SUMMARY:

• Accomplished Human Resources Executive with over 18 years of comprehensive domestic and international multi - cultural and multi-lingual experience that includes recruiting and retention, change management, performance/talent management, salary and benefit design, employee relations, payroll, and general Confidential /HRIS administration.
• Proven experience in developing partnerships with all levels of stakeholders to develop strategic Human Resource plans that support and further the corporate goals.
• Experience in initiating cost containment strategies resulting in significant savings.
• Excellent ability in identifying, addressing and implementing plans for benefits and compensation, training and development, restructuring and mergers, coaching and performance management, and retention and succession planning.
• Results-oriented leader effectively serving as a business partner with all levels of management through relationships, common goals and respect.
• Experience and broad knowledge of all things within the Human Resource, Business Development, Confidential and Operations Management landscape who has consistently proven to be a valuable asset to each company with which I have been associated by raising the awareness of all managers to their legal obligations within the United States, European Union and MENA countries regulatory systems, maintaining incontrovertible proof of Employment Law compliance, and successfully representing the company concerns in matters of audits and employment adjudication.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• ADP (Payroll and HRIS) 5 years
• PeopleSoft 2 years
• CostPoint / DELTEK 12 years
• ORACLE E-Business 2 years
• KRONOS 8 years
• MS Office 15 years
• SAP ( Confidential, MM, PP) 5 years
• Taleo (ATS) 5 years iCIMS (ATS) 5 years

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Director of Human Resources

Responsibilities:

• Transformed Confidential from an administrative role to a strategic business partner by partnering with leadership to drive key initiatives and implement performance improvement.
• Provided hands-on and managerial leadership to a start-up company across multiple countries regarding their laws, policies, practices and communications, benefit plans, designs and administration, recruiting and retention, federal and state compliances, legal issues, salary comparisons, bi-weekly and monthly payroll processing.
• Responsible for Human Resources and recruiting functions for consultants engaged in conducting Anti-Corruption Government Ethics and Rule of law interventions for foreign and domestic Governments under UNDP, DOD, DOS, DOJ, USAID and DFID grants.

Confidential

Country Manager of Human Resources

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Human Resources, Security, Confidential and Recruiting functions in the reactivation of Balad, Taji and Besmaya bases in Iraq.
• Monitor direct hires, third country nationals and independent contractors human resources issues.
• Apply appropriate laws, policies, practices, communications, health insurance compliance, recruiting and retention, federal and state compliances, legal issues, salary comparisons, bi-weekly and monthly payroll processing.

Confidential, Hopkinsville, KY

Director of Human Resources Domestic and International

Responsibilities:

• Develop, monitor and measure all Human Resources initiatives to ensure trends are identified and addressed, including, but not limited to, time to fill openings, turnover, retention, employee engagement, and benefit metrics.
• Provide personal, "hands-on" involvement, direction, and support while being accountable for recruitment initiatives and targets.
• Partner with the executive leadership team to analyze and prioritize business challenges faced by the organization and deploy Confidential interventions as needed.
• Improve and streamline departmental operations through the continuous assessment of policies and procedures, work processes, and program effectiveness/value.
• Evaluate current HRIS and maximize internal/external use of the system.
• Utilize and contribute to the enhancement and development of tools to perform sourcing and recruitment functions, and provide appropriate coaching and counseling to recruitment teams.
• Develop strategies by identifying and researching human resources issues; contributing information, analysis, and recommendations to organization strategic thinking and direction; establishing human resources objectives in line with organizational objectives.
• Oversee the development and implementation of training and development programs, benefit packages, legal and Ethics Hotline compliance procedures.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the company.
• Extensive benefits, payroll, compensation and total rewards experience.

Confidential, Memphis, Tennessee

Plant Human Resources Manager

Responsibilities:

• Partnered with upper management to meet business objectives, acted as sounding board, provided counseling, team building and development, feedback sessions to build stronger and more cohesive teams.
• Direct all human resources issues for the one million square foot Confidential manufacturing, packaging and fulfillment facility with over 2000 full time employees.
• Multi-site responsibility for five other facilities in the Memphis area.
• Liaison with three on-site temporary employment agencies that supply up to 2000 workers per day during peak season.
• Manage cost per disk unit based on staffing and manpower overhead thus providing positive impact on overall P&L.

Confidential

Program Director

Responsibilities:

• Developed, implemented, and directed project-wide Confidential functions and administration to include employment, employee relations, compensation, performance appraisal system, ethics hotline, recruitment, benefits, employee development training, productivity analysis, and employee activities.
• Liaise with the US Embassy and Iraqi Ministry of Interior to issuence of visas for all expat staff.
• Support Chief of Party by providing technical advice and direction when appropriate. Responsibilities included Human Resources, Operations, Employee Security, Program Administration and Finance.
• Identify and recruit consultants (Expatriate and Cooperating Country Nationals) to meet staff requirements and program deliverables.
• Develop effective working relationship and open lines of communications and coordination with project beneficiaries, other donor funded projects and technical implementation teams.
• Oversee day-to-day planning, design and operation of project and sub-contractor technical implementing teams to ensure effective project implementation including supervising budget management, reconciliation of accounts with head office and donor office coordination.
• Develop internal controls and introduce systems and procedures for effective achievement of project goals.

Confidential

Senior Human Resources Adviser

Responsibilities:

• Implement comprehensive reform of federal civil service structures and regulation for the country of Iraq.
• Analyze and define strategies to facilitate Iraqi Civil Service Training Program.
• Implementation of the new level grading structure for Iraqi Civil Servants.
• Advise the Council of Ministers and the Director Generals of Personnel in the Ministries of Agriculture, Human Rights, Justice, Displacement and Migration, Planning and Development Coordination, Health, Water Resources, Public Works, Electricity and Oil.

Confidential

Professor of Human Resources and Management

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and define strategies to facilitate Iraqi Civil Service Training Program.
• Implementation of the new level grading structure for Iraqi Civil Servants.
• Identify individuals within the Iraqi Ministry of Defense to serve as instructors in the Civil Service Training Center.
• Advise the Director General of Personnel on International Human Resource Management standards.
• Develop core curriculum for Human Resource Management training programs.
• Mentor Iraqi Human Resource Management Professor, Curriculum Developers on course design standards.
• Implement ORACLE E-Business HRIS resulting in the discovery and removal of 25,000 “Ghost Employees.
• Act as Interim Training Center Supervisor.
• Provide operational Human Resources support to the training center.

Confidential

Director of Human Resources and Field Operations

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and define strategies to facilitate Iraqi law enforcement reconstruction missions.
• Train senior officials from the Iraqi Ministry of Interior and Defense Ministry in behavioral interviewing.
• Conducts individual counseling sessions with employees and supervisors related to work performance, discipline and similar issues.
• Communicate with all stakeholders to identify appropriate test sites and conditions through extensive evaluation of testing locations, security, life support, technical support, infrastructure, and required test support.
• Recruit, develop, and lead a Local National support team to facilitate test administration, scoring, and reporting, which involved maintaining payroll, scheduling, training, and productivity.
• Establish budgets and accounting procedures.