Kay McLaughlin, MBA, SPHR
Cincinnati, ohio
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Summary of qualifications
Human Resources Experience
**/**** - ******* ********** ******, Oh
HR Consultant/Manager
HR consultant for a health managed care organization for a staff of over
500 salaried and hourly staff in the areas of IT, Finance, Pharmacy,
Regulatory, and Nursing functions.
> Responsible for high volume recruiting through the entire recruitment
process via advertising, job fairs, interviewing, background checks,
testing and extending offers. I have recruited over 100 professionals
a year.
> Provide leadership coaching and advisement to the CFO, CIO and his
direct reports, Vice President Pharmacy, Chief Medical Officer and his
direct reports.
> Effectively manage HR issues such as; ensuring compliance with
corporate policies, developing corporate policies; compliance with
labor laws; employee relations; providing direction to management on
counseling employees regarding performance issues; communicating and
providing direction to benefits administrator, payroll specialist,
administrative assistant, HRIS specialist.
> Development and delivering training in behavior based interviewing,
diversity, and effective management. I negotiate contracts for HR
related vendors.
Some Major accomplishments
> Developed Corporate Recruiting strategy and branding image with
Communications department including creative messaging via video,
radio Advertisements, and commercials)
> Development of corporate Diversity strategy, training and metrics
> Development of intern strategy, guidelines and process, developed
relationship with local Universities
> Lead the development of the redesign of new hire orientation
o in order to reduce turnover, and increase
productivity in a timely manner and to comply with regulatory
functions
> Effectively manage employee relations for 100% labor law compliance
> Developed process for maintaining employee records for consistency in
content
> Developed career path strategy and implemented throughout company
01/2005 - 02/2006 Mazer Corporation Dayton, Oh
HR Generalist/Supervisor
Education Fulfillment company that provided text book editing and
educational materials for company with 500 salaried and hourly employees.
The areas of Human Resources support included recruitment, EEOC compliance,
worker's compensation, employee relations, job evaluations, development of
job descriptions, training, and special projects for multiple locations.
Developed and implemented of corporate policies and procedures. Managed
merit budget. I negotiated contracts for staffing agencies and other HR
related vendors.
06/1997 - 06/2000 GE Aircraft Engine Cincinnati, Oh
HR Generalist/Supervisor
HR Generalist for engineering departments with 300 employees that provided
support to the Operations Managers
Responsibilities included:
> Employee relations for professional engineers and hourly union
employees; recruitment of engineering staff and developed co-op
program for the department.
> Assisted Director of Union relations during contract negotiations.
> Improve workplace by coaching managers on work conflicts.
> Lead projects for quality improvement such as: electronic 360
performance management process (became a benchmark), employee
orientation for hourly and exempt employees, hourly supervisor manual
and training, interview training.
1996 (MBA intern) Hewitt Associates Chicago, IL
Compensation Associate
1995 Akzo Nobel Chicago, IL
Compensation Associate
1993-1994 Bank of America Chicago, IL
Benefits Associate
Marketing Experience
06/2002-11/2004 SC Tri-State
Marketing Project leader
> Responsible for developing and executing marketing plans for small
businesses to assist them in increasing revenues
3/2001-4/2002 Diversey Lever (Division of Unilever) -company acquired by
Johnson and Johnson
Marketing Coordinator
> Project Management of new product introduction by developing project
plans, timelines, tracking and communicating progress, budget
management
Education
University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
* MBA, Human Resources
(Professor's Assistant in Organizational Behavior)
DePaul University, Chicago, IL
* Bachelor of Science, Management & Human Resources
CERTIFICATIONS
Senior Professional in Human Resources
AWARDS
Who's Who Among Professionals
SKILLS
Intermediate to advanced computer skills in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS
Acess