Human Resources Manager

B a r b a r a E r i c k s o n, ML I R, S PHR, SHRM - S C P

**** ******** ***** *****, ** 60532 630-***-**** *******-********@*******.*** HUMAN RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITY SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Strategic Head of HR professional with a Masters Degree in Labor & Industrial Relations and over 20 years of HR experience spanning sales, marketing, engineering, operations, manufacturing, retail, research & development and corporate functions, in various industries. Expertise includes leading human resources and organizational capability strategy and initiatives, as well as providing tactical support for high growth, companies with multiple locations across the U.S and internationally. Proactive HR business partner with proven success in the start-up of an HR Department and an Organizational Capability Department in an entrepreneurial, changing environment. Over 15 years developing and leading high performing teams. SPHR and SHRM-SCP certified professional who is proficient in working in highly matrixed organizations and collaborating with HR Centers of Excellence / Shared Services. Worked virtually and managed a remote team for 5+ years.

Change Management

Employment / Labor Law

Project Management

Organizational Capability

Training & Development

Organizational Design

Talent Management & Workforce Planning

Customer Service

Employee Relations & Engagement

Compensation, Incentives & Benefits

Acquisitions & Cultural Integration

Leadership and “HiPo” Development

Performance Management

Business Acumen

Diversity & Inclusion

HR Policies and Processes

Collaboration & Influencing

Compliance & Risk Mitigation

GLOBAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY Chimaltenango, Guatemala and Chicago, IL Volunteer, October 2015 - present

As part of the Global Village volunteer program, learn about substandard housing, community development challenges, and Global Habitat for Humanity’s mission to eradicate them. As a volunteer raise money and perform manual labor to build affordable housing solutions for indigenous families in Chimaltenango, Guatemala. ACE HARDWARE CORPORATION Oak Brook, IL

Director of Employment & Diversity, January 2015 – October 2015 (Temporary project assignment)

Reported to the Vice President of HR, OD, and Communication and led a team of HR managers and business partners with dotted line responsibility for the 13 distribution centers’ HR managers across the United States and three internationally (Shanghai, Dubai, and Panama City). Conducted an organizational design review, including a holistic review of the culture, processes, strategy, structure and people practices, to determine the proper organizational design of the HR Department. The privately held company had 5000+ employees in the U.S. and internationally.

PATRICK ENGINEERING Lisle, IL

Director of Human Resources, April 2014 – December 2014 (Resigned when management buy-out failed)

Reported to the President of Patrick Engineering Inc. and managed a staff of four employees (Talent Manager, two HRBPs, and an Executive Assistant). Led the change management efforts and served on the acquisition team for the executive management team endeavoring to complete a management buy-out (MBO) of the company, which ultimately was unsuccessful, leading to my departure from the company. The privately held company had 200+ employees in 11 states across the U.S.

CHEVRON ENERGY SOLUTIONS (NYSE: CVX) Overland Park, KS and Oak Brook, IL Human Resources Business Partner, July 2003 – March 2014 (Business unit was divested)

Reported directly to the President of Chevron Energy Solutions with a dotted line relationship to the HR General Manager of Technology & Service, and managed a staff of five employees (OC Manager, OC Analyst, HRBP, HR Assistant, and a HR Development Program participant). Was a member of the Chevron Leadership Team, Management Committee, Operational Excellence Leadership Team, and Global Technology & Service HR Leadership Team. Led the Recognition & Award Committee. Served as a partner to leaders covering strategic and tactical HR for sales, marketing, and engineering, personnel. The company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Chevron USA, is an energy engineering firm. The company had 350+ employees in 21 U.S. states.

Led HR initiatives, such as electronic performance appraisals, multi-source feedback, leadership development, and Revenue Storm® certification for the new “Go to Market Strategy” within budget and on schedule.

Headed the Personnel Development Committee with the executive leadership team, utilizing metrics and analytics to manage, renew and develop the workforce to achieve business results safely and to enhance our capabilities.

