Regional Human Resources Manager

THOMAS A. TUCKER, PHR-CM

**** ****** **** ***** *******, Georgia 30101 404-***-**** *******@*********.***

HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

Experienced HR professional with 20 plus years of human resources leadership across multiple industries. Proven strategic partner and problem solver who excels at designing new processes and procedures to boost regulatory compliance, increase staff retention and productivity, and support ongoing organizational growth and progress. Highly analytical, with the demonstrated ability to control costs and resolve complex business problems.

Core Expertise

Organizational Development Succession Planning Performance Management Staff Relations

Recruitment & Retention Onboarding Employee Development Policy & Procedure Development

Compensation & Benefits Project Management Market Analysis State & Federal Compliance

Regulatory Affairs Talent Management ADP Vantage HRIS Multi-Site Management Workday HRIS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AutoPlus/Pep Boys. Kennesaw, Georgia 2015-Current

Human Resources Director-Supply Chain and Logistics Network

Sr. HR Director partnering with business leaders of twenty five business units in supply chain

Facilitate consistent implementation of company policies, procedures and compliance.

Partner with leadership to provide personal coaching, employee engagement, SCORE onboarding process, training and succession planning.

Core administration with Pep Boys $2.4 billion 18,000+ employee base into network

Manage risk through continual audits of current human resource processes, unemployment hearing representation, and implementation ADP WorkForce Now HRIS and ADP Vantage HRIS

Developed talent acquisition process to address reduction in attrition rates from 70%-35%.

Investigate and resolve complex employee relations issues.

SME for staffing models and reductions in force during consolidation and integration process.

Zep Inc. Atlanta, Georgia 2012- 2015

Senior HR Business Partner

Sr, HRBP partnering with business leaders of nine business units in the US and Canada including sales, research and development, customer service and compliance.

Facilitated consistent implementation of company policies and procedures.

Led several Lean Kaizen projects for continuous improvement.

Partnered with leadership to provide personal coaching, teambuilding and succession planning.

Recruited and sources for rapid growth sales team.

Manage risk through continual audits of current human resource processes, unemployment hearing representation, and implementation new Workday HRIS process.

Partnered with leadership to develop career pathing and talent review with company customer service department.

UNITED STATES INVESTIGATIVE SERVICES (USIS), Atlanta, Georgia 2006-2012

National Human Resources Director

Managed a national team of 7 HR regional generalists supporting and partnering with more than 3,000 exempt and nonexempt staff. Partnered closely with business unit leaders. Coordinated talent management, succession planning, and performance appraisals. Monitored and resolved day-to-day employee relations issues, legal matters, and retention modeling. Co-managed the $680M Investigative Services Division salary budget.

Developed field HR organization to transform from a tactical team to a strategic business partner.

Partnered with business leaders to establish an organizational development and succession plan ( $4.5M annual savings).

Reduced voluntary turnover from 22% to 12% through job redesign, compensation analysis and adjustment and development of career pathing and position banding.

RMDS / NAPA / GENUINE PARTS COMPANY, Atlanta, Georgia 2005-2006

Human Resources Director

Managed Human Resources for 300 plus employees in 2 locations with 4 direct reports.

Managed recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, and payroll. Interfaced with the Department of Transportation (DOT) on any regulatory or compliance issues for freight transport.

Communicated and administered corporate benefits and DOT compliance changes.

Facilitated quarterly meetings to OTR Drivers regarding benefits, compliance and DOT regulatory updates.

Administered the ISO 9001 program.

Reduced voluntary turnover attrition from 18% to 2% in 1 year through a newly designed career pathing pilot program (deployed throughout organization). .

Reduced workers compensation claims from $3M to $750,000 in 1 year through development and implementation of Back-to-Work program.

MADRAS PACKAGING, Atlanta, Georgia 2002-2005

Human Resources Director

Supervised 2 staff and oversaw all employee relations, performance reviews, time and attendance, and compliance issues for 250 employees.

Directed payroll and benefits administration.

Established a strong line of communication with the plant manager to proactively resolve employee issues across all shifts and teams throughout the organization.

Saved $100,000/year in costly OSHA fines by developing and launching a modified comprehensive safety program

Reduced turnover from more than 50% to less than 15% per year.

Generated a 15% savings in compensation in 12 months with improved plant-wide budgeting.

Completely eliminated OSHA and state and federal unemployment and benefits administration compliance issues through internal audits and process improvement.

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FORMAL EDUCATION

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Human Resources Management (in progress)

Bachelor of Arts

Human Resources Management

Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia

Emory University School of Law

Atlanta, GA (JD in process)

SELECTED ADDITIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

PHR, Society for Human Resource Management

Certified Manager, IMC & AMA

Professional Human Resource Management

ADP Workforce Now And Vantage

OSHA Certification

Workday/PeopleSoft/ADP Vantage HRIS

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