reduced overall time to fill by 10%, decreased cost of recruiting programs by over $30k annually and increased overall applicants and applicant completion rate
- New recruiting strategy increased diversity hires across all corporate and plant locations by 15%
- Assess current processes to identify problematic situations and formulate strategic and innovative plans to drive efficient outcomes
- Design plans and methods to drive change and culture management
- Help establish control systems for compliance with business methods and HR practices
- Coach and mentor management and employees by creating HR guidelines, communicating the guidelines and enforcing organization values
- Advise employees on benefits and Employee Ownership Stock Program
- Recommend compensation increases and manage succession plans at all locations.
Director, HRBP
Modivcare (formerly Logisticare)
04.2022 - 01.2023
- Led development of HR department's Engagement Committee to provide engagement across all 8 HR teams and 200+ HR employees
- Conduct annual engagement survey, analyze data and create action plans with managers based on survey results
- Lead HR representative conducting and delegating compensation job architecture restructuring project for all company departments
- Supported development of Modivcare's first Employee Resource Groups
- Lead HR member for Workday integration
- Maintain knowledge of employment laws, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance in EEO, ADA, unemployment, FLSA, litigation, retention, termination, turnover, and severance issues
- Provide instruction on business unit restructures, workforce planning, and succession planning
- Support international employees with document interpretation and related HR matters
- Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
Regional Senior HR Manager
Century Communities
08.2019 - 03.2022
- Provide strategic leadership, direction, and expertise for the full scope of HR functions including employee relations, compensation, employee engagement, organizational design, culture management and change management
- Leverage HR Processes within fast-paced business including driving performance management, salary planning and reward management, succession planning and talent management
- Management training/coaching
- Supervise team of HR professionals in staffing, benefits, compensation, training, HRIS, compliance, and development
- Work closely with the Talent Acquisition leaders and directors to diagnose and develop talent strategies to attract top talent based on company culture
- Recouped over $25,000 annually in benefit contribution overpayments by conducting audits that identified and corrected discrepancies
- Designed and developed audit procedures for terminated employees to avoid late processing resulting in saving thousands of dollars in late fees
- Review and create new policies, procedures, and programs for our Corporate Divisions in relation to HR matter and company culture
- Lead HR Representatives for all Corporate HR projects
- Revitalized onboarding procedures and implemented employee reviews at the 60-90-annual mark
- This has visibly improved employee retention and performance by decreasing turnover rates and number of write-ups
- Planning of new programs/strategies in line with company culture to influence attraction, motivation, development, and retention of employees
- Work with team leaders and directors to ensure an inclusive environment and improve employee engagement through communication
- Provided HR expertise in the planning and development of transitions of departments to the corporate offices from Atlanta
- Led the staffing project and relocation assistance related to the department transfers
- Manage our LMS platform
- Track and assign all trainings including compliance related trainings
- Lead on talent acquisition platform implementation project within our HRIS system to provide for smoother tracking and reporting
- Participate in Divisional Management Meetings and send monthly HR updates/newsletter
- Conducting employee equalization project across all positions in relation to job functions and compensation
- Work with top leaders and directors on decision making to build a strategy for succession planning and change management
- File legal and regulatory reporting and work closely with legal to ensure compliance in all regions.
HR Business Partner/Recruiter
Century Communities
08.2018 - 08.2019
Human Resources Advisor
PCL Construction
06.2015 - 08.2018
Human Resources Administrator
Registria Customer Experience
03.2013 - 06.2015
Staff Accountant/Operations Manager
TrimaxLocks
08.2011 - 03.2013
Education
Bachelor of Science - General Business
University of Denver
Denver, CO01.2011
Skills
- HR Department Startup
- Strategic planning
- Compensation strategy
- Implement Best Practices
- Policies & Procedures
- Process Improvement
- Staff Recruitment & Retention
- Employee Relations
- Benefits administration
- Performance Management
- Change Management Processes
- Leadership Training & Development
- Coaching & Mentoring
- Organizational Leadership
Websites
community
- Volunteer, St. Jude's Children's Hospital | Denver, CO
- Volunteer, Project Homeless Connect | Denver, CO
- Volunteer, Sacred Heart House of Denver | Denver, CO
Timeline
Corporate HR Manager
Trinidad Benham
04.2023 - Current
Director, HRBP
Modivcare (formerly Logisticare)
04.2022 - 01.2023
Regional Senior HR Manager
Century Communities
08.2019 - 03.2022
HR Business Partner/Recruiter
Century Communities
08.2018 - 08.2019
Human Resources Advisor
PCL Construction
06.2015 - 08.2018
Human Resources Administrator
Registria Customer Experience
03.2013 - 06.2015
Staff Accountant/Operations Manager
TrimaxLocks
08.2011 - 03.2013
Bachelor of Science - General Business
University of Denver