Louis R. Barbato

***** ******* *** ****** 520-***-****

Vail, AZ 85641 abhfsr@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

Results-driven Human Resources Professional with proven business acumen and

the

ability to lead and develop strong relationships with all levels of

management and staff.

Possess excellent analytical and communication skills, leadership

competencies, and the experience

to analyze, diagnose and recommend solutions and alternatives to business

issues.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Northern Cochise Community Hospital, - Willcox, AZ

August 2008 - August 2009

And Long Term Care Facility,

Sulphur Springs Medical Center

And Sunsites Medical Clinic

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"Not for Profit" hospital serving Cochise County and Southeastern Arizona.

Director, Human Resources

Reporting to the CEO

Summary:

Maintains and enhances the organization's human resources by planning,

implementing, and evaluating employee relations and human resources

policies, programs, and practices. Acts as a strategic resource to the CEO

and all department managers. Responsible for Recruiting and Staffing, the

company Benefits Program, Employee Relations, Compensation, Employee

Training and Development, Dispute Resolution, and HR Budget.

Supervise the Manager of Compensation and Benefits and HR Assistant.

Further responsibilities include the management of the IT, Nutritional

Services and the Environmental Services Departments.

Accomplishments:

. Developed, formalized and implemented hospital policies and

procedures.

. Developed and implemented behavioral based annual performance review

process and policy.

. Developed and implemented Competency Based Behavioral Interview

Process currently used for all levels of staffing.

. Eliminated all RN "travelers" resulting in a net savings of $200,000.

. Utilize my knowledge and Human Resource experience to coach and

provide counsel to management on Employee Relations issues and the

interpretation of workplace policies, procedures, and employee

practices.

. Responsible for Employee Relations activities and documentation

including counseling, disciplinary actions, conflict /dispute

resolution and terminations. Liaise with legal counsel as necessary.

. Implemented a structured recruiting and staffing process including the

appropriate level of pre-employment post-offer due diligence complying

with all federal, state and local regulations.

. Created an on campus-recruiting program with local colleges.

. Implemented PTO program.

. Realized annual savings in excess of $54,000 annually by properly

converting Hospital Managers from an hourly non-exempt classification

to an exempt classification as allowed under the FLSA

. Retained CBIZ as NCCH's benefit broker which led to reduced costs of

workers compensation policy by $30,000 and medical reinsurance and

administrative costs by approximately $83,000.

. Based on competitive market information, made necessary changes to the

pharmacy benefit component of the medical plan for an estimated annual

savings of $12,000 by increasing employee co-pays for retail and mail

order prescriptions and adding prior MD authorization requirements.

Eurofresh Inc. - Willcox, AZ December 2006 - January

2008

Privately held marketer and producer of hydroponic greenhouse grown

tomatoes and cucumbers. Total employee population 1,500.

Senior Manager, Human Resources

Reporting to the Vice President, HR

Overall responsibility for Corporate Recruiting and Staffing, have

oversight for the HR Generalist managing the company Benefits Program,

Employee Relations, EEO/AAP Compliance, Employee Training and

Development, and Company Immigration Program. Prior to company downsizing

supervised four HR Generalists (1 in Snowflake, AZ) and four Site

Administrators.

. Coach and provide counsel to management in regard to Leadership

Development, Employee Relations, and the interpretation of workplace

policies, procedures and employee practices.

. Developed 2007/8 Strategic Staffing Strategy for both salaried and

hourly employees

. Developed HR Infrastructure insuring legal compliance to all Local,

State and Federal Regulations.

. Authored the Eurofresh Employee Relationship Policy, Part-Time

Employment Policy, Pre-Employment Post-Offer Due Diligence Process

Guidelines and the Eurofresh Internal Job Posting Program.

. Trained/Introduced Eurofresh Managers to the Competency Based

Behavioral Interview Process.

. Formalized the Recruiting and Staffing Process including the

development of a formal Position Authorization Process, Job

Description and Position Authorization Forms, Open Position Database

Tracking System, Applicant Flow Database for EEO/AAP Compliance.

. Created "New Hire Welcome Book", presented to new hires post offer

acceptance. This book contains all new hire forms for execution

including but not limited to: offer letter, company handbook

containing all policies and procedures, confidentiality and IP

agreement, FCRA Document, tax forms, benefit enrollment information,

direct deposit information etc.

. Mandated I-9 training for all HR staff in regard appropriate

execution, authorization and storage of documents.

. Implemented pre-employment post offer due diligence including drug

testing, SSA verifications, (both pre/post start date), criminal

background checks, and academic check and salary verification for

salaried employees.

Chemtura Corporation - Middlebury, CT July 1998-October 2006

Merged entity of Witco Corporation, Crompton Corporation and Great Lakes

Chemicals, with a corporate employee population of 700 Employees.

Global marketer and producer of Specialty Chemicals and Polymer Products

with annual sales of $4 billion dollars.

Corporate Manager, Employee Relations and Staffing

2001 - 2006

Reporting to the Global Vice President, HR

. Built solid relationships and developed strategic alliances between

Human Resources, Sales and Marketing, Manufacturing Business Units and

all Corporate Functions. Act as a strategic resource for Business

Leaders in the areas of Employee Relations, Recruiting and Staffing,

Talent Acquisition.

. Responsible for driving the Corporate Recruitment Strategy and

Staffing Process. Additionally, had responsibility for the supervision

of four Contract Recruiters, two HR Specialists, one HR Administrator,

the Corporate Wellness Director, Personal Trainer, Company Physician,

RN, and Medical Administrator.

