Education
Bachelor of Science Business Management - Indiana Wesleyan University - August 2000
Work History
Human Resources Generalist / Payroll Specialist/Environmental Health & Safety - American Axle
January 2002 – Present
Manage all aspects of Payroll Processing and HRIS entries for all employees using Kronos, ADP Enterprise, Workday and Ultipro (approx. $10 million annually)
Prepare and upload/enter high volumes of employee data, including hourly, salary data, annual increases, and tax data using Kronos, ADP, and UltiPro payroll systems, and Workday HRIS
Successfully orchestrated events, with budgets of $30,000 + for up to 400 attendees
Developed work instructions for forge and finishing operations
Implemented Pay for Skill testing for hourly employees
Organize Open enrollment, Biometric screenings, flu shot clinics
Lead Improvement of Safety Programs achieving No Lost Time Accidents for over Five years
Responsible for conducting Safety Meetings and Safety audits
Reduced plant recordable injuries from 16 to 1 within in one year due to identifying hazards in the plant. Workman’s compensation cost were reduced from 105,000.00 in 2019 to 1700.00 in 2020
Crew Manager - MPG (Metaldyne)
1996-1998, 2000-2001
Overall responsibility for the welfare, training and production of 45 production associates
Responsible for the productivity of a quarter of the plant operations
Responsible for reporting hours worked, absences and PTO of production associates under my supervision
Maintained a safe and clean environment for employees with an emphasis on Safety, Quality and Production
Reduced lost time accidents by 88% by utilizing employee empowerment teams
Had less than 1% turnover rate for hourly positions for over 3 years
Tooling Coordinator - MPG (Metaldyne)
1999
Inventoried, ordered and received plant consumables and tooling in excess of $400,000.00 monthly
Developed tool tracking database which increased average tool life by approximately 20%
Entered and tracked tooling usage and scrap
References
Name
Number
Company
Title
Tammy Poole
Federal Mediation & Conciliation Service
Commissioner
Tom Houck
ARCMIM
VP U.S. Operations
Mike Ashmore
Mark Echard
Bill Heidt
American Axle
American Axle
American Axle
Plant Manager
Retired HR Manager
Retired Engineer