Directed all people and leadership metric objectives, resulting in 100% completion on time in all metrics.

Partnered with the leaders to identify critical organizational capability needs and created a formal Organizational Capability Department leading to the development and adoption of competency maps for sales and operations.

Served as the EEO Manager, to promote diversity and inclusion; efforts resulted in successfully completing an OFCCP audit with no findings and the elimination of all AAP goals over two years.

Led recruiting and retention, including a new on boarding process, which facilitated a 35% increase in employees.

Created the Commercial & Industrial Rotational Program, which was designed to expand the solar capabilities of both employees in the United States and Qatar, while increasing our company’s international exposure. It facilitated the staffing of key positions at the Qatar Center for Sustainable Energy Efficiency.

Conducted total remuneration reviews, including evaluating and placing all positions in pay scale groups, as well as designing variable pay incentive programs for sales and operations employees, to ensure compensation was competitive.

B a r b a r a E r i c k s o n, ML I R, S PH R, SHRM - S C P CMS ENERGY - VIRON ENERGY SERVICES (NYSE: CMS) Overland Park, KS Human Resources Manager, July 2000 – July 2003 (Viron was acquired by Chevron; employed by Chevron)

Reported directly to the President. Developed and led the subsidiary’s HR function covering benefits, compensation, performance management, employee relations, training, recruiting, legal compliance, talent management, and policy deployment for sales, engineering, project management, construction management and support personnel. Viron, a subsidiary of Consumers Energy, was an energy engineering firm specializing in performance contracting, which provided energy services such as delivering energy efficiency, conservation, and power system solutions to public institutions and businesses. The company had 250+ employees in 22 states across the U.S.

Implemented retention strategies, resulting in 100% retention of critical staff during the divestiture of Viron assets to Chevron Energy Solutions. Personal efforts were cited for the retention rate and positive employee morale during continuous change.

THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS COMPANY, A.W Steudel Technical Center (NYSE: SHW) Chicago, IL Human Resources Manager, July 1998 - July 2000 (Relocated to Kansas City, MO)

Reported to the Vice President of Technical with a dotted line to the Director of Human Resources and managed four direct reports (HR Coordinator, Accounting Manager, Accounting Specialist, and Administrative Assistant), while managing the Human Resources and Accounting function with an annual budget of $1.5 MM for 200 employees in four states. Led the overall administration of human resources, including tactical and strategic duties involving benefits, compensation, training, recruiting, and employee/labor relations. The company is the research and development center for the Chemical Coatings Division and the Industrial & Marine Coatings Division of The Sherwin-Williams Company.

TEXTRON AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY (NYSE: TXT) Rantoul, IL and Columbia, MO Employee Relations Supervisor, October 1994 - July 1998 (Relocated to Chicago, IL)

Reported to the Director of Human Resources and managed six employees (HR Generalist, Recruiter, HR Coordinator, Payroll Supervisor and two Payroll Assistants), to provide broad scale HR and payroll services, including but not limited to benefits, employee/labor relations, compensation, policy counsel, performance management, recruitment, selection, training, and payroll processing. Textron Automotive is a just-in-time manufacturing company, with unionized and non-unionized plants, that manufactures and supplies components and assembly systems for the automobile industry. There were 1000 unionized employees and 100 non-union employees at Rantoul. The Columbia operations had 500 non-unionized employees.

Fostered positive employee relations and utilized proactive union avoidance strategies to thwart a union organizing campaign at the Columbia Operations.

Assisted in the receipt and maintenance of QS-9000 (a quality standard for automotive industry) certification at the Columbia Operations and the Athens, Tennessee Operations.

Negotiated a four year collective bargaining agreement with the Teamsters covering 1000 employees. EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana-Champaign, IL

Master of Arts in Labor and Industrial Relations

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Urbana-Champaign, IL

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)

Society for Human Resource Management – Senior Certified Professional (SHRM – SCP) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION (JDRF)

Volunteer, October 2001 - present

GLOBAL HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

Volunteer, October 2015 - present

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