. Responsible for Employee Relations activities and documentation

including counseling, disciplinary actions, conflict resolution, EEO,

AAP and terminations. Liaise with legal counsel as necessary.

. Utilized my knowledge and Human Resource experience to coach and

provide counsel to management on Employee Relations issues and the

interpretation of workplace policies, procedures and employee

practices.

. Appointed HR Merger Integration Day 1 Team Lead responsible for

normalizing all HR policies and Procedures for merged entity. Day 1

for merged entity was July 1, 2005.

. Global responsibility for tracking all open positions created by the

merger. Had responsibility for overseeing 165 Corporate based

professional level positions created by the merger. Recruiting Team

averaged filling 1 position every 1.4 days.

. Proposed and partnered with Corporate Legal Department to develop a

boilerplate agreement to be used by all domestic locations for the

placement of Assigned Employees and Contractors. Agreement was

implemented through the Corporate Procurement Department.

. Established cross-functional team charged with developing and

implementing a Part-Time Employment Policy. Implemented June 2004.

During the company reorganization in 2004:

Responsible for all downsizing communications between Corporate HR and

North American field locations.

Recommended to and gained approval from Senior Management to implement

an "in-house" career center to insure downsized employees were

transitioned appropriately.

Negotiated reduced fees for career center and "per-employee" fee for

outplacement with outside vendor. Cost Savings were over $200,000.

Recommended, presented, and gained approval from Senior Management to

provide a Resilience Training Program (enhance morale, manage and work

through change and ambiguity) to all employees remaining with the

corporation post downsizing. Training was presented globally, on time

and within budget.

Recruiting/Employee Relations Manager - Greenwich, CT 1998 - 2001

. Recruitment responsibility for all levels of position including upper and

middle management in all disciplines located at Worldwide Headquarters

and Domestic Plant locations.

. Addressed Employee Relations' issues within Business Units, Corporate

Treasury, Credit, Tax, Environmental Health & Safety, Facilities,

Corporate Engineering, Purchasing and Logistics Groups.

. Designed and implemented "Competency-Based Behavioral Panel Interview

Process", accepted as Best Practice. This process is currently used at

all Corporate and Plant locations domestically.

. Authored Competency-Based Behavioral Team Interview Training((Manual and

traveled to all domestic locations to educate and train local HR Managers

and hiring teams

in Competency-Based Behavioral interview techniques.

Consultant - Witco Corporation - Greenwich, CT 1997 - 1998

( Researched Recruiting and Staffing process and conceptualized,

designed and implemented process enhancements significantly reducing the

time frame of the hiring process without jeopardizing candidate quality.

( Developed "Hiring Agreement" and "Quality Survey" Documents. The

Hiring Agreement Document was used pre-search by the HR Recruiter and the

Hiring Manager to confirm all aspects of the requirements of the position

as well as to identify the hiring/interview team, salary, relocation

benefits, bonus appropriate recruiting methods (internet, Search firm

etc). The Quality Survey document was used post search completion by the

Hiring Manager, to evaluate the HR Resources assigned to the search,

candidate suitability to the position requirements and the timeliness of

the search. The HR Recruiter evaluated the effectiveness of the team,

timeliness in response to resumes received. Both programs ensured the

partnering of Human Resources with all Hiring Managers to ensure

effective recruiting strategy, the quality of all candidates and the

timeliness of the hire.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

LRB Associates, Inc. - Milltown, NJ

Executive Search/Human Resources Consulting

President/Owner

. In depth knowledge and experience in the recruitment of professional

level candidates in the fields of Accounting/Finance, Engineering,

Information Technology, Operations, Research and Development, and

Sales/Marketing. Clients included, but not limited to: ITT, ITT

Avionics, Raytheon, Frequency Engineering, Sarnoff Research Center, Airco

B.O.C., American Standard, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Brown Boveri, Novartis,

Datascope Corporation, Fedders, Foster Wheeler, ISP, John Brown, Johnson

& Johnson, Merck & Company, Mobil Oil & Chemical, Pantasote Corporation,

Pfizer Chemicals, Praxair, Schering Plough, Smith Klein Beecham, Stanley

Tools (Taylor Rental), Sunoco, and Witco.

. Directed eight account executives on a daily basis. Responsible for

training staff regarding "in-house" recruitment techniques to ensure

successful completion of search assignments, both retained and

contingency

. Managed HR consulting practice and four consultants. Provided "in-house"

expertise for client companies in the area of Employee Relations, HR

Process Design for Recruiting, Staffing and On-Boarding of new employees.

Management Recruiters - New Brunswick, NJ

Account Executive

. Technical recruiting in Engineering and Research and Development

disciplines. Selected "Rookie of the Year" by corporate headquarters.

Award was based on most revenue generated by a first-year recruiter.

Otis Elevator Corporation - Harrison, NJ

Designer

. Designed/specified elevator components consisting of car frame,

counterweight and hoist way and door operators.

Education

Currently studying for SPHR

Newark College of Engineering

Newark, NJ.

Courses in Mechanical Engineering sponsored by Otis Elevator Corporation

LaSalle Extension University

Dearborn, Illinois

Courses in mechanical design (while on active duty)

U.S. Navy, Naval Security Group Activity

1969-1973

Awarded Top Secret Crypto Clearance

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