Human Resources Manager

noe luevanos, mba

310-***-**** ************@*****.***

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

* Bilingual, 15 years Human Resources leader and business partner with ability to perform a broad range of high level management responsibilities impacting EBITA increases, incl. Leadership partnership, Organizational Planning, development, and growth; strategic planning, development and implementation; Change Management, Risk Management, full cycle recruitment, Project Management, Talent Management, Teambuilding, Succession Planning, payroll, benefits renewal, administration and compliance; personnel policies, procedures and best practices; Union negotiations/compliance; OSHA, EEO regulations/compliance.

* Ability to direct and manage complex projects from conception to fully operational status, incl. Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning; Workers Compensation, Safety Program, training/development, state and federal training/compliance; strategic EE Relations/business issues and challenges; compensation, Performance Management, P&L and Budget responsibility, reducing legal risks and ensuring Harassment/discrimination, FMLA, CFRA, ADA, OSHA, WC, LOA, ERISA, COBRA, and Union compliance; clear and actionable development plans based on performance and behavior, coaching and mentoring Leadership/Management Team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bay Cities Container Corp Manufacturing Industry Jul 2004- Dec 2014

Human Resources Manager Contract worker from Sept thru Dec 2014

* Articulate to business needs of organization, excellent understanding of organizational strategies, operational concepts and practices. Successful results analyzing department staffing and training needs and fulfilling the requirements to support the company 5 year forecast growth from $30M to $60M.

* Promote structure: Lead and promoted HR initiatives and programs that align with corporate goals and values. Develop, implement and administer company-wide policies and procedures. Accomplished resolutions on organizational issues i.e.; machine center and shift consolidation due to a 25% plant employee lay-off. Accomplished integration of professionalism with leadership to drive initiatives, best practices, programs, policies, and change that supports the business culture in a union and nonunion environment. Designed and implemented successful strategies and development of new 2nd and 3rd Shift staffing.

* Talent Management/Acquisition: managed the full cycle recruitment process and attained quality successful talent for office and production departments. Successful EE coaching, development and succession planning. Strong track record of effective talent attainment.

* Training/Development: Managed effective training and development programs to increase employee growth. Obtained state funding for ETP training for Management and Production Teams – Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing, and Value Stream Mapping. Administered management training sessions.

* Employee Relations: successful culture paradigm including, employee/management synergy and team building. Accomplished cultural paradigm with production team to adapt and practice to corporate environment and professionalism. Additionally, instilled synergy and team work between management and production team thus having a high level of trust, reliability and confidence.

* Safety: Managed, implemented and trained 100% EE’s on new safety program - Dupont STOP Safety Program. Managed and administered plant, machine centers, and equipment upgrades for OSHA compliance; exceeded One Million hours of no loss time incidents; incident reduction from 21 to 5 annually; no loss time reduction from 6 yearly to 1 in 3 years, reduced MOD Rate from 178 to 94; resulting in an annual WC insurance premium of 88% annual savings.

* Union Environment (10yrs.): Achieved three productive and cost effective negotiations. Strong labor relations; developed and maintained excellent relations with Teamsters Union Representatives and Shop Stewards; successful resolutions on 1st step grievances.

* Benefits: Lead annual benefits renewal. Developed and implemented Wellness Program resulting in 12% annual medical insurance (self-insurance plan) cost reduction. Retirement administration - ESOP, 401-K, Pension and Retirement Plans. FMLA, LOA & WC cases had successful results and minimized cost.

* Analytical competence: payroll process, budgets, forecasts, proposals, and cost variance analysis. Designed Safety Bonus Plan, managers and supervisors bonus plan, and company annual profit sharing plan. Realized successful cost savings on expenditures i.e.; core EE benefit package, EE benefit perks (weekly car wash and online entertainment discount program), uniforms, PPE, and subsidized safety shoe program.

noe luevanos, mba

310-***-**** ************@*****.***

El Paso – Los Angeles Limousines Express, Inc. Transportation Industry Nov 2001- Jan 2004

Operations Manager

* Restructure cost effective operations involving: logistics, day-to-day operations, and developing a vision for the future.

* Developed west coast new charter business resulting 6% sales increase.

* Analyze market and key customer trends providing unique differential sales and marketing advantages.

* Business concepts, strategies & analysis; budget, forecasts, financial, cost analysis, and proposals.

* Direct target demographic advertisement project increased Los Angeles sales by 15 %.

* Creating customer service excellence via effective and efficient processes and resource management.

* Successful managing of multiple projects and determining budgets.

Walker Advertising, Inc. Advertising Industry Jan. 2000-May 2001

Human Resources Director

* Effective implementation in areas of labor relations, employee relations, policy development, employment, safety and health, training, compensation, organizational effectiveness, classification, benefits, government regulations, payroll and record keeping.

* Articulate to business needs of organization, excellent understanding of organizational ramifications & diagnose the organizational strategies. Prescribed the appropriate tools & led implementation process.

* Developed structures, resolved organizational issues, collaborated with leadership to drive initiatives, best practices, programs, policies, and change that support the business culture.

* Developed Human Resource strategies and plans to support business decisions, appropriate management practices, and work across the organization.

* Recommended HR actions to deal with a wide range of critical business issues, e.g. organization change, attracting, developing and retaining critical skills.

* Provided coaching and counseling to Executives, Managers and employees on a variety of work/interaction issues and resolve all employee relations and issues.

* Facilitated and implemented organization interventions and team building activities.

Modisch Sportswear, Inc. Apparel Industry Jul 1999-Dec 1999

Operations Manager

* Achieved sales growth from clients in Canada (Footlocker & Athletes World) & Europe (Forzani), revenues in the millions.

* Responsible for managing client relations, customer service, startups/new business, renewals, and cost controls.

* Build on the current infrastructure, directed the implementation and execution of the logistics from Japan to USA, Europe, Canada, & Australia for delivery of high quality, final products within tight delivery cycles.

EDUCATION

University of Phoenix 1999

MBA, Business Administration

Proficiency with MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook; Amtech, and ADP - Workforce/Resource/PayExpert, Lathem PayClock (Time and Labor)

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