Loraine S. Allen, PhD

*** ********* ***** • LaGrange, GA 30241

Cell: 706-***-****

Email: acu20b@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Results-driven professional with more than 20 years of progressive Human Resources and Operations Management experience. Strategic business partner and consultant to the leadership team providing insights and direction to develop strategies and achieve results. Extensive experience in employment law, performance management, compensation and benefits and all HR competencies. Industrial Organizational Psychology practitioner with in-depth experience in organizational design, executive coaching and consulting. Certified in Change Management, Hogan Assessments and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Human Resources Business Partner

Nonwovens Manufacturer

January 1, 2006 – April 1, 2016

Orchestrated daily HR functions supporting up 150 - 200 employees with one HR assistant while managing a third party labor contract with up to 100 employees.

Served as strategic business partner on leadership team with a voice in developing and meeting business objectives and organizational strategies by identifying and researching human resources issues, analyzing situation and making recommendations to the organization strategic thinking and direction.

Supported, coached and consulted with the mill leadership on team effectiveness, talent management, and organizational effectiveness in setting policies in support of long-range improvements.

Developed and managed human resources financial strategies to manage $20 million total labor budget by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating changes and trends.

Improved mill compensation program by developing local wage surveys to understand compensation position in the local area and developing a new compensation structure that improved employee morale and boosted team performance.

Developed and updated guidelines, policies, and procedures to guide management and employee actions as well as enforce organizational values.

Ensured compliance with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation, enforcing adherence to requirements and advising management on needed actions.

Improved employee relations by establishing a grassroots organizational effectiveness team charged to bringing issues forward and help resolve and close gaps for a better work experience.

Continuously renew and improve personal knowledge and competence by attending conferences, involvement in appropriate networks and professional organizations, reading and staying up to date on current HR cases and general happenings, and being astute.

Operations Team Manager

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, LaGrange, GA

April 2002 – January 2006

Led team of 55 cross functional team members to achieve safety, quality, customer services and productivity objectives. Successful roll out of raw materials that improved the user’s experience of Huggies® Diapers.

Decreased downtime related to raw material, at converting mills by improving formation quality.

Established and maintained working conditions and standards to consistently pass all quality, safety, internal control and housekeeping audits.

Led team and collaborated with mill to investigate and implement processes and structure changes to maintain competitive environment

Benchmarked companies to observe and SWIPE best practices to improve processes and structures

Trained mill associates on Change Acceleration Process so prepare to accept and support changes

Developed and implemented strategy to improve flow to work using resource sharing

Developed structure and procedure for third-party light industrial work

Sr. Operations Consultant/Pilot Machine Manager

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Roswell

January 1999 April 2002

Developed best practice system to share information between sector mills

Coordinated manufacturing conferences for team building and networking for sector manufacturing leader group

Facilitated Material Strategy sessions for domestic and international material owners to develop competitive materials and build customer relationships

Managed pilot team that developed and commercialized first of a kind (FOAK) materials for new or improved healthcare and hygiene product lines.

Operations Team Manager, Converting Gown Machine Operations

Kimberly-Clark Corporation, LaGrange

June 1993 – December 1998

Achieved an outstanding safety record of completing 5 years without an OSHA reportable injury for the first time in the history of the machine.

Implemented CE Mark to commercialize product in the European Union improving sales by 12%.

Successfully met all FDA standards for the class 2 product line manufactured as demonstrated by FDA and ISO audits

Maintained close partnership with customers to assure marketing requirements were developed and maintained.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, 2015

DISSERTATION: Success Factors of a Blended Workforce: A Descriptive Case Study

MBA., LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia, 1996

B.A., Psychology, LaGrange College, LaGrange, Georgia, 1980 3

Hogan’s Assessments, HPI, HDS and MVPI, May 2016

Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, March 2016

SHRM-SCP; Expected Certification, June 2016

Culture of Accountability Certified Instructor, 2012

Change Acceleration Process Certified Coach, 2000

AFFILIATIONS

Co-Chair Workforce Development Council, Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, 2015 – Present

President Elect, West Georgia Society for Human Resource Management Board of Directors, 2014-Present

Member, LaGrange Employee Committee, 2009-Present

Diversity Chair, West Georgia Society for Human Resource Management Board of Directors, 2013-2014

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