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KIRSTI A. HUNT

Grand Island,NY

Summary

Senior Human Resources Business Partner with a passion for leading, inspiring, and developing others and comprehensive experience supporting operations, maintaining regulatory compliance, and driving organizational performance. HR Expertise: Compensation Plan Development Benefits Management Team Leadership Labor Laws and Legal Compliance Performance Management Recruiting, Screening, & Hiring Strategic Planning Talent Management Payroll/HRIS Systems Organizational Development Employee Engagement/Recognition Employee and Labor Relations Regulatory Compliance Collective Bargaining Accomplished Executive Director of Human Resources offering [Number] years of comprehensive experience developing HR functions, cultivating positive work environment and collaborating with all levels of management. Expertise in planning and managing employee and labor relations and developing and communicating company-wide policies and procedures. Goal-oriented and personable professional committed to improving talent acquisition and increasing organizational effectiveness.

Overview

37
37
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Vice President of Human Resources

NOCO ENERGY CORP
Tonawanda, NY
07.2021 - Current
  • Family-owned energy company that offers a wide-ranging portfolio of energy, recycling, and technology products and services for homes and businesses
  • Lead all human resource functions and activities for multiple locations with over 300 employees
  • Responsible for creating and, in partnership with management, implementing best practices in recruitment, training and development, performance management, compensation, mentoring, succession planning, and employee relations to strategically support the company’s short- and long-term business plans.

Vice President

MODERN DISPOSAL, INC
Model City, NY
01.2018 - 01.2021
  • Privately owned waste removal company with over 700 employees in Western New York and Southern Ontario
  • Of Human Resources and Safety
  • Oversee human resources and safety functions for US and Canada
  • Partner with the corporation’s business leaders to enable growth by proactively assessing needs and collaborating to develop and deliver talent management solutions
  • Provide quality consultation to supervisors that maximizes engagement and minimizes risk
  • Lead, develop and deploy human resources strategies, initiatives and processes, including talent acquisition and management, onboarding, training and development, performance management, compensation and benefits, succession planning, employee relations, employee engagement, retention strategies, organization design and change management
  • Leverage HR and payroll technology to streamline HR and Payroll processes, increasing productivity and profitability and producing critical data
  • Enhance employee benefits program with a cost reduction by moving to a new broker and negotiating with carriers
  • Implemented leadership develop program for all managers, enhancing leadership, communication, and
  • Management skills of 50 supervisors
  • Successfully negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreements with Teamsters Local 879 resulting in minimal financial impact to the company
  • Develop, communicate, and manage company-wide COVID-19 response and safety plan.

Vice President

LPCIMINELLI INC
Buffalo, New York, NY
01.2011 - 01.2018
  • Top 200 contractor with revenues of $500 million, US & Canadian projects, 500 Non-Union & Union employees
  • Human Resources
  • Led human resource strategy for large commercial construction company
  • Managed the human resource and payroll teams
  • Designed and implemented people policies and practices that created a positive, motivational work environment where people were empowered to deliver their best
  • Protect company interests by implementing and administering compliant, fair employment practices
  • Participated on executive team driving the strategic direction and ensuring that people resources were in place to deliver on that direction
  • Provided labor relations advice to management including conflict resolution, grievance investigation, and contract administration
  • Devised staffing and human practices that allowed LPCiminelli to double its revenue since 2011 with a 10% staff growth, yielding improved revenues per employee
  • Implemented a performance based compensation system that transformed a passive workforce into a performance-based, goal driven workforce producing greater revenues and increased income
  • Partnered with CEO & Regional President to develop and staff satellite office in Manhattan
  • Designed and delivered a first-class onboarding program to assimilate employees into the culture and business
  • Developed an effective travel compensation program, meeting the strategic goal of having employees ready and willing to travel to any location on behalf of the company
  • Implemented new HR/Payroll technology that reduced spend on business support services by 25%
  • Piloted a new Leadership Excellence Program for 20 high potential employees, resulting in retention of 95% of participants over a two-year period
  • Redesigned employee benefit programs, increased benefits and lowered overall cost by 10%.

Chief Human Resources Officer

01.2008 - 01.2011

UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY
Buffalo, NY
01.1999 - 01.2011
  • Non-profit focused on enhancing the health, financial stability, and education of every person in our community.

