Thomas M. O’Connor *** W. Main Street Northborough, MA 01532 978-***-**** ac3n90@r.postjobfree.com

Human Resources Professional

Transforming Cultures,

Defining Leadership Expertise,

Total Employee Engagement

Accomplished, strategic executive offering sound academic credentials coupled with solid history of building organizational capabilities, driving change and innovation, and aligning company performance to achieve corporate objectives. Labor relations planning for multiple sites- multiple-states expertise. Passionate, proactive change agent skilled in casting vision for on-time delivery, quality improvements, and cost reduction. Participative, optimistic leader experienced in recruiting, developing, and retaining talented, energetic, high performance leadership teams. Recognized for consistently delivering results in diverse environments and challenging situations.

Areas of Expertise

Executive & Leadership Development

Trusted Advisor to EVP, CEO, CFO, Presidents, & Board of Directors

13 Years of Union Contracts Director

High Performing Talent Acquisition

Training & Development Investor

Change Management & Reengineering

Human Capital Planning

Compensation & Benefits Analyst Expert

Merger & Acquisition Restructuring

Global, National & COE Collaboration

Employee Relations & Diversity Inclusion

Lean Six Sigma Black Belt - Certification

Executive Leadership Cultural Transformation

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Multi-Division Financial Turnaround in excess of $500 million sales. EBIT in excess over $24 Million. Increase in ROI from -2% to 6% in 1 year.

Responsible for planning, directing, responding to and coordinating all labor relations activities. Analyzes and interprets the application of the collective bargaining agreement including participating and directing the employee grievance process. Advises the Chief Organizational Development Officer and executive/senior management in the developing, applying and interpreting of labor relations policies and practices.

Strategic Sales Force Training and Development led to 35% market takeover.

Workers Compensation Expense Reduction through culture creation and implementation resulting in $622,500 cost savings annually.

Created and Implemented Custom “Farm System” resulting in $575,000 reduction in recruiting fees over two years.

Created and Implemented New “Ownership Culture” resulting in increased profitability by 35% and decreased labor costs of 22%. Process Improvement Teams saved over $2 Million in reduced costs annually. Productivity Gains of 45%.

Decreased Turnover from 110% to 15% in eight months.

Implemented “In on Things Initiative”, resulting in increased employee ownership and new metric culture.

Developed and maintain all labor costing methodology and coordinate with finance to uphold financial integrity and accurate assumptions on future labor costs related to collective bargaining activity.

Garlock Printing & Converting $115M Revenue 2015-April 30, 2017

Corporate Vice President of Human Resources/ EH&S

Created, designed & implemented executive “Principles of Good Leadership” vision, resulting in multi-level management transformation for multi-site operations & COE.

Redesigned HR structure to achieve talent upgrade reducing national HR labor costs.

Created, designed & Implemented “Leadership Academy” management development program for all levels of leadership throughout national organization. Resulting in culture transformation and increased employee engagement.

Created, designed & implemented Lean Manufacturing “Six Sigma Methodology” resulting in 75% reduction in safety incidents, 60% reduction in customer complaints, & 20% increase in thru-put in 8 months.

Created, designed & implemented “Garlock University” training programs for all employees including hourly operator teams management teams, resulting in Total Employee Engagement increase by 45%.

Complete audit of HRIS, payroll, I-9 compliance, FLSA Compliance ensuring 100% compliance of all HR functions & practices.

Created, designed & implemented “Talent Acquisition Program” upgrading systems for increasing high potential candidates throughout national manufacturing centers.

Redesigned & Implemented “Garlock Core Values” throughout organization including in Performance Review Compensation process.

The Dannon Company $2.2B Revenue 2011-2015

Director of Manufacturing

Human Resources Business Partner/ EH&S

Key national HR leader through Dannon NORAM leadership team.

Implemented Six Sigma as continuous Improvement methodology

Created Talent Acquisition Team for all national senior leadership positions & technical engineers reducing recruiting expenses by 40%.

Managed multi-site HR team, cultivated unified team, values based culture and led brand recognition.

Created, designed & implemented “Human Capital Profiles” with three to five year succession planning programs for Hi-Pots. Job sharing success through national mentoring program.

Created, designed and implemented “Leadership Development Program” all levels of leadership.

Managed $40M budget reducing costs by 28% over last three years.

International HR Leader – Manufacturing Facilities in Paris France.

Promoted to Director of Manufacturing achieving record low safety, quality; increased OEE and Total Employee Engagement in all plants in 28 years history.

