Director of Human Resources Resumes in US-Pennsylvania: Kevin

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Director of Human Resources

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DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE

Vibrant, accomplished, and driven Human Resources Professional, offering qualified and verifiable years of coaching and counseling expertise in full spectrum of human resources programs and services, with well-rounded business background including employment laws and compliance issues. Responsibly dealt with extensive workforce; handled and facilitated personnel training and development programs. Consistently successful in the development of core efficiency initiatives to drive organizational change, performance improvements, and cost containment initiatives resulting in significant savings for the company. Possess excellent ability to address and implement strategic plans for talent acquisition, retention, and succession planning. Proven skills in labor and employment law including complaint investigation to prevent legal action.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Employment, Recruitment, and Retention

Budget and Benefits Administration

Staff Development and Supervision

Performance Appraisals

Salary Structure and Compensation

Employee and Labor Relations

Worker’s Compensation

Process Development and Improvement

Contract Negotiations

Employee Training and On-boarding

Policy Design and Administration

Communication Skills

CAREER OVERVIEW

- Staffing, Compensation, and Performance Management – assisted the development of compensation plans for employees; negotiated employment, and implemented internal politics and performance control mechanism

- Personnel Development – mentored teams to be effective, more productive, and efficient. Persuaded executive management to modify compensation based on performance, team building, and communication; aligned business culture with values and productivity goal to reverse sluggish performance

- Legal Compliance – wrote and enforced numerous policies and procedures to ensure compliance with corporate, union, federal, and state requirements

- Strategic Planning – worked directly with executive management on the development of operational human resource and best practices

SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Human Resources

- Established the department to supervise administration of recruitment for all levels of staffing including administration of teacher certification, benefits and salary administration, staff development, recruitment, and labor relations to include negotiations and grievance process

- Organized and assessed numerous requests for proposals (RFPs) on various benefits such as long-term disability, life insurance, and health care

Benefits

- Achieved annual savings in excess of 13% ($400,000) as a result of proposing changes in funding a health care plan

- Consulted restructuring of health care benefits that led to more than $2 million savings for the company during tenure

Salary

- Created a merit system tied to objective evaluation instrument in collaboration with the administration and board members

- Established an evaluation system, related to merit pay, for all non-union employees through development and implementation of salary administration systems for every employee, whether union or non-union

- Developed and implemented a reclassification instrument in conjunction with a pay scale system for all union positions

Recruitment / Training

- Enhanced efficiency of recruitment process and assisted in diversified selection of candidates by shifting employment of professionals from paper system to Internet-based system

- Modified hiring procedures for all types of employment, focused on increasing alternative staffing in addition to attracting and retention of skilled and efficient staff

- Led the management team in negotiating four consecutive three-year bargaining agreements with AFL-CIO unions consisting of faculty, non-teaching professionals, and clerical staff

Labor

- Initiated monthly meetings with union officials in order to build rapport and created an atmosphere of trust

- Functioned as the first step hearing officer on all labor related grievances

- Designed and instructed administrative staff on all new contractual obligations as a result of the negotiations process

RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE

WILSON SCHOOL DISTRICT, West Lawn, PA

Human Resources Department Head May 2001-Dec 2004

READING AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Reading, PA

Director of Human Resources Oct 1989-May 2001

OTHER RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

CLOSET AND STORAGE CONCEPTS, Lancaster, PA (Jan 2006-Present)

Designer Feb 2008-Present

General Manager Jan 2006-Jan 2008

BAYARD SALES CORPORATION, Middletown, PA

Purchasing Dec 2004-Sept 2005

MILITARY EXPERIENCE

Officer - United States Army, various posts throughout US and Germany 1978-1989

EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS

University of Maryland, College Park, MD

- Master of Education, Major in Educational Administration

Millersville University (formerly Millersville State College), Millersville, PA

- Bachelor of Arts, Major in Foreign Languages (German)

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

- Labor Relations Certificate in Contract Administration Studies

- Labor Relations Certificate in Collective Bargaining Studies

Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)

- Certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)

AFFILIATION

Member, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

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