SPARTAN LIGHT METAL PRODUCTS, Inc. St. Louis, MO Internal Consultant 2007 - March 2010 Provided HR consulting and facilitation support to the organization in the areas of leadership and work-team effectiveness, supervisory training, career dev elopment, and proactive employee relations as a regular part-time employee.
Vice President, Human Resources
1996 - 2007 A privately held $175.0 MM manufacturing company specializing in Aluminu m and Magnesium die castings and assemblies for both domestic and transplant automotive and commercial customers with multi ple manufacturing locations and nearly 1000 employees. * Recruited to establish a professional Human Resources function with primary em phasis on organizational interventions aimed at cultural change. Typical result s included:
- implementation of numerous HR policies, procedures and supporting systems
- recruitment of numerous engineering and executive level professi
onals - implementation of performance management processes, related compensati on systems, organizational restructuring and career and succession planning. * Countered aggressive union organizing activity maintaining union-free status. MATTEL / FISHER-PRICE, Inc. Director, Human Resources 1992 - 1996 Operations Division, Murray, KY * Directed site Human Resources activities in a pre and post-merger environment in a union-free facility with over 1500 employees. * Implemented sweeping changes in work practices including consolidation of 37 h ourly job classifications into 7. * Directed recruiting and staffing activities for 40 newly established salaried positions following the Mattel take-over and subsequent decentralization of the Fisher-Price corporate office.
* Implemented W/C loss control programs achieving a 2-year reduction in recordab
le injuries of 50% (74 vs. 155) and a $350.0k reduction in workers' compensati on costs. Home: 636-207-7216 Cell: 314-898-7215 SUMMARY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Senior Human Resources professional with a proven record of accomplishments in 8 diverse manufacturing environments with 3 Fortune 500 corporations and a privat ely held, small-cap company. Varied business background including a Japanese jo int venture assignment and broad geographic exposure. Proven effectiveness in b oth union-free and union organizations of various sizes, cultures and organizati onal structures. Demonstrated track record of remaining union-free and as a cha nge agent with strong leadership skills and the ability to make things happen an d get good results.
* Directed a turnaround of the Human Resources function in a U.S. \ Japanese joi
nt venture, state-of-the-art automotive glass fabrication facility with over 5 00 employees. * Installed a peer review process, computerized opinion surveying system and Tea m Leader assessment process that successfully countered aggressive UAW organizin g activity. MONSANTO CORPORATION Superintendent Personnel, Safety and Services Agricultural Products Division, Fa yetteville, NC 1969 - 1989 1980 - 1989
* Directed transfer of ownership activities relating to the separation, transfer
and reassignment of 500 salaried and hourly employees following the shut-down a nd partial sale of the facility. * Developed and executed a work redesign pilot project paving the way for a plan t-wide conversion to high involvement work teams. Supervisor Compensation, Benefits and Human Capital Planning Textile Products Di vision, Pensacola, FL 1978 - 1980 * Consolidated two sections of the HR function into a single group of 17 profess ionals and clerical staff achieving headcount reductions and increased operation al effectiveness. * Directed all activities in the areas of compensation, benefits administration, staffing, professional / technical recruiting and management development at the Corporation's largest manufacturing facility with some 4500 employees. Personnel Superintendent Industrial Chemicals Division, Long Beach, CA 1975 - 1978
* Stopped union organizing activity through personal intervention and positive e
mployee relations initiatives in a process chemical facility plagued with repeat ed union elections (12 in previous 26 years) and situated in a highly unionized industrial area. Labor Relations Supervisor Industrial Chemicals Division, Trenton, MI 1971 - 1975
* Supervised all labor relations activities including contract administration an
d interpretation while acting as management liaison to the union committee in a militant union environment achieving the lowest grievance and arbitration backlo g in 27 years. EDUCATION B.S. Business Administration, Wayne State University, Detroit MI MILITARY Commander / 05, USCGR (Ret.) Promoted from enlisted ranks serving in various command staff assignments and three reserve unit Commanding Officer billets. ASSOCIATIONS Reserve Officers Association Navy league 1989 - 1992 PAUL H. WALLE
LIBBEY-OWENS-FORD COMPANY Human Resources Manager Automotive Glass Division, Versailes, KY
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