Meredith Cooper

• Work across North America, Europe and parts of Asia as a trusted advisor to business leaders across multiple countries, providing strategic HR guidance and ensuring alignment between local HR practices and global business objectives.
• Navigate complex cross-cultural dynamics while ensuring compliance with diverse labor laws and regulations.
• Partner with leadership to drive talent management and workforce planning, fostering an inclusive work environment.
• Support leadership in performance management and succession planning across international teams.

• Directed HR Ops for an organization of over 500 employees

• Reported directly to the President while remotely managing 6 direct reports and all Regional Managers spanning 6 states

• Developed a strategic recruitment plan to expand the organization and fill hard-to-place roles

• Worked in concert with legal to manage all employee relations cases

• Oversaw and managed all compliance efforts

• Created and implemented organization-wide policy and procedure
• Championed Succession Planning as a way to insulate organization for future labor changes

• Directed onboarding and training for over 300 new employees each year, keeping company operations smooth and production efficient with skilled candidates
• Reported directly to CFO and President while managing 4 direct reports
• Worked with leadership to implement diversity, equality and inclusion efforts into full cycle recruitment process
• Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations and provided onboarding and training for 1500 employees.
• Worked with CFO to broker all benefit programs including 401k, medical, dental and vision plans

• Reported to Chief of HR while managing 1 direct report
• Managed all aspects of HR department including but not limited to employee relations investigations, talent acquisition, compensation + payroll, training + development
• Oversaw and managed all employee relations investigations including but not limited to sexual harassment, discrimination, interpersonal relations and work place injury cases
• Lead implementation of ADP in employee record keeping and payroll processing

• Designed and implemented orientation programs for over 100 new employees, covering job responsibilities, policies, and procedures
• Managed all aspects of talent acquisition to expand organization from 15 employees to over 70
• Ensured policies and protocols were kept current based on laws and regulations