Director

01.1999 - 01.2008
  • Oversaw human resource and community engagement functions and served as a strategic business partner on the leadership team
  • Aligned HR and community engagement programs with strategic goals and provided customer service to 100 employees for all HR issues
  • Negotiated employee benefits, designed training, and handled strategic planning, performance management, policy implementation, legal compliance, and employee relations including Labor Union relations
  • Managed recruitment and orientation process for employees, temporary staff and interns
  • Worked with President and Board of Directors on confidential issues
  • Designed volunteer programs that raised United Way’s visibility to customer and enabled companies to achieve employee loyalty goals
  • Created new alternative people sources and brought an average of 10 interns and volunteers to the organization per year, reducing the temporary staff spend by 50%
  • Advised on an organization change management initiative transitioning to a sales-focused account executive team
  • Created performance measures for the team tied to incentive compensation, resulting in an overall increase in the annual campaign revenue by 10%
  • Successfully negotiated multiple Collective Bargaining Agreements with SEIU Local 200 resulting in minimal financial impact
  • Investigated and successfully resolved Union grievances and maintained a positive relationship with Union Stewards and Business Agents
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  • Breathed new life into employee recognition program, increasing employee satisfaction and earning organization the “Best Places to Work in Western New York” in 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007
  • Created and delivered volunteer training programs including Campaign Coordinator, Leadership Executives, and Speakers Bureau resulting in improved knowledge and engagement of 150 volunteers.

Recruiter/Human Resources Generalist

WINTER PARK RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Winter Park, CO
01.1997 - 01.1999
  • Colorado's longest continually operated ski resort employing 1800 seasonal and 500 year-round employees
  • Created and implemented recruitment campaigns for over 20 departments
  • Oversaw the international hiring program, which recruited over 100 new employees from various countries
  • Handled employee/manager relations, benefits, and investigated legal compliance
  • Processed new hires, rehires, and terminations in the HR/Payroll System
  • Assisted in compensation studies and evaluated results
  • Implemented “Recruitment Days” that increased candidates presented to hiring managers by 25%
  • Achieved 100% Day 1 readiness for all new hires, ensuring new hires were prepared for first-day training.

Education

BS - Human Resource Management

EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE

Skills

  • HRIS/Assessment Technology:
  • ADP Workforce Now, Ceridian Dayforce, SAP HR/Payroll, Salesforce, BirdDogHR, ClearCompany, PXT Select, DiSC, Workplace Big Five
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration
  • HR Systems
  • Forecasting Employment Needs
  • Training Needs Analysis
  • Organizational Systems
  • Compensation and Benefits
  • Hiring Trends and Analysis
  • Employee Performance Management
  • HR Transformation
  • Executive Leadership
  • HR Strategy

Accomplishments

    Leverage HR and payroll technology to streamline HR and Payroll processes, increasing productivity and profitability and producing critical data.

    · Devised staffing and human practices that allowed LPCiminelli to double its revenue since 2011 with a 10% staff growth, yielding improved revenues per employee.

    · Implemented a performance based compensation system that transformed a passive workforce into a performance-based, goal driven workforce producing greater revenues and increased income.

    · Partnered with CEO & Regional President to develop and staff satellite office in Manhattan. Designed and delivered a first-class onboarding program to assimilate employees into the culture and business.

Certification

Certified Human Resources Professional (PHR), HR Certification Institute SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP), Society for Human Resource Management Workplace Big Five Certification, Center for Applied Cognitive Studies Certified Creative Problem Solving Facilitator, Creative Problem Solving Buffalo (CPSB) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Workplace Certification, University of South Florida

Affiliations

Member, Society for Human Resource Management Member and Past President, Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association Member, Independent Waste Hauler Association Member, National Waste & Recycling Association Women’s Council Former District Director, New York State Society of Human Resource Management Former Member, Associated General Contractors of America Human Resources Group

Additional Information

  • Graduate, Leadership Buffalo Class Experience Graduate, Board Governance for Women program Graduate, Dale Carnegie Leadership for Managers Award Recipient, Forty Under 40 Outstanding HR Professional of the Year Award, Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association Volunteer Leader of the Year Award, Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association

Professional Affiliations

Member, Society for Human Resource Management

Member and Past President, Buffalo Niagara Human Resource Association

Member, Independent Waste Hauler Association

Member, National Waste & Recycling Association Women’s Council

Former District Director, New York State Society of Human Resource Management

Former Member, Associated General Contractors of America Human Resources Group

Timeline

Vice President of Human Resources

NOCO ENERGY CORP
07.2021 - Current

Vice President

MODERN DISPOSAL, INC
01.2018 - 01.2021

Vice President

LPCIMINELLI INC
01.2011 - 01.2018

Chief Human Resources Officer

01.2008 - 01.2011

UNITED WAY OF BUFFALO & ERIE COUNTY
01.1999 - 01.2011

Director

01.1999 - 01.2008

Recruiter/Human Resources Generalist

WINTER PARK RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION
01.1997 - 01.1999

BS - Human Resource Management

EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE

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