Human Resources Manager

LAURA MARTINEZ 408-***-**** abnjh0@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I have approximately 13 years of progressive career growth in high tech environments as a dedicated

Human Resources Professional. I have established my strengths as an HR Business Partner;

Management of Staffing, Employee Relations, Health and Welfare Benefits programs, Compliance,

Policy Creation and Immigration. I am budget conscious, articulate and a technology driven self-starter

who prefers a fast paced environment. I also speak Spanish fluently.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, Inc., Sunnyvale CA 6/2005 - Present

Sr. Human Resources Manager

2.03B publicly traded Company with 35,000 customers worldwide. Maxim is a leader in the design,

development, and manufacture of analog, mixed-signal, high-frequency, and digital circuits that enable

all four of these key interactions; Serving approximately 4500 employees globally.

Human Resources:

Manage corporate Human Resources function including, employee relations, compensation,

compliance, policy interpretation, and business objectives such as Work Share, open

enrollment, review cycle, and wellness screenings. Successfully partnering with executives and

business leaders to understand their needs and deliver effective results while managing the

complete employee life cycle for headquarters and Non-US payroll operations.

Results:

Following fact finding exercises, coached and mentored managers on over 270 employee

relations issues to abate risk for the company and personal liability for employees when

applicable.

Motivated and lead a team to process more than 5K dates related to Work Share. Calculating

wages and hours to facilitate payment of benefits to employees in California whose wages and

hours were reduced. This effort increased morale and buffered the 10% reduction in wages.

Incorporated performance management and leadership challenge principles into my day to day

management and coaching style.

Compliant annual filing of Affirmative action plan, EEO-1 and VETs-100 reports according to

rules and regulations of the Secretary of Labor.

Revamped WC strategy to reduce costs nationwide; isolated the areas in need of immediate attention

and took steps toward implementing the changes needed to enhance the WC management process,

reduced WC losses, complied with OSHA guidelines, and improved the general safety and well-being

of our work force.

Managed audit project of all HR areas at Corporate, the gap analysis was used to strategically lead

efforts in preparation for favorable governmental determinations; this was major risk mitigating

effort.

100% of severance and releases were collected as a result of effectively managing RIFs and

Cal-WARN regulation. Compliant adverse impact analysis, age appendices and guidance to

management with respect to criteria resulted in selection of a risk adverse population.

Key player in the integration plan for US and Non-US following merger and acquisitions

Contributed to creation of HRIS training materials used by HR professionals in Philippines and

Thailand facilitating data integrity and accountability for HR data.

Transitioned Non-US payroll from local provider to a third party vendor, decreasing

opportunity for compromising contracts and increasing compliance in 20 Asian and European

countries.

Traveled to China and selected local HR Manager.

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Manage staff of 14, multi-level HR professionals.

NANOMETRICS, INC, Milpitas, CA 8/2003 – 6/2005

33M publicly traded Company, with 500 Employees globally designs, manufactures, markets, sells, and

supports process control metrology systems. Manufactures and markets automated thin film thickness, critical

dimension, defect inspection, and overlay measurement systems, as well as systems that are used to measure the

critical dimensions and overlay registration accuracy of successive layers of semiconductor patterns on wafers

in the photolithography process.

Sr. Human Resources Manager

Human Resources:

HR Business Partner to all employee levels to deliver benefit administration, employee relations,

recruiting, policy interpretation and practical application. Responsible for complete employment cycle

from hire to termination or all domestic headcount. Managed non-immigrant visa activity.

Results:

Negotiated with group health and welfare carriers to gain ~60K credit, as a result of audits and

correcting historical billing errors; Saved the company over 8K in contesting unemployment insurance

claims.

Researched and authored domestic employee handbook

Designed and launched HR intranet page empowering internal customers to be resourceful

Created comprehensive and reliable source of HR data from which to audit, forecast, and query

Achieved company compliance with respect to employment authorization (I-9 audit); benefit deductions

new hire process, OSHA, and EEOC, Non-discrimination testing for FSA plan

Created signature matrix, eliminating questionable approvals for HR related transactions

Established event committee with mission statement

Established critical policy council to align policy release with company direction

Negotiated account with Monster for effective recruitment and closed 25 employee requisitions

Effectively managing 1 direct report

Created a careers page on company website for internal and external candidates to apply

NOVELLUS SYSTEMS, INC., San Jose, CA 6/1998 – 6/2003

$1B publicly traded, S&P 500 Company, with 3200 employees globally, which manufactures markets and

services advanced deposition, surface preparation and chemical mechanical planarization equipment for today's

advanced integrated circuits. Equipment enables high-volume production of advanced, leading-edge

semiconductor devices at the lowest possible cost.

Benefits Manager / HR Business Partner, Human Resources (2002 – 6/2003)

Health and Welfare Benefits (Domestic):

Managed domestic Health Benefits plans, for 4 carriers & provided continuous communication to

employees.

