GARDENIA HARDEE
Summary
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. Well-organized Human Resources professional bringing over 20 years of superior performance in fast-paced HR environments. Communicative and decisive with focus on improving and retaining quality in HR administration, payroll and recruiting.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources Manager (Interim)
FCSA Life Insurance
Beachwood, OH
12.2021 - Current
- Managed all talent acquisition process, which may include recruitment, interviewing, and hiring particularly for managerial, exempt, and professional roles
- Analyzes trends in compensation and benefits; researches and proposes competitive base and incentive pay programs to ensure the organization attracts and retains top talent
- Oversees employee disciplinary meetings, terminations, and investigations
- Maintained compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, and recommended best practices; reviews policies and practices to maintain compliance
- Maintained knowledge of trends, best practices, regulatory changes, and new technologies in human resources, talent management, and employment law.
- Directed job fairs to bring in local talent for long term and seasonal positions.
- Promoted employee engagement with organizational objectives during new employee orientations and industry conventions.
- Conducted research, gathered information from multiple sources and presented results
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Remote
Avery Dennison-Temporary Position
Remote , United States
06.2021 - 11.2021
- Consulted with hiring managers to develop recruiting strategies for open positions and project needs
- Acted as the main recruiting contact for key groups and candidates
- Developed company-wide programs in recruiting marketing, sourcing practices and job postings
- Gained a solid understanding of tools, processes, protocols and, recruit hire experienced candidates Resolved complex recruitment challenges.
- Developed and maintained strong working relationships with executives, HR team and hiring managers to foster partnerships that produced consistent results.
- Completed talent acquisition and management for 250+ internal and external placements.
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Revenue Group, Inc
Lyndhurst, OH
02.2020 - 04.2021
- Provided updates on HR policy changes to employees to satisfy compliance and state laws.
- Directed hiring and onboarding programs for new employees.
- Managed other HR staff and oversaw completion of tasks and initiatives.
- Manager of Talent Acquisition, Remote/Ohio Employee Relations advice- analyze complex HR issues and recommend solutions in a timely fashion following established guidelines
- Develop and implement HR strategies to support business strategy, including hiring plans, integration, compensation, employee engagement, etc.
- 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.
- Uses knowledge of various human resources functions, including staffing, compensation, benefits, training, and employee relations to provide tactical HR support to line managers
- HR Legal and Regulatory Environment: Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and ability to advise on laws and regulations affecting HR practices.
- Educated employees on company policy and kept employee handbook current
- 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
Regional Human Resources Manager
AutoZone, Inc
Cleveland, OH
09.2015 - 12.2019
- Managed the overall human resource function for the Cleveland store operations region to include staffing, succession planning, analysis, positive employee relations, workers compensation, training, and development, recruiting and retention, and regulatory compliance
- Consults with and advises multi-level store operations managers to ensure all qualitative measures are met
- Led HR initiatives contributed to the region’s profitability YOY-KPI metric
- Managed All-HR functions in multiple states at over 100 retail stores with more than 3000 employees
- Reduced absenteeism 5% and turnover 11% with strategies to recruit, train, and retain high performing employees.
- Coordinated implementation of people-related services, policies and programs through departmental staff
- Performed budget analysis to control expenditures and predict future budget needs
- Maintained work structure by updating job requirements and job descriptions for positions
Human Resources Manager
ABC Property Management Company
Beachwood, OH
04.2012 - 08.2015
- Responsible for the direction of the Human Resource department supporting management in a generalist capacity
- Ensured the company followed federal, state, and local laws to include policy development and maintenance of the employee handbook
- Notable achievements:
- Payroll Paychex and Benefits Administration & Open Enrollments
- Led HR function developing 3-year strategic plan for talent for the company
- Successfully negotiated union contracts as member of the management team.
Senior Human Recourses Generalist
US Foods Services
Twinsburg, OH
01.2009 - 03.2012
- Supervised and provided consultation to management on strategic staffing plans
- All phases of recruitment, onboarding compensation
- Benefits, training and development, payroll, and labor relations.
- Reviewed existing policies and procedures to make recommendations for enhancing work productivity, recruitment, hiring processes and talent management.
- Contributed to annual performance appraisals by working with supervisors to achieve consistency and compliance with established procedures.
- Liaised between management and employees to deliver conflict resolution, alleviate problems and interpret compensation and benefits policies.
- Reviewed and screened applicant resumes to identify qualified candidates.
- Oversaw and managed hiring process and assisted human resources.
- Launched company-wide HR strategies, practices and benefits and compensation policies to drive departmental and business objectives.
- Onboarded new temps by entering employee information into systems
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Human Resource Management
Capella University 12- 2022
Minneapolis, MNSHRM-CP
07.2022
Wicklander-Zulawski Employee Investigative Certification - undefined
Capella University
2015
Skills
- New Hire Onboarding-Employee Orientation
- Compensation and Benefits Administration
- Employee Relations-Customer Relationship Management
- Industry-Specific HR Regulations
- Taleo- Paylocity-Paycor -Workday
- Microsoft Office-ADP, Paychex, Kronos
- LinkedIn Recruiter -ATS -Human Resource Information System HRIS
- Health and Safety Programs-Regulatory Compliance
- Human Resources Operations Retention Program Development
- Remote Conferencing and Communication
- Unemployment Claims
Timeline
Human Resources Manager (Interim)
FCSA Life Insurance
12.2021 - Current
Senior Talent Acquisition Consultant, Remote
Avery Dennison-Temporary Position
06.2021 - 11.2021
Senior Human Resources Business Partner
Revenue Group, Inc
02.2020 - 04.2021
Regional Human Resources Manager
AutoZone, Inc
09.2015 - 12.2019
Human Resources Manager
ABC Property Management Company
04.2012 - 08.2015
Senior Human Recourses Generalist
US Foods Services
01.2009 - 03.2012
Some College (No Degree) - Human Resource Management
Capella University 12- 2022
SHRM-CP
Wicklander-Zulawski Employee Investigative Certification - undefined
Capella University