DOUGLAS A. MEYER

**** ******** *** *****

Stillwater, MN 55082

952-***-****

acpqra@r.postjobfree.com

Career summary

Human Resource professional with diverse cross-functional

experience. Over 35 years of food manufacturing experience, along

with 2 years in the paper industry, including operations,

information systems, and 23 years in human resources.

PROFESSIONAL Experience

NORTHERN STAR CO.(Division of Michael Foods) Chaska, MN

April 2007 - March 2015

Human Resource Manager

o Responsible for Human Resource functions in a 300 employee

manufacturing facility in Chaska, MN, and a 30 employee

manufacturing facility in North Las Vegas

o Manage a department of 4 employees, overseeing all aspects of

the Human Resource function, including industrial relations,

employee relations, payroll, recruiting, AAP, benefit

administration, and safety

o Coordinated the recruitment, hiring and onboarding of employees

at all plant levels, and for all functional areas.

o Maintained constructive relationship with local union

representatives, and expediently handled employee grievances.

o Develop, communicate, implement and enforce plant policies and

procedures.

o Coordinate training and mentoring of plant employees

o Responsible for promoting a safe work environment, assisting in

the reduction of plant safety frequency rate from above 10% to

below 2.5%.

o Key member of team responsible for transition of manufacturing

operations from manufacturing facility in Minneapolis to new

facility in Chaska, MN.

BAY VALLEY FOODS(Formerly Dean Foods) Green Bay, WI Nov. 2003

-Dec. 2007

Human Resource Manager

Responsible for Human Resource functions in a 200-450 employee

manufacturing facility and a 25 employee warehouse distribution

center

Manage a department of 3 employees, overseeing all aspects of the

Human Resource function, including industrial relations, employee

relations, payroll, recruiting, benefit administration, and safety

Administer/interpret plant labor agreement.

Develop, communicate, implement and enforce plant policies and

procedures.

Coordinate efforts to provide a seasonal workforce of up to 250

employees

Coordinate training and mentoring of plant employees

Responsible for providing a safe work environment along with

maintaining OSHA compliance.

APPLETON PAPERS INC., Appleton, WI

2001-2003

Senior Human Resources Representative

Assisted with relevant industrial relations issues, striving to

maintain a working relationship between labor and management

Fostered employee relations to enable change

Administrated/interpreted plant labor agreement.

Developed, communicated and implemented plant policies and

procedures.

Assisted in recruiting, hiring and retaining employees capable of

being transformers.

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NESTLE USA, BEVERAGE DIVISION, Jacksonville, IL

1992-2000

(Nestle purchased Carnation Co. in 1985)

Human Resources Manager

Coordinated the development of the HR manager position in this

facility

Negotiation, interpretation and administration of the plant labor

agreement.

Developed, communicated and implemented plant policies and

procedures.

Recruitment and hiring of employees at all levels and in all

functional areas of the organization.

Coordinated employee training initiatives.

Administered an Affirmative Action Plan and all necessary record

keeping requirements pertaining to EEO.

Responsible for maintaining OSHA compliance and the handling of

Workers Compensation claims.

Successfully contributed in converting plant operations from a 5

day to a 7 day work schedule.

Assumed additional HR responsibilities, assisting with the closure

of Nestle facility in Granite City, IL.

Divisional MIS Coordinator

1990-1992

Supported computer hardware and software systems for 8 production

facilities.

Installed a variety of plant applications, including MRP,

budgeting, inventory tracking and maintenance stores.

Installed numerous hardware systems from PC based to mid-range IBM

systems

Acted as intermediary between the manufacturing facilities and the

corporate MIS department.

Assisted the facilities with short and long-term investment

planning for computer related expenditures.

Management Systems Supervisor/Safety Coordinator

1986-1990

Prepared and managed an annual Operating Budget of $60 million for

this food processing facility, manufacturing non-dairy creamer.

Maintained all computer hardware and operating software

applications, ranging from IBM personal computers to mid-range IBM

systems.

Prepared the plant fixed asset Investment Budget and was involved

with capital/expense project/job preparation and submittal.

Responsible for training related to the above mentioned areas.

CARNATION CO. Oconomowoc, WI

1979-1986

Production Supervisor

Supervised between 10 and 50 hourly union production employees in a

food processing facility.

Supervised in all functional areas, including processing, packaging

and warehousing.

Education

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater

MBA - Human Resource Management

University of Wisconsin - Madison

BBA - Personnel/Industrial Relations

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