Cheryl D. Sanders

***** ******** ******, ******, ** 91335

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acggvr@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Nottingham University, BA Business Administration

Royal College of Business Studies, Business Diploma

Summary of qualifications

. Familiar with all State and Federal Employment Laws

. All aspects of Staff Management and Recruitment, Facilities Management,

Training and Development

. Payroll, Benefits and Worker's Compensation Claims

Professional Experience

04/2014 - Present Thermo Fisher Scientific, Canoga Park, CA

Senior Human Resources Manager (Contract Position)

Thermo Fisher Scientific ("TDX") is the premier international life sciences

technologies corporation, with over 300 local staff number. Direct report

to Vice President.

Responsibilities Include:

. Advise, counsel and provide feedback to managers and employees on

employee relation issues.

. Guide management on employee performance matters involving employee

discipline, termination, position elimination or severance.

. Conduct and document exit interviews with terminating employees.

Understand turnover trends and causes and provide management with an

assessment and recommendations to reduce turnover.

. Leverage people oriented competencies and communication skills to create

and maintain a productive work environment. Proactively identify

opportunities for enhancing the employee experience.

. Present benefits, consequences, and process of creating job descriptions

and career paths to business leaders.

. Facilitate the creation of job descriptions and competency models.

. Benchmark job description data against internal and external jobs and

roles to internal and external data.

. Project-based relocation of employees from Midwest to California.

11/2013 - 02/2014 Benefit Vision, Woodland Hills, CA

Human Resources Manager (Fixed-term Project)

Responsibilities Included:

. Human resources and office management position while incumbent on leave.

. Review and revision of company handbook and policies to bring in line

with current legal requirements.

2001 - 11/2013 Goldrich & Kest Industries, LLC, Culver City,

CA

Human Resources Director

A multi-site property management and development company with over 700

staff members. Direct report to President and Board of Directors.

Responsibilities Included:

. Overseeing all aspects of human resources, including staffing and

recruitment, employee relations, counseling and conflict resolution,

training and development, employee evaluation, termination process

ensuring compliance with State and Federal labor laws.

. Supervision of HR, Claims, Benefits, Payroll and Office Facilities

Departments.

. Compensation and benefit administration; coordination and supervision of

training seminars.

. Review and updating of Company Handbook to ensure compliance with

current State and Federal laws.

. Preparation and filing of mandatory federal and state reports.

. Maintenance of all leaves of absence (LOA) reports for

vacation/sick/PDL/FMLA and CFRA.

. Supervision of the low-income property summer activity program.

1999 - 2001 Freeman, Freeman & Smiley LLP, Los Angeles, CA

Director of Human Resources

An AV rated law firm, reporting directly to the Executive Committee,

comprising of Senior Partners.

Responsibilities Included:

. All facets of Human Resources including interviewing and hiring of

staff, recruiting and screening of paralegals and attorneys.

. Staff counseling and disciplinary actions, acted in compliance with

State and Federal regulations.

. Hands-on daily management of facilities, liaison between firm and

building management.

. Management of firm benefits, including medical and insurance coverage,

401(k), and Section 125 plan.

. Supervised build-out and extension of facility.

. Coordinated all firm social activities.

1998 - 1999 Casden Properties LP, Beverly Hills, CA

Director of Human Resources

A multi-billion dollar, multi-state property development and management

company, interfaced with Chairman, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice

Presidents.

Responsibilities Included:

. Overseeing staff of 150 corporate employees and approximately 1,200

field employees. Direct reports Human Resources staff, MIS and Payroll

Department heads.

. Managed staff including hiring, employee relations/counseling, and

termination process ensuring company compliance with State and Federal

labor laws.

. Creation of departmental budget forecast.

. Departmental reconfiguration, staffing/budgetary, after 1998 Real Estate

Investment Trust, which created a 20% increase nationwide in property

and staff.

1997 - 1998 Inman, Steinberg, Nye & Stone, APC, Los Angeles,

California

Human Resources Administrator

An immigration law firm.

Responsibilities Included:

. Hiring, training and orientation of staff; staff performance

evaluations, increase and bonus recommendations.

. Administration of all insurance programs, including professional

liability and workers' compensation and general liability insurance.

. Evaluation of computer system, office equipment and related office

services and supplies.

. Other duties included the orchestration of the relocation from Beverly

Hills to Century City acting as liaison between all contractors and firm

partners, with direct involvement in the selection and installation of a

new telecommunications system.

1989 - 1997 Tyre Kamins Katz & Granof ALC, Los Angeles,

California

Personnel Administrator

A 20 attorney business litigation law firm specializing in individual and

corporate clients.

Responsibilities Included:

. Supervision of all secretarial, filing, clerical and office services

staff, including allocating and assigning work priorities.

. Conducting all employee recruitment, orientation, evaluation, salary

and bonus recommendations.

. Administration of benefits, disability and workers' compensation

claims.

Computer Skills

MS Office 2010 (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint), Legal Solutions,

Millennium 3 HRIS System

Other Professional Experience

Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), England

Officer responsible for training of incoming WRAF contingent. Supervised

all work schedules. Maintained personnel records on WRAF members,

numbering over 500 at any given time.

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