Tri-Wire Engineering Contract Position Moved to MA 2009-2011

Corporate Human Resources Director/EH&S

Created, designed & implemented “Human Capital Strategy” programs for all US Operations.

Orchestrated all daily HR operations supporting 1,000 employees in 16 states with 12 HR Managers while serving as partner of sales and marketing functions.

Assimilated 2 acquired firms into organization, including culture, business performance processes in various locations.

Streamlined talent management, leadership development and performance-based compensation programs across sales and marketing teams in 27 field offices throughout North America.

Traveled to all regional offices with senior leadership connecting with employees and building relationships, trust, and positive employee engagement survey results.

U.S. Foodservice, Inc. Arizona $19B Revenue 2004-2008

Vice President of Human Resources/ EH&S

Served on Executive Leadership Team and key member of Multi-Divisional Financial Turnaround in excess of $500M sales. EBIT in excess of $24M by workforce planning, culture initiatives, Lean Principles and launch of performance driven culture.

Prepare for labor negotiations, contract administration, contract language interpretation, application, and grievance procedures as well as participate in arbitrations, litigations, grievance meetings and

hearings.

Served as the chief spokesperson (first chair) in labor contract negotiations as part of the management negotiations team for Arizona market.

Ensured compliance with various State and Federal laws and/or agencies throughout a diverse region; guiding business managers/supervisors to proactively identified and navigate risks.

Successfully managed the collective bargaining process; develop contract language for successful negotiations of two-year contracts.

Provided consistent labor relations information and advice to local management and other HR professionals as required. Develop positive, constructive Union/Management relationships. Assist with Corporate Governance activities as directed.

Provided expert advice and guidance in support of business development projects (due diligence; labor/employee relations; inputs on bids; integration, etc.) including Union Awareness requirements.

Strategic Sales Force Training and Development led to 32% market takeover.

Created, designed & implemented “Farm System Team” resulting in $575,000 reduction in recruiting fees over two years.

Created, designed & implemented new “Ownership Culture” resulting in increased productivity by 45% and decreased labor costs by 22%. New Process Improvement Teams saved $2M in costs annually.

Created, designed & implemented “Management Development Program (DDI)” synchronizing all management levels into one core value culture, one P&L and one Bonus Program Matrix.

Coached and mentored executive leaders in multi-sites throughout Southwest Region.

Ranked #1 VPHR nationally, in Leadership Development Success against 78 other VPHR’s.

Designed and implemented “Sales Team Identity Project” with results of record sales over four years.

APEX Manufacturing Injection Molding $400M Revenue 1991-2004

Plant Manager

Corporate Labor Relations Director

HR Lead on entire grievance process of 2 CBA’s. Multi-state multi-site unions.

Lead arbitration procedures for both unions.

Act as primary contact for all labor relations in designated area of responsibility focusing on Collective Bargaining Agreement administration, interpretation, application, and negotiation.

Developed process templates and tools designed to assist in the collective bargaining activity. Supports a cohesive and progressive corporate labor education program that assists supported plants with the appropriate tools and training to drive the collective bargaining process.

Lead HR Managers in answering grievances, conducts arbitrations, and bargains contracts as needed.

1st chair for two (5) year union contracts.

Full P&L Ownership for Northeast region with proven accomplishments in Injury Prevention, Quality Error Reductions, Increased Thru-put, employee satisfaction, increased sales and renewed marketing strategies resulting in $50M EBIT.

Designed high performance strategies and executable solutions to support organizational design, performance management, hi performer recruiting strategies, compensation analyst, design and bonus opportunities, Leadership development and employee engagement.

Corporate compensation & benefits lead decreasing costs by 3% annually.

10 Facilities & 10 Human Resources Managers directly reporting

Created, designed & implemented Organizational Development strategies for corporate offices, sales, customer service departments and manufacturing departments saving $1.1M on project.

Implemented employee, “In On Things” strategy resulting in 70% increase in employee engagement and ownership of metrics based strategy.

Education

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY Boston Massachusetts

B.S. Law & Business

CORNELL UNIVERSITY 2008 Executive Leadership Certificate

2014 Financial Management 2015 Leadership & Strategic Management Certificate

Human Capital Institute 2006-2017 Human Capital Strategy Certificate

Human Capital Institute 2014 HR Strategy & Analytics

CORe Executive Trainer 2006-2015 Executive Certification

D.D.I Executive Trainer 2003-2017 Executive Leadership Certification

Six Sigma Black Belt 2004-Current

(TOC) Theories of Constraint 2010-Current

SPHR 2003-2017

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