REGIONALHUMANRESOURCESPROFESSIONAL

Program Development Management

Dynamic, results-producing Human Resources Professional with exceptional experience in providing comprehensive HR leadership in various environments, including corporate, field locations, and manufacturing facilities. Experienced in gathering environmental inputs and business needs, to develop an HR strategy that will support the corporate strategy. Expertise in conducting organizational diagnoses using defined methodologies to identify critical issues and root causes, providing data-driven perspectives on relevant organizational and HR issues. Ability to fully comprehend the big picture of business. Easily build rapport with team members from diverse backgrounds and levels. Proven ability as a trusted business advisor to senior management, driving and leading internal culture change. Work effectively with union employees. Decisive and proactive. Visionary, with superior communication, interpersonal, presentation, and relationship abilities. Adept at balancing the best interest of the company with the needs of employees. Bilingual, fluent in English and Spanish. Proficient in Windows, Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Kronos, ADP, SAP PeopleSoft Certified. Additional areas of expertise include:

• Recruitment and Staffing Training and Development Employee Investigations
• Employee Union Relations Safety Programs Change Management
• HR System Implementations Negotiation Payroll and Benefits

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

Confidential

Manager Global Human Resources

• Drove HR strategies in areas such as workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and performance management.
• Partnered with management to identify recruiting needs, identified sources of qualified candidates facilitate screening, identified top talent applicants.
• Led the corporate training program by evaluating organizational needs with all levels of management, developing strategic direction, and ensuring that appropriate training opportunities were provided to employees to further their personal, career, and organizational development.
• Reduced overall agency temporary employee mark-up fees by 15 after conducting rate assessment, selecting and negotiating with agencies.
• Successfully launched STAAR Employee Handbook by working with and leading a group of HR professionals.
• Successfully promoted and maintained a proactive union avoidance culture by strategically building a positive relationship with production employees, ensuring complaints and investigations were completed quickly and with follow through, and keeping a close pulse of the workforce.
• Partnered with business leaders and management regarding disciplinary resolution to ensure consistent application and integration of policies, procedures, and practices.
• Maintained thorough and current knowledge of Human Resources, employee regulations and laws, and ensured the organization's compliance.
• Coordinated with internal/external legal counsel to mitigate and/or eliminate liabilities.
• STAAR Surgical's Affirmative Action Officer. Spearheaded and successfully accomplished the first AAP for STAAR Surgical.
• Worked with corporate compensation to ensure new hire compensation responded to the changing workforce and provided a competitive advantage.
• Critical player in the consolidation of our Japan and Switzerland plants into the Monrovia location by acting as a liaison for key international employees, providing resources for ramp-ups and actively managing change throughout the organization.
• Spearheaded applicant tracking system ATS from proposal to execution conducted needs assessment, researched system options, negotiated contract, worked with Oracle/Taleo on the implementation and successfully launched.

Confidential

Human Resources Manager

• Facilitated a smooth business unit relocation effort to Camas, Washington by collaborating with management and the corporate office updated team members on all relocation changes by coordinating informational meetings executed change management resulting in no complaints.
• Provided and retained top talent for the Solar business unit obtained by spearheading rebuilding recruitment efforts included overseeing full cycle recruiting, directing the activities of 2 recruiters, participating in the selection process, and managing the applicant tracking system and record keeping.Sourced and hired for all levels of engineering, operations, and solutions for the Camas location over a 5-month period hired 12 candidates for complex positions.
• Positions included project and product senior engineering and management, senior government relations and marketing, regional sales, technology, operations, and support and customer service.
• Optimized HR functions for the Solar business unit by leading all unit HR functions including employee relations, recruiting, training, and investigations while preparing the organization for a facility relocation to Camas Washington.
• Employed expertise and experience in supporting all departments including interpreting, clearly communicating, and enforcing corporate policies and procedures and working with all team members on the business unit relocation ensured compliance with employment law and HR practices.

Confidential

Human Resources Manager-West Coast

• Facilitated change management by developing the training and leading the meetings conducted additional training for all U.S. West Coast and Mexican locations including diversity, benefits, Kronos, and more.
• Executed all key HR functions including recruiting, safety, compensation, payroll, employee relations, benefits, and compliance.
• Aligned HR strategies with business strategies by collaborating with location leaders.
• Addressed staffing deficiencies by analyzing current and future organizational needs within specific sectors and functions.
• Led the HR department for 4 sites in California and Mexico, including overseeing 3 direct reports, managing the department budget, and overseeing talent management for the region.
• Participated in updating the company's non-union employee handbook as part of a task team.
• Trained on and enforced company policies from the ground up while cultivating HR relationships with all site leaders.
• Reduced accidents and worker's compensation costs, improve employee morale, and minimized liability by serving as project manager and local facilities sponsor for a safety program implementation within the Kyees, La Mirada facility passed internal audit upon implementation.
• Enhanced transparency, control, and consistency of Tijuana's compensation.
• Defined changes in titles, pay, and grade negotiated the pay increases, created a communication plan, and delivered the changes to the employees.
• Delivered alignment of salary and non-exempt employee compensation structure to US standards within the goal time while remaining within budget and maintaining employee morale.
• Project managed the compensation restructuring process at the Tijuana, Mexico facility established and implemented new policies and procedures.
• Facilitated standardized business practices, and improved accounting compliance and reporting efficiencies by participating in the implementation of an Oracle ERP system for the McCann's, Los Angeles and Tijuana, Mexico facilities ensured appropriate training and compliance.
• Spearheaded migration from PeopleSoft to Kronos by participating in the full life cycle from championing the system to implementation, training, and go-live without disrupting operations additionally defined and implemented new policies and procedures during this migration.
• Reduced outsourced hourly labor costs up to 40 by negotiating down the fee mark ups charged by third party agencies.
• Coordinated with internal/external legal counsel to mitigate and/or eliminate liabilities.

Confidential

Assistant Field Human Resources Manager

• Led strategic and tactical HR for multiple company locations, including consulting and advising District leadership on HR issues, policies and actions as well as state and federal laws.
• Managed employee relations, recruiting, training, employee investigations, compliance with employment law and HR practices, organizational improvement strategies, and SAP system operations.
• Ensured adherence with union regulations and avoided legal actions by overseeing union relations, grievances, termination, and the recall process in collaboration with the managers.
• Identified internal training needs, created curriculums, and delivered training by parenting with managers.
• Represented company in hearings with Labor Commission, EDD, and arbitrator.

Confidential

Human Resources Supervisor

• Coordinated and led HR programs, policies and processes for recruitment, workers compensation, payroll, benefits, HRIS, and union relations/grievances.
• Oversaw recruitment, selection, hiring, and integration of salaried and hourly employees.
• Participated in intensive audit with OFCCP Department of Labor by providing auditors with comprehensive company information and assistance. Wrote Affirmative Action plans, reports, and outcomes based on OFCCP audit.

Confidential

Human Resources Generalist

• Championed the upgrade of Kronos timekeeping software and served on the implementation team defined requirements, reengineered processes, tested functionality, and ensured quality.
• Ran and administered HR programs identified, recommended and implemented strategies to improve processes, document HR standard operating procedures, and achieve corporate HR objectives.
• Processed payroll, administered benefits programs, recruited new employees, developed and conducted employee training, organized employee events, and maintained strong employee relations.