Ella Walters

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Pensacola, FL ***14

850-***-****

Email: ad0fp5@r.postjobfree.com

Education

B.S. Degree in Business Administration, Troy State University, Magna Cum Laude, 1996

Work Experience

08/22 to Present; Senior HR Generalist/Recruiter, Cogent Infotech; Remote

Full cycle recruiting for qualified candidates with active security clearances for current and future work efforts for D0D contracts. Conduct phone screens, in person interviews, telephone and virtual interviews. Support hiring managers and work closely with them to focus on critical roles.. Utilize all resources including social media, job boards, professional organizations, colleges/universities, and job fairs, both in-person and virtually. Follow established procedures and policies to ensure compliance requirements are met. Serve as a SME in all areas of Talent Acquisition/Recruiting and HR. Use UKG as ATS. Looking to return to on-site work.

04/2021 to 08/2022; Technical Recruiter – Axient; Remote

Source and recruit qualified candidates with active security clearances for current and future work efforts for D0D contracts. Conduct phone screens, in person interviews, telephone and virtual interviews. Support hiring managers and work closely with them to focus on critical roles. Start to finish Full cycle recruiting. Utilize all resources including social media, job boards, professional organizations, colleges/universities, and job fairs, both in-person and virtually. I source using Clearance Jobs to search for and find cleared candidates for openings. Build pipelines of qualified candidates for current openings and future openings in conjunction with and in support of business development proposals. Post job openings in our ATS and our our company website, load resumes and Manage and disposition candidates in iCIMS, our ATS. Create and run metrics and reports from ATS to provide to leadership. Utilize the ATS to track start to finish requisition. Follow established procedures and policies to ensure compliance requirements are met. Serve as a SME in all areas of Talent Acquisition/Recruiting. Hold weekly tag up meetings with my hiring managers to keep abreast of pressing requirements and priorities. At times, daily tag up meetings are necessary. Utilize iCIMS as applicant tracking system. Resigned to accept position with Linquest to avoid extensive travel.

07/2020 to 03/2021; Human Resources Generalist – Goldring Gulf Distributing Company, Milton, FL Oversee and support around 300 employees at sites in Milton, Panama City, and Mobile, AL. Serve as SME on all areas of Human Resources. Maintain personnel files and process all personnel actions. Enter New hires into the HRIS system. Process employee changes. Provide management training and coaching on hiring, terminations, and performance management, policies, and procedures. Serve as the Point of Contact for all Employee Relations issues. Conduct and investigate claims and concerns and resolve conflicts. Manage unemployment claims, verification of employments, and represent company at unemployment hearings. Ensure compliance with Federal and State reporting such as AAP, EEO, Vets 100. Review/approve electronic time- cards, pay adjustments, process leave of absences. Responsible for Benefits enrollment, management, and processing. Responsible for full cycle recruiting process from posting job requisitions to interviews to hiring. Maintain ATS Clear Company and HRIS system Conduct all pre-employment screenings, background checks, MVR checks, employee verifications, and schedule pre-employment and DOT physicals, drug screens and post-accident drug screens. Conduct New Hire Orientation discussing all policies and procedures. Process bi-weekly payroll in Paylocity. Balance and approve vendor/insurance carrier invoices. Conduct research for special projects such as salary surveys and prepare written reports of findings. Serve as Safety backup coordinator. Participate in safety meetings if an employee has an accident or incident. Complete First Report of Injury and Process Worker’s Compensation claims. Coordinate Employee Engagement activities. Resigned due to family illness.

01/2020 to 07/2020; Senior HR Generalist, Coca Cola United, Pensacola, FL

Provided HR generalist support for the Suncoast region (1000 employees) to include: Pensacola, Valparaiso, Panama City, Valdosta, GA and Mobile, AL. Commuted to different sites weekly to provide hr support with employee relations, training, onboarding, recruiting and labor relations support with the CBA in Mobile, AL. Used SAP as the ATS. Resigned and accepted job with Goldring, so I wouldn’t have to travel weekly.

