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Kelly Ann Constantino

Southington

Summary

Results-oriented HR professional skilled in strategic alignment and project management. Successfully guided organizational policies to ensure compliance, while leveraging people analytics to enhance employee retention and performance management processes.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Resources Business Partner

Datapay
West Hartford
05.2024 - Current
  • Coached clients on best practices for effective management of their teams.
  • Guided organizational policies and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Strategic alignment: Helping leaders understand how HR can provide a strategic advantage.
  • Partnership building: Creating partnerships with clients to explain how HR services can improve a company.
  • Coaching and mentoring: Acting as a coach and mentor for clients.
  • Project management: Overseeing project resources, managing stakeholders, and creating project scope statements.
  • Employee retention: Using people analytics data to manage employee retention.
  • Recruitment: Identifying bottlenecks and running efficient recruiting and hiring processes.
  • Compliance: Ensuring alignment between HR procedures and policies and the company's strategic business objectives.
  • Business literacy: Maintaining an effective level of business literacy about the business unit's financial position, culture, and competition.

Human Resources Manager

Max Hospitality
Hartford
10.2021 - 05.2024
  • Manage day-to-day HR operations remotely.
  • Advise leadership and General Managers of HR laws and utilize people strategies to drive business results.
  • Audit employee files for compliance for all 10 locations.
  • Complete and process FRI’s for workers’ comp injuries, maintain electronic and manual OSHA logs.
  • Subject matter expert for biweekly partner meetings.
  • Ensure compliance with IWO and wage garnishments in HRIS and correspond with the state regarding terminated employees.
  • Serve as liaison for benefits with annual open enrollment as well as new benefits administration and cancellation. • Analyze trends and metrics to develop solutions, programs and policies. • Coach and consult partners on the performance management process, including annual goal setting & assessment process, ultimately raising the performance bar across all locations.
  • Recruit, interview & hire utilizing online platforms.
  • Audit payroll for all locations.
  • Compile monthly bonuses and confirm that all locations are in compliance.
  • Conduct new hire orientations and onboarding for CT, MA and FL locations.

Human Resources Director

Blasius Autogroup
08.2017 - 09.2021
  • Collaborate with owners to understand the growing organization's goals and strategy related to staffing and succession planning.
  • Oversee payroll department for discrepancies and proper training of HR Managers.
  • Managed administration of HR programs including; compensation, payroll, benefits, leave, disciplinary matters, disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and morale; occupational health and safety and training and development.
  • Plan, lead, develop and implement policies, processes, training, initiatives, and surveys to support the organizations HR compliance and strategy needs.
  • Research, develop and implement employee incentive programs.
  • Monitorand ensured compliance for federal, state & local employment laws & regulations.
  • Recruit, interview, hire & train management-level HR staff.
  • Developed and implemented an employee referral program.

HR Director/Operations

CDS
07.2011 - 08.2017
  • Plan, develop, implement, administer and support human resources related programs.
  • Plan and conduct job fairs to be held for NE and Westcoast for new location openings.
  • Screen, interview, and hire candidates for employment.
  • Complete all necessary regional compliance paperwork for drug tests and CBC’s.
  • Management development, coaching and counseling for employee retention.
  • Training of Event Managers throughout the Northeast and West Coast regions on Workday and Event System functions.
  • Supervise staff of 30 HR Management and team.
  • Conflict resolution and mediation of staff.
  • Assist & support in terminations of underperforming & non-compliant employees.
  • Support the daily associate activities regarding employee relations, compensation, benefits, payroll, recruiting, training, and developing talent.
  • Work with CDS West to create LMS for transitioning warehouses.
  • Create time sensitive trainings for compliance with company standards & labor laws.
  • Reduced employee turnaround by working with the Regional Managers to assist in daily operations and standard training as needed.

Education

Some College (No Degree) - Criminology

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

Skills

  • Employee relations
  • Talent management
  • Compliance auditing
  • People analytics
  • Recruitment strategies
  • Performance management

Timeline

Human Resources Business Partner

Datapay
05.2024 - Current

Human Resources Manager

Max Hospitality
10.2021 - 05.2024

Human Resources Director

Blasius Autogroup
08.2017 - 09.2021

HR Director/Operations

CDS
07.2011 - 08.2017

Some College (No Degree) - Criminology

Central Connecticut State University

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