Bonnie Berger
Boynton Beach,FL
Summary
Well qualified HR Manager with proven success planning and coordinating Human Resources department operations and programs. Versatile professional with background managing areas such as company policy development, benefits, recruiting and employee relations. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimize productivity.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
HR Manager/ HRBP
FJA-US, Inc
01.2021 - Current
- Serve as a strategic partner to business leaders, establishing HR business objectives that align with the regional goals and objectives
- Promote and foster the high metric culture through an empowering, open minded and proactive approach and by acting as a catalyst for change management
- Manages the talent acquisition process, which includes quality recruitment, interviewing, and collaborating with departmental managers to understand needed skills and competencies
- Plans and conducts new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward company goals
- Develop policies, procedures, practices, and guidelines necessary for optimal administration
- Update handbook on an as needed basis
- Maintain in-depth knowledge of employment law requirements to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance
- Provide guidance and interpretation of HR policy
- Guide, oversee, and resolve complex employee relations issues
- Work closely with leadership and employees to improve working relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention
- Coordinate and monitor performance appraisal program by ensuring performance expectations and policy guidelines are being met and are conducted effectively and in a timely manner
- Implements compensation
- Training and development of managers and employees on a wide range of HR issues
- Create and administers benefits programs such as life, health, dental and disability insurances, 401K, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance
- Open enrollment
- Responsible for identifying, designing and full implementation of our current HRIS system
- Utilize Jira and Confluence as per ISO 27001 internal controls
Human Resources Manager
Strides Pharma
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Strides Pharma (Co relocated to NY)
- Startup facility in USA. Parent in India
- Responsible for identifying, designing and full implementation of HRIS system (Paylocity)
- Maintained company compliance with local, state and federal laws, in addition to established organizational standards.
- Work closely with hiring managers to define recruitment needs and plan the hiring process for quality candidates
- Serve as liaison between HR and staff to manager all aspects of employee relations including conducting incident and disciplinary investigations
- Facilitated onboarding sessions and on-the-job training for new hires, bolstering employee job position knowledge and skillset.
- Manage operation of all benefits including medical, dental, life, flex-spending, employee assistance, and retirement plans. Open enrollment
- Implemented performance review and motivational strategies to elevate HR team results.
- Ensure compliance with established internal HR policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, and conduct periodic audits, making recommendations for improvement
- Collaborated with senior management and performed benefits analysis, corrective action planning and big-picture data capturing.
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
New England Research Institutes
12.2015 - 02.2019
- Acquired by Anthem Health)
- Partner with the executive leadership team in achieving professional development for all employees
- Lead the corporate recruiting strategy to identify quality candidates, check references, draft offers, and guide onboarding
- Oversee and maintain employee engagement activities to reduce staff turnover, make an impact on productivity and create a positive work environment
- Provide coaching and counsel to management and employees to drive resolution in line with policies, guidelines, and employment law
- Counsel employees and provide support to managers concerning work-related problems
- Monitors employee performance evaluations and ensures they are done in a timely manner
- Work with managers regarding the merit increase program.
Sr. HR Business Partner
Centage Software Corporation
01.2010 - 11.2015
- Build collaborative and solution-oriented partnerships across business groups and develop strong working relationships with employees, hiring managers, and HR colleagues to support the vision and goals of the organization
- Recruit, interviews and selects quality candidates to fill vacant positions
- Provide coaching and counseling to employees and management on workplace questions and issues
- Coordinate and oversee New Employee Orientation
- Ensure compliance with established internal HR policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements, and conduct periodic audits, making recommendations for improvement
- Assist in facilitating Performance Management Process and Talent Review processes
- Ensure program compliance with local, state, and federal regulations
- These include but are not limited to confidentiality, labor laws, FMLA, etc
- Assist in planning, directing, and coordinating the benefits program, open enrollment, compliance and personnel policies
- Work with hiring managers and interview teams to ensure job requirements and expectations are clearly understood
- Strong recruitment efforts include utilizing various strategies to source and find quality talent.
HR Manager
Epitome Biosystems, Inc
10.2005 - 01.2010
- Acquired by Millipore)
- Introduce, lead, and influence change management initiatives with management staff in order to address issues that will enhance overall performance
- Oversee new hire orientations and manage the entire onboarding processes - facilitating paperwork completion/processing and employee database management
- Ensure new employees’ accountability in understanding current policies/company structure/strategy and regulations
- Proficient on Paylocity HRIS, Paycom and ADP Workforce
- Key point of contact for annual benefit enrollment meetings regarding benefit options, eligibility, claims and coverage issues
- Serve as primary contact for all US employees group benefit programs and leave policies
- Provide a company culture that ensures that the personality of the company is reflected in all we do when it comes to beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes.
Education
BA - Business Administration
Lynn University, Formerly College of Boca Raton
Skills
- Compensation and Benefits
- HR Policies, federal and state
- Benefits and Compensation Management
- Human Resources Management Systems (HRMS)
- New Employee Orientation
- Staff Compensation
- Employee Retention
- Succession Planning
- HRIS Software
- Recruitment and Hiring
- Policy Making and Enforcement
- Training and Development
- Employee Relations
- Performance Review Management
- Talent Management
- Employee Engagement Strategies
- Onboarding, Training and Development
- Managing Employee Relations
- Grievance Resolution
- Best Practices and Methodologies
- Company Leadership
- Mentoring
- Regulatory Compliance
Affiliations
- Society of Human Resource Management
Timeline
HR Manager/ HRBP
FJA-US, Inc
01.2021 - Current
Human Resources Manager
Strides Pharma
02.2019 - 12.2020
Sr. Human Resources Business Partner
New England Research Institutes
12.2015 - 02.2019
Sr. HR Business Partner
Centage Software Corporation
01.2010 - 11.2015
HR Manager
Epitome Biosystems, Inc
10.2005 - 01.2010
BA - Business Administration
Lynn University, Formerly College of Boca Raton
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