Erika L. Pinheiro
** ******* ***** ( Bristol, RI 02809 ( 310-***-**** primary(
********.*********@*****.***
Human Resources Professional
Aerospace, Food & Beverage, Commercial Financing, Gaming Solutions,
Engineering Consulting Services
Accomplished HR Professional with a track record of achieving business
results and fostering employee satisfaction. Strengths include driving a
high performance culture, retention, on-boarding, employee recognition,
coaching, and problem solving skills while maintaining a high level of
confidentiality.
. Recruitment & Talent Assessment
. Change Management
. Organizational Development
. Workforce Engagement
. Succession Planning
. Continuous Improvement
. HRIS (SAP & Oracle)
. Short & Long Term Strategies
Career Track
eaton aerospace irvine, CA
ETN - $26 Billion, 100,000 employee, global diversified power management
company providing products to customers in more than 150 countries. Eaton's
Aerospace Group provides fuel and hydraulic systems, supporting every major
aerospace platform.
Human Resources
Manager
November 2011 to Present
. Manage the Eaton philosophies, work practices, and balanced scorecard for
a matrix organization while driving actions to improve functional metrics
and promote sustainability.
. Lead and facilitate performance calibration, succession planning, and
Organizational Capability Assessment process to identify and develop the
leadership capability needed to meet strategic objectives.
. Represent and guide leaders on corporate-wide policies, procedures,
standard practices, and initiatives.
. Conduct annual compensation review, AAP, and HR cycle operating review
while ensuring EEOC and OFCCP compliance.
. Support SLT with goal deployment, leadership development, performance
management, and organizational structure.
. Focus on designing and implementing strategies around employee survey,
diversity, recognition, and engagement.
Nestle USA Glendale, CA
NUSA - $63 Billion, 280,000 employee, providing over 6,000 brands to 86
countries around the world. Nestle is the largest food and beverage company
in the world, founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.
Human Resources Business
Partner
... June 2010 to November 2011
. Facilitated talent assessment, mid-year/year-end performance development
discussions and succession planning in relation to the organizations set
objectives while supporting a global IT client group of 1,500 employees.
. Provided direct support to employees and managers regarding policy and
program inquiries while acting as a liaison between various HR specialist
groups.
. Responsible for full-cycle on-boarding process including 90 day on-
boarding plan, employee/manager process feedback, goal setting and
learning curriculum.
. Supported recruiting efforts while handling all sponsorship requests
including visa renewals, green cards, H1-B, L-1 and US expatriate cases.
. Managed employee relation's issues consisting of investigations, failure
to comply with policies and procedures and managing conflict amongst
various operating companies.
. Participated in organizational change efforts, workforce planning and
project based retention programs.
Thielsch engineering, inc. cranston, ri
TEI - $80 million, 500 employee, diversified engineering services firm
specializing in field engineering services and energy efficiency
consulting. Provides clients with energy efficiency services and fulfills
all professional engineering needs.
Human Resources
Generalist
Feb 2008 to June 2010
. Directed recruitment efforts and new hire processes including but not
limited to: recruitment strategies, development of job descriptions,
posting of open positions, interviewing candidates, job offers, and
liaison between recruiting team and management.
. Drove human resource compliance; ensure standardization and consistency
of human resource practices and company policies and procedures.
. Served as the primary HR support for approximately 500+ employees in
multi-states including staffing, benefits, career development and
employee relations issues.
. Worked with Benefits Manager to coordinate annual open enrollment
presentation and materials.
. Provided support and counsel to managers for employee development and
improvement.
. Assisted with planning and executing company activities including annual
company-wide gatherings.
. Identified innovative recruiting methods which included advertising via
social networking sites such as LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
. Knowledge of Title IIV, EEOC, ADA, FMLA, ADEA, OSHA, and FLSA.
gtech corporation Providence, RI
GTK - $2.0 Billion, 6,300 employee, leading gaming technology and services
company, providing innovative technology and superior service delivery.
GTECH and Lottomatica S.p.A. is one of the world's largest commercial
lottery operators and a market leader in the Italian gaming industry.
Regulatory Compliance Specialist Sept 2007 to Feb 2008
. Independently gathered, compiled and analyzed information from multiple
sources to manage and prepare a variety of highly complex applications,
disclosures, correspondences, manuals and agendas.
. Prepared corporate and personal disclosure/license applications; required
extreme attention to detail.
. Interacted with governmental officials during the regulation and
licensing process.
. Responded to gaming regulator inquiries on pending license applications
and renewals.
. Communicated status report updates on respective projects to Compliance
Manager and Senior Executives.
. Assisted in developing procedures to ensure regulatory compliance between
state statues.
. Corresponded with GTECH subsidiaries for check requests, database updates
and disclosure fulfillments.
Textron financial corporation providence, ri
TFC - $11 Billion, 32,000 employee, diversified commercial finance company
with more than $11 billion in managed receivables. Its core business is in
Aviation Finance, Asset-Based Lending, Distribution Finance, Golf Finance,
Resort Finance and Structured Capital.
Human Resources
Intern
April 2005 to May 2006
. Provided direct support to HR Business Partners supporting activities
that included recruitment, salary and benefits administration, employee
relations, investigations, and employee events/communications.
. Involved in succession planning, performance discussions, bonus payouts,
and merit planning.
. Reviewed and processed tuition reimbursement for the company's
educational assistance program.
. Conducted basic administrative tasks including answering calls, filing,
typing memos, submitting expense reports, responding to emails and
coordinating division and site meetings.
Education
. Masters of Human Resources University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
September 2009 - Partially Complete
. Human Resources Certificate University of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
September 2009 - May 2010
. B.S. Business Management Rhode Island College, Providence, RI
September 2003 - May 2007