Plan administrator for Flexible Spending Accounts, EAP Benefits

Investigated and solved reoccurring benefit issues and problems for population

Maintained all current and appropriate benefit forms, and update changes to HR staff

Negotiated annual rate increases to all domestic Health Benefits with carriers and brokers

Conducted annual Open Enrollment procedures and provide training for HR staff on new enrollment

procedures

Processed all 5500 reporting annually

401k Plan:

Plan administrator 401k and Matching Plan

Processed all 401k distributions and loans

Constant interface between Cbizsolutions and Company

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Train employees on enrollment changes and resources available on website

Investigated and solved recurring 401k issues and problems for internal and external customers

Human Resources:

HR Business Partner for Engineering and Product Development (300+ employees) to provide employee

relations, recruiting, policy interpretation and practical application. Also responsible for driving annual

strategic business exercises such as performance evaluations, ranking, and management by objective

participation

Other Duties:

Successfully managed 1 direct report

Plan administrator for Company, Short Term Disability / Voluntary Disability Insurance; Executive

Deferred Compensation Plan; Life Insurance; Supplemental Life Insurance; Accidental Death and

Dismemberment; Business Travel Accident Insurance Plans; Communicator of Employee Stock

Purchase Plan (ESPP); Manage HIPAA Compliance Officer; Manage Benefit Appeals Function.

Leader in transitioning of the Benefit Function and employee communications during the SpeedFam-

IPEC Acquisition; Assisted in SAP / HR implementation.

HRIS / Administration Manager & HR Business Partner, (2001-2002)

Immigration & Administration:

Acted as Director of Corporate Staffing for 5+ weeks

Strategic management of Immigration Policy and Procedure

Continued to experience 100% approval rate on 200+ Non-Immigrant and Immigrant Visa cases

Negotiated and closed on revised group move contract

Managed domestic and international relocation program

HRIS:

Designed, tested, implemented globally used electronic version of the Employee Change Request Form

(Eform ECR) which resulted in a 75% reduction in the approval cycle

Authored Request for Proposal (RFP) and evaluated responses to replace HRVantage 8.5

Lead departmental needs assessment and evaluation team meetings

Lead department wide HRIS cross training initiative

Responsible for monthly and weekly headcount reporting

Continually managed auditing function of HR database

Successfully managed 5 direct reports

Human Resources:

HR Business Partner to General and Administrative group (130+ employees) to provide employee

relations, recruiting, policy interpretation and practical application. Also responsible for driving annual

strategic business exercises such as performance evaluations, ranking, and management by objective

participation.

Staffing Manager (2000 – 2001)

Staffing and Relocation:

Identified as member of the Hi-Impact group (10% of workforce)

Managed effective recruitment strategies which lead to a 35% increase in the engineering workforce

Authored Applicant Tracking RFP and successfully proposed selected vendor to executive staff

Configured, tested, implemented ISearch and Brassring

Managed 2 direct reports

Authored RFP for group move initiative and negotiated contract terms with selected moving vendor

Evaluated respondents to RFP and successfully proposed selected vendor to executive staff

Designed a relocation resource room for group move and managed relocation phases and vendor

interactions with employees

HR Representative III / Staffing Specialist (1999 – 2000)

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Staffing and Immigration:

Authored and constantly interpreted a company wide Hiring Practices Policy

Creatively improved referral policy by designing advertising campaign and gathering competitive data

on bonus’ for participants

Trained HR professionals and management on sourcing candidates

Worked in partnership with recruitment teams to provide consistent policy interpretation and practical

application

Managed 90+ Immigrant and Non-immigrant cases

Strategically balanced company compliance with immigration business objectives

Coached management, recruiters, as well as foreign nationals on conformity needs related to

immigration

HR Representative II / Staffing Specialist (1998 – 1999)

Immigration, Relocation and Corporate Housing:

Authored and implemented company-wide Immigration Policy Guideline for Non-immigrant and

Immigrant Sponsorship

Coordinated Business Classification Visa activities to facilitate entry and work authorization needs

Advised recruiters, managers, employees on immigration issues with regard to the recruitment

selection, transfer, and retention of foreign nationals

Originated supporting documentation to petition for 65 Non-Immigrant and Immigrant Visa cases

Trained HR professionals on I-9 Compliance.

Partnered with immigration and employment legal counsel, staffing, payroll, as well as export manager

to ensure compliance with immigration law

Coordinate 1200+ domestic and international employee relocations annually

Liaison between employees and vendors to ensure employee satisfaction was met

Coordinated a nationwide corporate housing program and reported utilization trends

Liaison between employees and vendors to ensure employee satisfaction was met

Contributor in bidding process and selection of vendors

ERICSSON, RFP POWER COMPONENTS, Morgan Hill, CA 1997 – 1998

Human Resources Intern / Team Liaison

Established company sponsored English as a Second Language (ESL) program and diversity training

Created and monitored recognition program for 150 employees

Key contributor in recruitment efforts, coordinated 5 job fairs, screened resumes, conducted reference

checks and processed new hires

Facilitated I-9 compliance, employee qualification, and compensation audits

Appraised and enhanced the new hire orientation process

EDUCATION

Masters of Public Administration, Concentration: Personnel San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

B.A. in Psychology, Concentration: Industrial/Organizational San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Notary Public Commission

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Northern California Human Resources Association Society for Human Resource Management

National Notary Association Western Immigration Network Group

National Honor Society Psychology

REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

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