Whitney Maxey
Ashland,VA
Summary
Versatile Regional Human Resources Manager offering extensive background in retention and recruitment, benefits administration and records management. Organized and hardworking with outstanding multitasking and problem-solving capabilities.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Regional Human Resources Manager
Hoover Treated Wood Products
01.2023 - Current
- Works in coordination with the Director of HR, Regional Operations Managers, Plant Managers, and local plant administrators to manage HR processes, execute policies, maintain compliance, support programs, and be a resource for employees at the assigned facilities
- Collaborate with managers to gain a comprehensive understanding of the company's present and future hiring needs
- Craft and execute an overall recruiting strategy aligned with the company's goals
- Manage & coordinate onboarding & induction of new employees, performance management, training, and development programs
- Stay current on employment legislation and ensure compliance within the facilities
- Support managers and staff on daily issues
- Partner with the Director of HR to craft organization-wide HR objectives and strategies
- Support and promote a 'best place to work' company culture
- Support community involvement & DEI initiatives at the local level
- Track turnover and drive reduction at the local level through culture, development, and training improvements
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Virginia Department of Transportation
01.2022 - 01.2023
- Responsible for forecasting hiring needs, sourcing potential hires on various online channels, building, nurturing, and managing relationships with job candidates, and assisting them with navigating through the process, from engagement to a new hire
- Collaborated with HR Business Partners, Hiring Managers, and the Executive Leadership Team to proactively plan and develop a competitive talent acquisition sourcing strategy to support current and future business needs
- Established and maintained 'best practices' effective recruiting strategy to brand VDOT as the preferred employer
- Effectively communicated with all candidates
- Create a talent network using social media to keep previous candidates informed, interested, and feeling encouraged to apply again for future opportunities
- Provided support as needed to stakeholders with additional Human Resources functional areas, such as Benefits, Employee Relations, Workforce Planning, Performance Management, and Classification/Compensation
- Built and maintained a database of applicants and skill sets for current and future needs in conjunction with utilizing databases to streamline workflow and team activities with shared projects, searches, profiles, and applicant notes
- Managed Pipeline Program for interns and postgraduate students for Central Office which consists of facilitating the full life cycle process of Recruiting, Onboarding, and Orientation
Human Resources Generalist
Reynolds Consumer Products
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Worked closely with the Human Resources Manager to provide the plant population with confident and reassuring solutions to any questions or concerns that may arise regarding HR affiliate matters
- Passionate and solution-focused on finding ways to seamlessly connect critical HR functions of the department
- Manage the full cycle recruitment process for all hourly and salaried employees
- Created a detailed view of the plant population data by managing and updating transfers, promotions, and all employee-related movements
- Answered employee questions and complaints regarding a wide variety of issues (benefits, work schedules, transfers, promotions, safety, unfair treatment, performance, personal issues, pay, and company policies)
- Provided HR support to the plant population including employee relations on a variety of issues
- Created a plant-wide communications plan to distribute HR-related items to hourly and salaried employees
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Williams Mullen
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Partnered with the Director of Talent Management and the Manager of Professional Development and collaborated with the Talent Management Coordinator, to execute the full life cycle of the recruitment and onboarding process for attorneys and law students
- In addition, assisted the Director and Manager to manage several firmwide committees and initiatives, including the Diversity & Inclusion Committee and/or the Women's Initiative, the Associate's Advisory Committee, and the Student Recruiting Committees
- Supported the department's role in data and information reporting, both internally and externally
- Collaborated with the Director of Talent Management to strategically plan and implement recruiting, screening, and hiring of attorney candidates
- Supervised two direct reports while providing workflow coordination and management for critical tasks
- Developed annual calendar for the program management of the yearly deliverables
- Partnered with both the Director of Talent Management and Manager of Professional Development with the onboarding of new attorney hires
- Managed all travel aspects of the recruitment process for a lateral candidate or student associates
Talent Acquisition Representative
Richmond Behavioral Health Authority
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Performed intermediate administrative work integrating processes to create a talent supply chain, researching candidates, responding to internal customer relations, recruiting, and retaining staff, and related work as apparent or assigned
- Managed Onboarding/Orientation process; screened new hires to determine employment eligibility; assembled new hire personnel file; informed new hires of orientation schedule
- Assisted with processing and administrative functions of onboarding and orienting new staff
- Tracked all required affirmative action data to meet Federal requirements
- Coordinated the internship program and works closely with Directors to ensure it is a beneficial program for the Authority and the interns
- Led the Equity Council initiative for the Agency; Created and organized all documentation in relation to meetings, community engagement, and critical objectives
Executive Talent Specialist
Capital One
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Possessed excellent program management skills and had a detail-oriented focus for managing highly visible, highly confidential, and comprehensive documents supporting the development of the executive population
- Maintained the day-to-day tracking of data of executive movement in the company by utilizing Excel spreadsheets to gather the data and delivering the information into flawless PowerPoint materials
- Served as Human Resources I-9 Administrator
- Assisted with the creation of project plans to ensure deliverables are met in a timely fashion for Senior Leadership
- Oversaw the Program Management of Regulator Meetings, Board of Directors, Talent Review & Succession Planning
- Managed daily dashboard for I-9 completion to ensure federal Compliance Guidelines are 100% satisfied
- Developed Communication Verbiage for the digital platform, YAPP App, which drove an increased completion rate of Form I-9 for the Campus Hire Event
- Facilitated Agile Debrief Activity to Hiring Logistics to gear towards the Agile initiative in HR
- Partnered with Cross-Functional Teams within HR Operations to drive Continuous Process Improvements by automating daily Form I-9 Audits
- Created a Quarterly Compliance Calendar for the Hiring Logistics & Operations Team to ensure the teams perform Compliance validation of cross-functional audits within the team
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Longwood University
Farmville, VA05-2011
Skills
- Training development
- Wages and salary
- Payroll completion
- Employment law
Timeline
Regional Human Resources Manager
Hoover Treated Wood Products
01.2023 - Current
Talent Acquisition Specialist
Virginia Department of Transportation
01.2022 - 01.2023
Human Resources Generalist
Reynolds Consumer Products
01.2021 - 01.2022
Lead Talent Acquisition Specialist
Williams Mullen
01.2021 - 12.2021
Talent Acquisition Representative
Richmond Behavioral Health Authority
01.2019 - 01.2021
Executive Talent Specialist
Capital One
01.2013 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Communications
Longwood University
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