Human Resources Management

Bradley A. Warrick

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Entrepreneurial Human Resources Leader, Business Executive and Lawyer with extensive experience

strategically optimizing, leading and managing all HR functions for growing, global manufacturers with multiple

divisions and numerous locations as key member of senior leadership team. Experience partnering directly with

boards, CEOs, senior managers and all stakeholders for businesses with up to 4,000 employees and $350 million

in sales to develop and execute human resources vision, mission, objectives, strategies and tactics aligned with

company’s business plan and strategic direction, while also identifying and preventing business risk and reducing

legal exposure. Valuable experience integrating numerous merged entities and implementing HR best practices

across organization, and optimizing HR functions to create organizational capabilities necessary to achieve

business strategy. Very business-minded, having operated own manufacturing business as COO.

Eighteen years of leading human resources and other functions, with expertise in: Strategic Human Resources;

Strategic Planning; Change Leadership & Management; Talent Acquisition, Management & Retention;

Leadership Development; Training; Succession Planning; Strategic Compensation; Lean HR; HRIS; Corporate

Communications; Policy & Procedure Development; Employee & Labor Relations; Employment & Labor Law;

Regulatory Compliance; International HR; Benefits & Wellness; Health & Safety; Risk Management; Due

Diligence; Multi-Site Team Leadership; Project Management; Coaching; and Organizational Development.

Professional Experience

Qdmh Marketing Partners (NH, NY, NJ, MD, VA, OH, KY, IA) July 2012 to Present

VP Human Resources & Legal Counsel

Recruited as first VP Human Resources & Legal Counsel to integrate, optimize, lead and manage HR functions

and reduce legal risks and costs at recently-merged, $350 million, private equity-backed direct mail marketer and

manufacturer, with 4,000 employees at seven businesses in eight states, Amsterdam and Milan sales offices, and a

China manufacturer. Reporting to CFO and CEO, and directly leading six regional human resources managers and

a compliance officer, and indirectly leading nine HR generalists and three environmental, health & safety

managers, methodically audited each business, identified system and people improvement opportunities,

prioritized highest-leverage improvement initiatives, and tenaciously led and managed change processes.

Key Team Accomplishments:

• Quickly established credibility throughout organization by conducting comprehensive listening tour to

determine organizational capabilities internal and external clients needed and expected HR to help create;

• Successfully transformed transactional, internally-focused HR department into strategic, externally-focused

department whose goals are aligned with customer expectations, through strategic and structural changes;

• Optimized and standardized all human capital-related policies and procedures across all affiliated businesses;

• Designed and implemented new short and long-term incentive plans to attract, motivate and retain top talent;

• Negotiated new benefits plans that were less expensive for both employees and company, but richer in value;

• Designed and implemented company’s first high-potential employee development process;

• Implemented corporate communications activities tied to core values, increasing employee engagement;

• Rationalized and optimized compensation plan using job analysis and evaluation, surveys, and benchmarking;

• Drove adoption and strategic use of talent and performance management modules of underutilized HRIS;

• Designed and managed major, multi-location reduction in force involving 15% of work force without

involving outside counsel, resulting in no legal challenges and net savings of roughly $25,000 in legal fees;

• Improved historically low employee morale by creating culture of collaboration and accountability following

major RIF, including new performance management process, dramatically improving employee engagement;

• Reduced external legal spend by at least $100,000 per year by personally handling all employment law issues

and preparing related documentation, drafting employment contracts, and performing other basic legal tasks.

Coastal Forest Resources Company (VA, NC, SC, FL, TN, AL, WV, PA, NY) 2002 to 2012

VP Administration & Legal Counsel

Recruited as first VP Administration and Legal Counsel to integrate, optimize, lead and manage HR function and

reduce legal risks and costs at $300 million, private equity-backed, vertically-integrated forest products marketer,

distributor and manufacturer with 1,300 employees at 22 domestic operations, a UK distributor, and a China

wholesaler. Reporting to President, and directly leading three regional human resource managers, seven HR

generalists, and an environmental, health and safety director, and indirectly leading 22 office managers,

thoroughly audited each business, identified and prioritized system and people improvement opportunities,

created short and long-term improvement plans, and persistently led and managed change processes.

Key Team Accomplishments:

• Led and managed all HR and legal aspects of numerous strategic acquisitions, saving time and legal fees;

• Created or optimized and standardized HR best practices across all existing and newly-merged businesses;

• Improved strained employee relations at both union and non-union locations following years of inconsistent

leadership through comprehensive training and creating cultures of respect, collaboration and accountability;

• Implemented talent acquisition, management and retention strategies, including new recruiting, onboarding

and performance management processes, leadership training, a mentoring program, and succession planning;

• Researched, negotiated, purchased and drove implementation of first integrated HRIS solution;

• Reduced health plan costs by 27% per employee from 2005 through 2011, beating national trend by 69%, and

saving over $6 million, with self-designed, cutting-edge, mandatory health management/wellness process;

• Decreased workers compensation and benefit plan costs by aggregating all affiliated businesses’ plans, self-

insuring, introducing accountability and creating strong health and safety management cultures;

• Created strong safety culture by making it a top priority, introducing behavior-based practices, and holding all

managers and employees accountable, resulting in industry-low experience modifier and costs per claim;

• Established first formal policies and procedures for employee and labor relations, regulatory compliance,

records management, document retention, insurance claim reporting, workers compensation claim handling,

internal and external corporate communications, and legal project budgeting and tracking;

• Reduced external legal spend by at least $75,000 per year by handling basic and other legal matters, internal

audits and investigations, and defending EEOC actions (all resulting in “no reasonable cause” findings).

Performance Packaging, Inc. (Michigan City, IN) 1995 to 2001

Chief Operating Officer & Legal Counsel

Managed operations and legally advised own family’s $15 million corrugated box and display manufacturer with

100 employees. Reporting to board, soon managed entire business, with complete P&L responsibilities. Led ISO

9001 certification process and all HR, health and safety functions. Negotiated and legally handled company’s sale

in 2001 to world’s largest private paper and packaging company.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon (Chicago, IL) 1990 to 1995

Attorney

Successfully litigated wide variety of lawsuits, and counseled all-sized private and public businesses on

commercial, product liability and employment law matters, at large (200+ attorney), full-service law firm.

Education

J. D., Cum Laude, Indiana University School of Law (Bloomington, IN) 1990

B.A., Cum Laude, Miami University (Miami, OH) 1987

Licensure

Illinois-Licensed Attorney and Member in Good Standing of Illinois Bar Since 1990

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