Human Resources Management
Resume:
ERNEST D. GAUSE
Liberty Township, OH 45044
www.linkedin.com/pub/ernest-gause/8/80b/744/
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VP / DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:
Human resources executive with hands-on experience in diverse industries operating across the US and Canada.
Developed new compensation program including job descriptions, structure design and implementation for 300+ jobs evaluated in under 3 months.
Developed new business opportunities, wrote proposals, and designed compensation programs including base pay, team and individual incentives, management incentive/bonus programs and administrative guidelines ensuring strategic alignment with business needs and objectives.
Proactive change agent developing learning and development platforms and employee engagement initiatives that result in increased productivity.
Excellent cross functional team builder and consultant on organizational development and business unit issues.
Project Leader who designs and implements solutions to complex business challenges, while organizing and developing people and driving influence across organizational boundaries.
Leader in the development of succession planning, process reengineering within union/non-union environments and multi-site work environments.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Strategic Human Resource Planning
Training Development & Facilitation
Succession Planning & Development
Onboarding
Diversity & Inclusion
Change Management
Labor Relations
HR Policy Development
Operations Management
Performance Management
Risk Management
Workforce Planning and Recruiting
Federal, state and local compliance programs
ITIL, Six Sigma, Compression Planning
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
SOURCE CONSULTING, Cincinnati, OH 2013 – Present
Human resources and operational business consultant for large and mid-size companies and universities.
Senior HR Consultant / Project Manager
Business consultant working with Robert Half International in human resources and project management, providing in-depth advisement and training in leadership and strategies that ensure success of business goals.
Operational Highlights
Led corporate wide initiative for $24 million home improvement company to review compensation plans for 12 markets. Worked with CEO to develop comprehensive program to raise credibility and value of the rewards package in the eyes of employees and executives.
Consulted with Cincinnati State to implement partnership programs with school districts, IT staffing agencies and colleges to create an employment pipeline.
Adjunct Instructor teaching HR courses at colleges and universities to include Business Policy, Workplace Culture and Communication, Human Resources Information Systems, Strategic Staffing, Compensation and Benefits, Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Principal of Ethics and Human Resources Management.
Work with large school districts in Ohio to implement hardware and software solutions to track capital assets and create strategic partnerships with external organizations to meet strategic goals.
Work with IT staffing organization to onboard, recruit, track applicants and manage talent.
LUXOTTICA RETAIL, Mason, OH 2009 – 2013
Luxottica Group is a leader in premium fashion, luxury and sport eyewear, with 9 operating divisions over 6,200 optical and retail stores in North America, Asia-Pacific, South Africa and Europe.
Director – Human Resources
Managed HR Shared Services and compliance operations for 5,100 stores, 35,000 associates in 7 operating divisions.
Operational Highlights
Built leading-edge HR compliance department of $10 billion sun and optical wear company to include risk management, compliance reporting, analytics and delivery of all HR Shared services to 7 business units.
Used executive coaching skills and managed performance by pinpointing key areas of growth to support sales.
Worked with legal to update HIPAA, Medicare/Medicaid Fraud, Waste and Abuse, WOTC and other programs.
Sourced, designed and facilitated management-training programs for first-line supervisors and senior management on talent management initiatives, diversity and inclusion and employment law.
Worked with various HRIS systems to include PeopleSoft, Taleo, Ceridian and Successfactors.
Reduced staff by 30% to maintain profitability and continued sales growth to align with organizational strategy.
Initiated and developed human-resources management-training programs and reporting system to update field managers, senior managers, and Regional Vice Presidents on the progress of HR and compliance training.
Implemented an enterprise-wide risk assessment to mitigate risk and improve enterprise wide compliance.
Oversaw P&L for compliance budget and conducted field audits for compliance with state & federal regulations.
Established and managed operational/compliance training and increased participation to achieve 96% participation and performance visibility to 100% of senior leaders, across business units in North America.
Managed I-9 sourcing, RFP and system implementation that aligned with the recruiting platform to provide accuracy of information and regulatory compliance.
Managed WOTC integration into the compensation and benefits process, resulting in $3MM in savings.
FIFTH THIRD BANK, Cincinnati, OH 2007 – 2008
A Fortune 500 bank ranked in the Top 20 of US held banks.
Assistant Vice President / Six Sigma Black Belt
Facilitated process improvement initiatives; participated in managing key process improvement projects to successful implementation using Six Sigma, Lean Processing, and change management. Key projects included Six Sigma Training, BPO – Right Sizing, retail banking transaction ticket elimination.
Operational Highlights
Saved $2MM by streamlining processes and off shoring through BPO Methodology for strategic alignment.
Led development team to create yellow belt training to be implemented enterprise wide and aligned to the overall strategic goals of the organization.
Reengineered mortgage payment process to align e-commerce, teller transactions and mail operations strategies for payments, resulting in systemic enhancement that led to a 60% reduction in error rate.
HSBC (HONG KONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION), Carmel, IN 2002 – 2007
One of the largest financial services companies with 10,000 offices in 82 countries.
Senior Manager - Human Resources
Responsibilities included working with senior leaders to create sales training, onboarding and succession planning programs; identifying best practices and implementing strategic goals using Six Sigma methodology; reengineering human resources processes and procedures to reduce turnover and improve productivity; participating in cross functional teams to implement and deploy training, locally and nationally to over 30,000 employees.
EDUCATION
Master of Management Information System May 2001 University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Master of Business Administration Jan. 2002 Bellevue University, Bellevue, NE
Bachelor of Business Administration/Management Dec. 1997 University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
Bachelor of Management Information System Dec. 1997 University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE
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