Gwyne A. Presser
Arvada,CO
Summary
Accomplished Human Resources Professional with 17 years of progressive experience in multi-state organizations with both unionized and non-unionized workforces. Well-rounded industry experience including construction, transportation, and manufacturing. Strong ability to build relationships across stakeholders to drive and deliver human resources strategy. Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. Advanced employment law and HR compliance knowledge Seasoned Human Resources Business Partner with background in developing and implementing HR strategies to align with business objectives. Significant experience includes employee relations, talent management, and organizational development. Strengths lie in strategic planning, conflict resolution, leadership coaching, and change management. Past roles have resulted in improved workforce performance, streamlined HR processes, and successful change initiatives.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Human Resources Business Partner
RK Industries
01.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Construction and Manufacturing
- Responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated business units
- Serves as a strategic consultant to management and employees on human resources-related issues
- Utilizes a data-driven approach to deliver a strategy that drives improvements to the employee experience, builds healthy, long-term relationships between the company and employees, and reduces people-related risk
- Partners with senior leadership to develop and implement effective HR policies and practices that support the strategic growth of the business
- Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues
- Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations
- Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks and ensuring regulatory compliance
- Provide guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning and succession planning
- Identifies training needs for business units and individual needs
- Drive retention through engagement data with a continuous focus on culture of teams and management capability
- Utilized strong project management and change management skills to lead multiple HR initiatives creating new policy and programs
- Construction and Manufacturing
Human Resources Manager
HSS, Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Company Overview: Security
- Effectively Partners with business leaders and functional centers of excellence to drive and deliver company-wide programs and initiatives
- Responsible for guiding the organization through HR related initiatives in the areas of talent management, organizational change, engagement, teammate relations, performance management, compensation, leadership development, change management, and workforce diversity programs
- Understands the needs of the business to identify creative solutions and provide recommendations in alignment with HR and business strategies
- Leads Employee Relations / Labor Relations programs, improvement, design, and management training
- Partners with business leaders to provide day-to-day performance management guidance (i.e
- Coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary action)
- Conducts defensible investigations related to ethics violations, harassment, discrimination and retaliation
- Provides insight on change management strategies and program design based on knowledge of client needs
- Security
Human Resources / Recruiting Manager
Navajo Express, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2017
- Company Overview: Transportation
- Full spectrum Human Resource Generalist for 900 employees in a multi-state company
- Worked on employee engagement and retention activities that significantly reduced turnover
- Recruited for up to 30 positions a month for corporate level positions
- Provided employee relations in accordance with company guidelines and applicable laws
- Weekly On-boarding, orientation, and training
- Main point of contact for all employee and manager HR questions, including policy interpretation/ guidance and employment law questions (FLSA, ADA, FMLA, EEOC)
- Leave administration (LOA, FMLA and ST Disability)
- Benefits and Cobra administration
- Processed and attended all unemployment hearings, reduced unemployment claims by 13%
- Transportation
Human Resources Manager
DM Hotel Group
01.2007 - 01.2012
- Developed and implemented HR policies and procedures to be in compliance with company and legal requirements for two branded full-service hotels
- Employee relations- reduced back of house turnover by 22%
- Developed and implemented Certified Safety and Loss Control Program reducing workers comp policy rates by 17%
- Performance management and compensation
- Conducted all training classes
- High volume recruitment in all professional classifications
- Designed and managed employee recognition program increasing employee engagement and reducing turnover
- Departmental budget design and management
Education
PHR Certification -
04.2011
BS - Business Administration
Colorado State University
Skills
- Proficient in Windows applications
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Publisher
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Forms
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- PowerBI
- Smartsheet
- ADP
- View Point
- Valiant/Vision
- AS400
- Paycom
- ICIMS
- Coaching leadership
- Integrating policies
- Optimizing performance
- Improving employee engagement
- Managing employee relations
Personal Information
Title: PHR
Timeline
Human Resources Business Partner
RK Industries
01.2021 - Current
Human Resources Manager
HSS, Inc.
01.2017 - 01.2020
Human Resources / Recruiting Manager
Navajo Express, Inc.
01.2012 - 01.2017
Human Resources Manager
DM Hotel Group
01.2007 - 01.2012
PHR Certification -
BS - Business Administration
Colorado State University
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