05/2018 to 01/2020; Senior HR Generalist, Entera Branding and Manufacturing, Panama City, FL

Provide support in all areas of human resources for 200 employees at a Sign Manufacturing company. Partner with managers for training. Source candidates through market segmentation and research, prepare job advertisements, post job vacancies, process applications. Handle Employee relations issues. Manage progressive discipline meetings, process terminations. Serve as safety coordinate. Benefits administration and 401K administration. Responsible for all Government compliance reports to include: EEO-1, AAP, Vets 100, OSHA 300. Run bi-weekly payroll and process all payroll related reports in Paylocity. Husband retired from the military and we moved from Panama City to our permanent home in Pensacola, FL I accepted the job at Coca Cola United.

01/2014 to 05/2018 HR Manager, Walton County BCC DeFuniak Springs, FL

Supervised and staff in all areas of human resources. Oversaw rewrite of the County’s Personnel Manual, presented it to the BCC board and it was approved. Rewrote and updated job descriptions and pay classifications. Conducted salary surveys of government entities to update pay plan. Oversaw recruiting and compliance of all government reports to include, AAP, EEO, Vets 100 and other reports for State grants. Served as a Management representative for negotiating the Collective Bargaining with the Union. Responded to union grievances. Handled all Employee Relations matters. Conducted all investigations related to any complaints. Responded to EEOC on complaints. Worked with the Legal department on all pending cases and litigation. Processed public records requests. Maintained the County pay plan. Served as 401(K) Plan Administrator. Worked with insurance consultants to negotiate rates and reviewed and scored companies who responded to our Bid and Proposals for insurance. Worked with Risk Management for all employee accidents or incidents. Completed first report of injury and oversaw claims. Oversaw hiring process and recruited for high level positions as needed. Conducted New Hire orientations as needed. Supported the Board with initiatives and provided reports as requested. Husband was serving his last term in the military at Tyndall AFB, Panama City, so we moved to Panama City to his last duty station.

09/2002 to 01/2014 HR Director, BAE Systems, Crestview and Ft. Walton Beach, FL

HR Generalist promoted to Manager BAE Systems (formerly AIC and MTI, acquired by MTC Technologies in Dayton OH then BAE Systems) locations in Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, FL; Huntsville, AL; Dayton, OH; Warner Robins, GA and Albertville, AL. We provided support to the Air Force with aircraft modifications. Participated in Union Negotiations and was on the management team for Collective Bargaining. Responded to grievances by the union.Provided HR support with team for over 1000 employees in over 5 sites/states including both union and non-union. Served as lead recruiter for high level executive positions. Oversaw talent acquisition staff and assisted with recruiting. Served as POC for Government audits – AAP audits, salary audits, Served as primary HR POC for integration team for PeopleSoft implementation from Deltek/Costpoint; Led New Hire Orientation as needed. Tracked time through Kronos before migrating to Peoplesoft, and used Taleo. Conducted wage and salary surveys in labor market for positions and helped establish forward pricing rates with DCAA. Directed and supported all recruiting efforts. Attended local events, trade shows, job fairs, recruited at various Air Force and Army Bases for specific contract requirements. Oversaw and helped with all pre-employment screenings. Oversaw worker’s compensation claims. Handled all employee relation investigations and issues. Hired employees for SCA contracts in various states. I received Employee Achievement awards. Coordinated all employee engagement activities: Holiday Party, Service Awards, Retirement Location in Crestview, FL was closing after the BAE Systems acquisition and modification work was being moved out West and new Senior leadership was taking over bringing their own Directors, so I accepted a generous severance package.

Honors/Affiliations

High School Valedictorian, 1987

National member of SHRM

United Way Loaned Executive

Graduate of Okaloosa County’s Chamber of Commerce Leadership Class

Executive Board Member for Muscogee Nation of Florida Indian Tribe

Various employee achievement awards from employers

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