Pam Rice, PHR
Louisville, KY 40228
abhiqo@r.postjobfree.com
Profile: A Human Resources professional with 10 years of experience to
include e-commerce fulfillment. Specialties encompass organization,
planning and development, project management, communications, research and
analysis, employee relations and training and development.
Professional Experience:
GSI Commerce, July 2006 - March 2011
Leading provider of e-commerce and interactive marketing services
Human Resources Manager, March 2010 - March 2011
Senior Human Resources Generalist, April 2008 - March 2010
Human Resources Generalist, July 2006 - April 2008
. Responsible for benefits and leave administration, worker's compensation,
employee relations and recruiting for customer group of up to 9 managers,
13 supervisors, 300 full time hourly associates and 500 seasonal
associates
. Led the HR department during a new client launch and successfully on-
boarded over 300 seasonal associates (200% over initial forecast) which
led to an increase of the full time work force by over 100% within
approximately 6 months
. Orchestrated the recruiting, on-boarding and training of over 3,000
seasonal associates for the 2006 - 2010 peak seasons, created an employee
referral program which significantly increased referrals and increased
employee morale, assisted in the creation of the HR Peak Task List, the
HR Applicant Database, partnered with senior management in regard to
operational staffing needs, orchestrated multiple employee relations
activities and created the orientation program
. Designed and implemented the 2009 benefits open enrollment plan to
include verbal and written communications to management and supervisors
and facilitated the PowerPoint presentation to associates across all
shifts
. Coordinated a 10 month leadership development training course for all
exempt staff
. Prepared reports and information as requested by the HR Director;
maintained and distributed weekly, monthly and quarterly reports to
senior management on budget spend, headcount, recruiting trends and
turnover to include analyzing all non-exempt and exempt level
terminations
. Assumed additional HR responsibilities while the HR Director spot was
vacant to include training the HR Generalist, providing reports and
information to senior management and the corporate office as requested
and serving as the main point of contact in regard to HR related issues
Pam Rice
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Cintas Corporation, August 2000 - December 2005
Leading provider of specialized uniforms and facility services
Plant Manager, February 2005 - December 2005
Human Resources Manager, August 2000 - February 2005
. Completed a two year Management Trainee program focusing on customer
service, production supervision and human resources management
. Established a monthly plan to include projecting costs according to
guidelines and then to maintain or reduce projected costs throughout the
year; reduced the costs spent on monthly mat orders by $5000.00
. Maintained excellent relationships with sales, service, office and
production associates to include awareness of their needs and promoted
open lines of communication
. Established and maintained ergonomically sound safety rules, practices
and procedures to ensure the safety of associates; decreased the number
of OSHA recordable incidents by 45%
. Established a staffing model that reduced overtime by 85% and eliminated
the need for temporary employees producing a $2,000 per month expense
reduction
. Identified trends and developed action plans to address retention issues;
decreased uniform sales representative turnover by over 25%; decreased
3rd shift production turnover by over 15%
. Developed and implemented recruiting plans to include communication to
current associates of available job opportunities (internal tracking
system), participating in local and university sponsored career fairs,
conducted on-campus information sessions and interviews, created
advertising for newspaper ads and internet postings
. As Safety Coordinator, chaired and conducted monthly Safety and
Improvement Committee meetings with production associates and maintained
compliance with monthly and as-needed training for all associates
Education:
. B.A. in Psychology and Sociology; Bellarmine College
. PHR received in June 2008