Marwan Tantash
614-***-**** Westerville, Ohio ********@*****.***
HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Innovative and highly self-motivated professional with a global perspective and thirteen years’ experience leading human resources and finance departments in manufacturing environments. Demonstrated effectiveness designing, developing and executing initiatives which positively impact organizational culture, efficiencies and bottom-line results. Comprehensive understanding of the financial aspects of business. Able to translate complex data into information useful to senior leadership in its decision-making and communication strategies. Proven record of effectively aligning HR initiatives to support strategic financial and operational goals.
Performance/Competency Management Staff Development & Retention
Change Management Business Process Improvement
Diversity Management Budgeting & Forecasting
Compensation Administration Lean Leadership / 5S
Leadership Training Strategic Planning
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SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Introduced business partner structure to HR department creating greater intimacy with employees and resulting in significant enhancement of HR’s consultative function for management team.
Developed and implemented leadership development program for senior management team and shopfloor supervisors.
Led conversions of healthcare and payroll providers resulting in better than industry standard employee benefits package with no increase in costs to company or employees.
Introduced new HRIS benefits and time management programs significantly improving HR administrative efficiencies
Implemented Competency Management program for salaried employees.
Designed and implemented plant-wide, KPI-driven production bonus system with monthly payouts enabling plant production leaders to focus employee efforts on key areas of production and employee behavior. Developed alternative behavior-based bonus production system (unimplemented).
Introduced targeted recruitment strategy based on position-specific competencies and including pre-interview testing, designed to strengthen candidate pools and increase retention.
Designed and conducted comprehensive salary study and developed dual-track performance assessment process.
Twice tapped by Global VP HR to present to senior leaders at annual Global Strategy Meeting held in Germany.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
HIRSCHVOGEL INC, Columbus Ohio 2005-Dec 2017
A division of the HIRSCHVOGEL AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, a global manufacturer of automotive parts headquartered in Denklingen, Germany with facilities in Germany, Poland, China, India, Mexico and the U.S.
Human Resources Manager (2014-2017)
Reported to the CEO with a dotted line to the Global VP HR. Led team of 4 overseeing all aspects of the HR function at a manufacturing plant employing 330+ associates. Managed annual operating budget of over $400K. Head of Controlling/Financial Analyst (2005-2014)
Reported to the CEO. Responsibilities: Developed annual and quarterly plant budgets/forecasts and annual investment and cost center budgets. Developed annual plant headcount and projected personnel costs. Calculated machine and personnel hourly rates. Prepared and presented monthly analysis of plant financial results and production variances to CEO and senior plant management team. Provided financial analysis to identify and prioritize plant improvement initiatives. Accomplishments: Successfully implemented SAP Controlling Module and Contribution Margin Accounting at the plant. Introduced cost center based approach to annual budgeting and forecasting processes which clarified budgetary accountabilities by functional areas and enabled better cost control. Introduced Contribution Margin Accounting to senior management team to enable product by product profitability analysis. Reason for leaving: Internal promotion to HR Manager.
EARLIER WORK HISTORY
BOEHRINGER-INGELHEIM, INC., Columbus Ohio 2004-2005 Global manufacturer of pharmaceuticals with more than 47,700 employees worldwide. Senior Cost Accountant (2004-2005)
Reported to the Director of Cost Accounting. Responsibilities: Developed and maintained standard product costings, and provided analysis of production and purchase price variances. Reason for leaving: New position. KELLOGG COMPANY, Worthington, Ohio 1999-2004
Multi-national food manufacturer. The Worthington Kellogg Plant (formerly Worthington Foods) was purchased by Kellogg in 1999 and then in 2005 production was moved to Zanesville, OH. QC Production Supervisor (2002-2004)
Reported to Quality Control Manager. Responsibilities: Led crew of 7 hourly employees in a union environment coordinating the weekly set-up of production equipment. Accomplishments: Developed production set-up procedures resulting in plant receiving upgrade from bronze to silver across one audit cycle. Reason for leaving: New position. Cost Accountant (2001-2004)
Reported to Plant Controller. Responsibilities: Audited daily production inputs for two manufacturing plants, provided daily analysis of production variances to production leadership team. Developed and maintained standard costings, and oversaw annual standard cost estimating for two plants. Provided monthly variance explanations to corporate. Acccomplishments: Co-led cross-functional team implementing SAP. Developed and rolled out business processes for production data input to SAP and its auditing. Reason for leaving: New position. Production Analyst (1999-2001)
Reported Continuous Improvement Manager. Responsibilities: Co-led implementation of Operating Asset Effectiveness
(OAE) management control system. Accomplishments: Led 3 OAE-based waste reduction charters resulting in over
$180K in cost savings annually. Reason for leaving: Internal promotion to role of Cost Accountant. EDUCATION
BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, Bowling Green, OH
M.A. Literature, 1995; B.A. Literature, 1992