Melva Gray
***** ******* **** *: 256-***-****
Tanner, Alabama 35671 *****.****@*****.*** C: 256-***-****
HUMAN RESOURCE
Highly motivated individual with twenty plus years of Human Resources experience within a
manufacturing setting. Expertise includes Employee Relations Compliance, and Benefits.
Employ experience, concepts, and education gained from college coursework to successfully
improve and support manufacturing.
Qualifications include:
• Training and Development-accurately train employees from the beginning phases of
employment until their exit. Ability to work within a group setting or on an individual
basis to ensure correct coaching and development on a departmental and company basis.
• Management and Leadership-adept to company needs including meeting departmental
and company goals. Ability to lead employees in a positive and encouraging manner.
Encourage and develop team oriented thinking and concepts.
• Benefits and Compliance-Keen knowledge of insurance and compliance laws and
concepts including EEOC, FMLA,FLSA,STD,LTD,COBRA,HIPPA, ADA, and OSHA.
Effective and efficiently investigate and research EEOC cases and unemployment.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Human Resource Supervisor
North American Lighting, Muscle Shoals, Alabama (5/13 to 4/14) Supports the
company as a whole, providing services in the areas of recruiting, compensation, employee
benefits, workers compensation, safety, HR systems, employee relations, training and employee
development, worker’s compensation, family medical assistant, new hire orientation and
training, interview applicants and exit interview of employees. Investigate employee’s
complaints. The functional areas within Human Resources establish policies and provide
oversight of their specific areas, and include the following:
• Compensation and Benefits
• Employee Relations
• Health and Safety
• Training and Development
Production Planner
Automatic Screw, Decatur, Alabama (8/12 to 5/13)
Responsible for customer service and inventory investment levels. Develop and recommend
strategies to rectify current and projected customer service issues. Responsible for an accurate
forecast using weighted moving average calculation; generated spreadsheet for each vendor.
• Interacted daily with customer service and state to state sale reps by reviewing/correcting
invoices, certificates of analysis and bills of lading.
• Managed on-time delivery of products from vendors
• Scheduled pickup and transportation with different trucking vendors for delivery of floor
panels for our biggest customers (Boeing, General Dynamics, Caterpillar, Wesco Aircraft,
Align Aerospace).
Human Resource Supervisor (06/11 to 04/12)
Wayne Farms, Decatur, Alabama
Provide employee relations / contract administration, counsel and expertise to management
personnel for employees.
• Developed and presented orientation to new hires for production.
• Responsible for job fairs, recruiting, job posting, job description, and job ads.
• Recruited investigated and interview all production, salary, and non-salary employees.
• Developed and implemented plans and policies for disciplinary process.
• Ensured compliance with employment laws, including but not limited to EEOC, FLSA,
FMLA, STD, LTD, COBRA, HIPPA, ADA, and OSHA.
• Managed personnel needs of the company and responsible for the screening and
training of new employees. Entered all applications in ATS system (Applicant Tracking
System). Knowledgeable of PeopleSoft, Word, Excel and Powerpoint.
• Analyzed, assisted and resolved work problems, and assists management and employees
in solving work issues.
o Investigated 6 EEOC cases in one year and we won. The result was three
reemployed and three was settled.
o Investigated and analyzed 15 unemployment issues the results we won all of
them.
Human Resources Generalist, Employee Relations (2/03 to 12/10)
Continental-Formerly Siemens VDO (2204-2010) – formerly Chrysler (1988-2004), Madison, Alabama
Provided employee relations advice, counsel to management and union for employees.
• Managed Human Resources Information System (HRIS).
• Interviewed applicants, recruiting, and processed applications and led orientation
sessions; established tracked and maintained schedules for completion of personnel
evaluations.
• Knowledgeable of ADP payroll systems. Kronos, Nextrak, Application Tracking System.
• Counseled employees regarding personnel policies, administrative regulations,
employee services.
o Investigated allegations of unfair practices, reduced or eliminated escalation of
problems by 50%, with no monetary penalty. Designed and implemented
numerous work system modifications, including hourly manpower planning, job
re-design and computerized attendance system.
o Improved absenteeism 10% by developing and implementing attendance policy.
o Assisted and investigated 10 unemployment cases settled successful 6 and won 4.
EDUCATION
Master Business Administration - University of Regis Denver, Co 2008
Bachelor of Science in Management Technology - Athens State Athens, Al 2001
CERTIFICATES
Master Certifícate in Human Resource Management – Villanova University, Tampa, FL 2010
Master Human Resource Organizacional Effectiveness – Villanova University, Tampa, FL 2010