Human Resources Manager
Resume:
Richard Levenberg
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
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Areas of Expertise: Experience includes Recruiting, Hiring, On Boarding,
Benefit claims and claims resolution, Employee & Labor Relations, and Union
Contract Administration. Additional experience includes Corporate Policy
Creation, Employee Review and Evaluation, Grant Preparation, and working
with international employees requiring H1B sponsorship.
Information Technology Expertise:
Knowledge and experience developing functional database systems for several
key departments for a $30 Million plastics manufacturer in central New
Jersey. Database solutions included programs in the following departments:
Human Resources, Purchasing, Payroll and Attendance, Manufacturing
Scheduling and Product Pricing.
Converted all Human Resources, Recruiting, Benefits and Attendance records
to Database Systems for a $50 Million Computer Consulting company in
central New Jersey.
Career Objective:
To obtain a position as a Pre-Vocational Case Manager, where I can utilize
my experience providing Case Manager and Pre-Vocational counseling and job
coaching in a therapeutic mental health environment. Additionally seeking
to utilize my thirty years of Human Resources experience to provide
supported training, pre-vocational skills building and world of work skills
training in order to assist the clients success in the vocational part of
their treatment. .
Experience:
Customer Services Rep. - Food Demonstrator
March 2013 to Present
BJ's Wholesale Club through- Crossmark,
North Brunswick, NJ
March 2013 to Present
Pre-Vocational Specialist Case Manager
April 2013 to Present
Community Care Behavioral Health, Piscataway, New Jersey
Manage a caseload of 10-12 clients, facilitating small educational groups
along with problem solving and skills building groups, and larger
socialization and recreational related groups and activities.
Supervise Pre-Vocation Work Units, ensuring clients receive individualized
attention in completing certain tasks as well as provide constructive
feedback in 1:1 supportive counseling. Serve as a pre-vocational
consultant to other case managers and the treatment team. Facilitate
specialized pre-vocational workshops, while facilitating linkages with
community agencies and act as an advocate for clients by helping to
identify and resolve problematic issues.
Account Executive
August 2012 to December 2012
Lorelei Staffing, East Brunswick, New Jersey
Ran a Full Life Cycle Recruiting desk for a
staffing agency in Central New Jersey. My responsibilities
included recruiting exempt and non-exempt
professionals focused on Engineering, Pharma. and IT.
Responsibilities also include job development and
job prospecting for new business.
May 1998 to June 2012: Senior HR and Operations Supervisor
TransNet Corporation, Somerville, New Jersey
. Helped run a Professional Human Resources Department for a
company of 350 employees.
. Secured Training Grants through the NJ Dept. of Labor for
training Systems Engineers and other IT Professionals
. Established new benefits programs for all personnel driving
significant cost savings for company and employees.
. Managed and Provided hands on administrative support pertaining
to all employee benefits programs.
. Established a yearly employee review program, introduced
employee development matrix improving employee retention and
employee loyalty.
. Established company Section 125 plan permitting employees to
claim tax deferred status toward employee benefits
contributions.
. Provided in depth consultative human resources support to
client companies such as Colgate Palmolive, L'Oreal, ExxonMobil,
Schering Plough, American Home Products, Infineum and others
regarding hourly consultants placed on site.
. Stream lined Onboarding process of all new employees reducing
orientation time and increasing employee efficiency.
. Developed two Employee Safety Programs reducing the number and
severity of work place injuries.
. Provided all EEOC information to federal and state governments
when required.
. Established and managed all employee database information
permitting ease of departmental operations.
. Provided hands on full life cycle recruiting for both internal
and external client openings.
1988 to 1998: Human Resources Manager
Silvatrim Corporation, South Plainfield, NJ. 07080
Responsible for all recruiting and hiring, employee benefits programs
including the administration of two 401(k) plans, wage &
Salary Administration, as well as the development of corporate personnel
policies, labor relations, COBRA administration, managing the OSHA
Hazard Communications Standard, and the development of all Employee
Training programs. Other responsibilities included all labor relations
activities including, the hiring of union Personnel, the administration of
all union benefits programs, and the negotiation of three union contracts,
and subsequent strike Management
Education:
M.S. Rutgers University--Industrial Relations
24 credits and Human Resources
B.A. University of Vermont--Psychology
Summary
. Responsibilities included all labor relations activities
including, the hiring of union Personnel, the administration of
all union benefits programs, and the negotiation of three union
contracts, and subsequent strike management. (UAW)
. Provided all Recruiting and Placement activities for an
independent computer consulting company devoted to the placement
of outsourced IT and other industry professionals.
. Twice wrote and secured large Training Grants from the NJ
Department of Labor, Department of Customized Training.
. Worked with several pharmaceutical firms while providing IT
support personnel at all levels. Developed working
relationships with Schering Plough, Merck, Johnson & Johnson and
other Pharma IT Groups providing them with IT support personnel
including Help Desk, Desktop Support, Network Engineers, Systems
Engineers and the like. Grew consulting staff at Schering
Plough from 15 to 125 over 7 years.
. Developed a Professional Benefits department in order to provide
accurate and timely Benefits Administration to a large field
force of employees stationed at corporate locations in the New
York/New Jersey area. Support provided extended to health and
dental enrollment and claims, 401(K) enrollment and changes,
Life & ADD enrollment, participation in flexible spending
programs and the like. Upon the expiration of health and dental
contracts acted as the lead developer for new insurance
programs, negotiated with carriers through selected broker.
Responsible for group presentations to work force during open
enrollments and plan conversions.
. Involved in compliance related activities pertaining to HIPAA,
COBRA, ERISA, ADA, Fair Labor Standards Act, FMLA and Corporate
Sexual Harassment policy. Developed Job Descriptions to ensure
statutory compliance. Oversaw yearly 5500 generation with
Finance Department and Brokers.
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