Create, implement, and manage HR strategies, services, and programs to support the organization.
HR Leadership & Transformation: Built and a team of HR professionals in talent acquisition, benefits, payroll, compensation, training, HRIS, equity awards, and regulatory compliance. Heavy emphasis on leading Rice Energy through rapid HR technology transformation in order to improve processes and procedures to support the organization.
HRIS Technology: Successfully developed and implemented Workday, a fully integrated HRIS platform, with a 95% adoption rate in under one year. Instantly improved analysis and reporting, while streamlining daily HR functions including converting all paper processes to electronic.
HR Compliance: Responsible for assessing the HR function for a rapidly growing public company to identify all applicable regulatory requirements at the federal, state, and local levels. Subsequently, collaborated with executive management and business units to design policies, procedures, and processes to satisfy regulatory requirements as a proactive approach to complying with laws. Led the development and implementation of action plans for compliance with new standards and regulations.
Employee Relations: Introduced proactive employee relations practices throughout the organization to increase performance. Collaborated with other internal compliance functions to investigate misconduct complaints, interviewing, data review, and designing appropriate action plans in a disciplined approach that balances the employee needs as well as the company goals.
M&A Integration: Ensured strategic alignment of HR with new business objectives and minimized business interruptions through execution of workforce integration plans. Enabled business growth by assessing HR cultural compatibility and talent impacts.
Workforce Growth: Managed organizational growth of 420 new employees in under 3 years. Reduced recruitment agency spend by 75%.
Worked in partnership with HR Manager to fulfill a broad range of HR functions, including processing payroll, recruiting and training employees, overseeing benefits and disciplinary action, and managing electronic HR records for multiple locations.
HRIS Technology: Managed HR conversion from ADP to Paychex. System Administrator for HRIS. Created data analytics through report writing for the organization. Designed electronic performance and progressive disciplinary action system through IT Synergy.
Employee Relations: Introduced proactive employee relations and communications programs to resolve previous labor and management issues and restore the credibility and employee-centric focus of the HR organization.
Payroll & Benefits: Processed multi-state US payroll, including processing proper local, state, and federal tax. Worked with benefit vendors and employees to resolve benefit claims including medical, dental, vision, disability, and FMLA. Converted from fully-insured medical plan to self-insured medical plan.
Workforce Growth: Recruited for Territory Sales Managers throughout the United States and Canada as well as ramped up manufacturing positions in Pittsburgh, California, and Arizona. Growth rate included 153 full-time positions in 3 years as well as over 150+ temp positions during seasonal work. Responsibilities also included coordinating and facilitating new employee orientation.
International HR: Managed HR for global locations including India, Dubai, and Canada. Responsibilities included international payroll, benefits, and employee relations.
Promoted to manage HR & Inventory functions including recruitment, training & development, performance management, employment records, compliance audits, profit & loss statements, inventory control, employee and customer viewpoint, community involvement, coordinating and facilitating new employee training, innovation, and store budgeting/scheduling. Managed direct staff of 25 and location of 150. Designated HR & Inventory Manager trainer for tri-state area.
Positioning HR as an Innovative Business Partner Strategic, futuristic, innovative HR Director who envisions HR initiatives that will improve performance, efficiency, growth, and employee engagement. Empowering and dependable leader who is known to build relationships, collaborate and drive change. Supports organizations and executives with an appreciation that human capital is the organization’s greatest asset.