Joseph LaSalle McKnight III, SPHR, SHRM-SCP

Cell # 470-***-****/Email: ac5u7e@r.postjobfree.com

Strategic thinker seeking leadership development opportunities in human resources.

Core Competencies:

Bilingual English/Spanish •Employee Relations •Workforce Planning

Performance Management •Benefits/Compensation •HRIS/Analytics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Colonial Pipeline Company (2015-2018)

Corporate Human Resources Business Partner: Alpharetta, GA 2018-Present Serve as strategic partner to all Finance, IT, Legal, and Business development functions providing human capital solutions to help the organization achieve business objectives. Manage employee relations issues by collaborating with team leaders and supervisors with developing, coaching, training, disciplining, and exiting employees. Mediate resolutions of employee conflicts and grievances and recommend courses of action to help supervisors and employees resolve issues. Facilitates succession and workforce planning efforts and identify career pathing opportunities. Forecast and manage headcount budget and assess ongoing staffing needs to be able to implement strategies to provide the organization with the required human resources.

Business partner to CFO, CIO, General Counsel and Managing Director of Business Development supporting a corporate client group of 300 employees

Created and led reorganization of entire Legal department, adding two new levels of management to support internal development and growth

District Human Resources Manager: Austell, GA 2016-2017 Manage the people needs for the Southeast District with a client group across six states. Provide strategic development and implementation of core Human Resources processes that support and deliver key business solutions and sustainable growth. Manage and investigate complex employee relations issues by collaborating with managers and legal to develop, coach, and train employees. Oversee performance management, annual appraisal process, compensation programs, workforce planning, and full-cycle recruiting for the entire district. Drive forward the integration of organizational values into work practices and serve as change agent for cultural initiatives and company engagement.

HR leader supporting District leadership team with a client group of over 600 employees (500 non-exempt shift employees and 100 professional and managerial employees)

Designed and implemented Excellence Network of employees to identify and align best practices in operational procedures and policies to encourage and promote knowledge transfer among the district

Spearheaded district task force on diversity and inclusion, including partnership with Junior Achievement

Led Workday implementation team for all recruiting and onboarding modules

Identified new vendors to streamline HR operations that led to cost savings of over $250,000 annually

Human Resources Representative: Alpharetta, GA 2015

Developed and executed strategic HR projects and designed training for new hires and supervisors. Supported organizational strategies through data analysis and made recommendations for HR initiatives and core processes. Led full cycle recruiting process for entry level to director roles company-wide. Managed onboarding process to include facilitating new hire orientation. Oversaw company performance management and career development programs. Department auditor to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies (e.g. EEOC and OFCCP).

Developed company-wide onboarding program for new hires through their 1st anniversary

Served as HRIS administrator and designed new online application, eliminating paper applications

Spill management team member for emergency response efforts

Randstad North America 2012-2015

Bilingual HR Shared Services Supervisor: Atlanta, GA - Corporate Office

Led a team of four specialists to support 50 franchisee staffing branches in the North American division. Assisted branch staff with interpreting, researching, and resolving human resources, payroll, benefits, recruiting, and employee relations inquiries. Coordinated and processed all employee transactions and changes into HRIS systems: PeopleSoft and ADP. Primary Spanish translator for all company documents and policies.

Supervised HR support staff to support a client group of 5,000 temporary employees across the United States and Canada

#1 in department for volume of inquiries handled, time to resolve and close tickets, and least percentage of escalations in 2013 and 2014

Other Work Experience

Target: Executive Team Leader: Falls Church, VA 2012

Managed a team of 84 associates on the front end including: five team leads, cash office associates, cashiers, and food services. Coached team leads by conducting weekly and monthly one on ones and quarterly reviews. Held weekly interviews to grow associate pipeline and to foster succession planning.

#1 MTD/YTD in new credit card applications in 2012 across district and region

Jos A Bank Clothiers: Department Manager: Falls Church, VA 2010-2012

Responsible for all store operations including managing 10 sales associate as direct reports.

•$600,000 in individual sales annually

•Increased store sales 16% in 2010, 32% in 2011 and 54% in 2012 YTD to plan

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Saint Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA, Strategic Human Resource Management,

Anticipated Graduation: December 2019

Bachelor of Arts: The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, Major in Spanish and Minor in Music

ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

DISC and Workplace Motivators Behavior Model Certified Trainer

Kenexa/BrassRing Workbench Certification – IBM

Qualified Administrator – Intercultural Development Inventory

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