Deborah Seamandel

Professional Summary

Conscientious Human Resources Manager bringing passion for helping employers identify, develop, and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build cultures centered on employee value and progress. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.

Work History

Accelerated Clinical Laboratory – Human Resources Manager – Wauwatosa, WI

07/17/2021 – Present

Bulit and managed a team of seven human resource professionals.

Partnered with operations, logistics, and field managers to determine staffing needs.

Developed partnerships with staffing agencies to fill over 500 positions.

Trained up the human resources team, enabling them to each be promoted to a higher level.

Wrote policies and employee handbook.

Transition of HRIS system from Paychex to ADP

Process payroll for 500 employees

Operationally minded, able to think outside the box.

Set up new pay rate bands.

Conducted employee performance reviews.

McLane Food Service – Human Resource Point Person - Benefits

Sturtevant, WI

12/2019 – 07/16/2021

Organized files for benefits office

Ensure compliance with I – 9 documents.

Completed I – 9 Audit of Distribution Center

Set up Affirmative Action Plans for 2020

Created reports to track FMLA, workman compensation cases, furloughs, and Covid – 19 cases.

Data Entry of Corrective actions for teammates

Research before suspension or terminations

Trained new point person for Elkhorn distribution center.

Assumed other duties when Human Resource Specialist was out of office.

Learning new OTAC system and Spanish

Walmart - Personnel Manager/HR

South Milwaukee, WI

10/2010 - 08/2019

Maintained optimal staffing levels by tracking vacancies and initiating recruitment and interview processes to identify qualified candidates.

Streamlined HR efficiencies, coordinated new hire orientations, and provided on-boarding and training for 200 new employees.

Served as representative in various civic and community functions to further enhance the company image and develop additional business.

Forecast expected personnel demands and developed forward-thinking approaches to achieve objectives.

Coordinated ongoing technical training and personal development classes for staff members.

Strengthened operational efficiencies and traceability by developing organizational filing systems for confidential employee records and reports.

Briefed new hires on essential job information, such as company policies, employment benefits and job duties.

Worked as an effective team member while contributing to local and regional HR projects.

Educated management on successful approaches for enhancing policy implementation and enforcement to prevent legal entanglements involving employees.

Provided guidance on policies and procedures to harmonize responses to complainants and ensure appropriate investigation and resolution of grievances.

Controlled workmen's compensation claims by eliminating unnecessary filings and streamlining processes.

Payroll processing, using ADP, SAP

Walmart - Community Involvement Coordinator

Milwaukee, WI

11/1990 - 10/2010

Wrote agendas and sent out automatic notifications for upcoming meetings.

Successfully led key projects which resulted in being the top fund-raising store in the state of Wisconsin, 6 years in a row

Oversaw various fund-raising projects from conceptualization to completion.

Recommendations

Victor Escobedo

Human Resource Manager Change Leader Labor Relations Culture Director

October 14, 2019, Victor managed Deborah directly

Debbie was always the associate's greatest advocate. She listened and root caused their concerns to create a sustainable result. She ensured that associates’ needs were a priority as they, in turn, created a great customer experience. Debbie is truly an inspirational HR leader.

Dan Stodghill, SPHR

HR Professional

February 8, 2015, Dan was senior to Deborah.

Deborah supported our Walmart Milwaukee Mid-town location as a Personnel Manager. Midtown is a challenging store with many issues that surface to Personnel each day. During the time I was the HR Market Manager, Deborah did a good job supporting our associates and the leadership team as well as leading the Personnel and Training at the store. I found Deborah to have a passion for our associates and a passion for doing the "right" thing.

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414-***-****

400 Hemlock Ct., South Milwaukee, WI 53172

Skills

Human resources management

Compensation and benefits

Succession planning

Personnel recruitment

Confidentiality

Risk management

Document control

Detail oriented

Documentation and reporting

Workplace safety

Event and meeting planning

Staff leadership

Issues resolution

Community outreach

Investigative research

Budgeting

Education

Alison University

Galway, Ireland

Some College (No Degree): Human Resources Management

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