Brittany Williams

• Maintained "open door" policy to encourage employee communications and resolution of issues.
• Directed each phase of hiring process, encompassing employment verification, employee relations investigations, criminal background checks and onboarding.
• Maintained human resources regulatory compliance with local, state and federal laws.
• Coordinated and worked with management on performance evaluations, supervisory practices, dispute resolution, and employee accountability.
• Developed succession plans and promotion paths for staff.
• Participated at strategic and operational level to develop and strengthen human resources services, relationships and mission.
• Fostered cross-functional relationships to connect managers and employees and improve overall efficiency.
• Collaborated with stakeholders across organization to maintain proper flow of communication and execution of planned initiatives and projects.
• Conducted company-wide town hall meetings to convey updates.
• Managed other HR staff and oversaw completion of tasks and initiatives.

• Investigate and liaise with legal department to respond to complaints of harassment, discrimination, employee grievances and other sensitive issues
• Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and within company to reach business goals.
• Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations and disciplinary procedures.
• Conduct exit interviews with employees leaving company to gauge areas of success and opportunities for improvement.
• Manage full cycle of recruiting, hiring and onboarding new employees.
• Collaborate with leadership to assess and improve policies across board.
• Integrated talent management process to include detailed analysis of potential talent gaps and development of career plans to identify and retain current talent and attract outside talent to business.
• Advised senior management on organizational development and change management initiatives.
• Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending 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.
• Identified HR training needs and conducted training for employees and leadership while recommending approaches to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and within company to reach business goals.
• Resolved understaffing issues, disputes, employee terminations and disciplinary procedures.
• Promoted and enabled necessary changes to align operations with strategic plans.
• Developed and delivered special events for company employees.
• Created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement.
• Coordinated activities of human resources team, distributing resources and personnel effectively across organization to meet HR needs.

• Administer the North America Compensation and Benefits programs
• Conduct research for improving effectiveness of compensation plans as it relates to market competitiveness to attract and retain employees
• Successfully managing Canadian health and wellness, DCPP and RRSP plans for all Canadian employees, aligning them with our global benefits strategy
• Manage the design and administration of syncreon's Canadian Benefits programs for approximately 1,000 active employee and 200 retirees
• Successfully completed a Canadian pension Wind-up and OPEB Retiree project to reduce liability on the books and increase profitability.
• Manage market data collection and analysis processes and developing systems to report salary ranges and changes in local markets
• Partner with our business units to ensure our compensation and benefit programs were competitive to attract and retain the best talent
• Manage vendor contracts and relationships through collaboration to maximize cost-effectiveness, optimize delivery schedules and maintain service standards

Regional HR Specialist - USA, CAN, MX

• Developed new recruitment strategies, guidebooks and toolkits for hourly and salaried positions to implement in auto sites throughout North America on an on-going basis.
• Developed Recognition guidebook and Toolkit to improve morale and increase retention.
• Conducted weekly meetings/conferences "Lunch & Learn" to maintain rapport with field HR to determine what their site needs are resulting in the development of a one-stop-shop for relevant plant information.
• Maintained data integrity for HR Scorecard by running queries and analyzing data from the HRIS.
• Continuously increase HR knowledge and HRIS application/tools knowledge.
• Created, analyzed and interpreted turnover trends for North America Automotive & work with field HR to find solutions for absenteeism and turnover.
• Designed and implemented new labor strategy to reduce reliance on temp labor.
• Provided HR metric enhancements for 2019 to capture more in-depth analytics of turnover.
• Updated the information and look/feel of the Access Talent database used for succession planning.
• Assisted with the implementation of adding hourly employees across North America into the new HRIS and assisted the corporate benefits team with open enrollment

• Accurately prepared government compliance reports and proposal requests for employee data.
• Administered and managed all benefits programs such as, health, life dental and employee leave
• Maintained and audited HR personnel and medical files and articulated file audit findings, risks and provided detailed recommendations to the HR Director
• Organized new employee orientation schedules for new hires and explained employee compensation, benefits, schedules, working conditions,and promotion opportunities
• Completed investigations for grievances and was the second point of contact for union stewards
• Worked with the Chief Operation Officer for the development of new training manuals for high turnover positions

• Managed four Human Resource professionals (Recruiter, Generalist/Payroll, Coordinator and HR Assistant)
• Handled understaffing, disputes, termination of employees and administering disciplinary actions
• Organized and edited training manuals, multimedia visual aids and other educational materials
• Developed company personnel policies, standard operating procedures and employee handbooks
• Developed and enforced company policy and procedures relating to all phases of human resources activity
• Offered fair and equitable compensation by comparing current salaries with market pay

HR Generalist

• Guided team building initiatives and overall support for maintenance of organizational culture and employee morale.
• Prepared and maintained job documentation and job evaluations.
• Maintained employee-related databases.
• Processed travel expenses and reimbursements.
• Conducted investigations when employee complaints and concerns were brought forth.
• Assisted owner with operational and salary budgets.