Human Resources Project Manager

Lydia Thomas

**** ******** ******, ** ******** MI 49508

Dynamic Operations Leader

Skilled Training Manager Records/Processes

Human Resources Professional with extensive business acumen and nine years of progressive experience building mutually beneficial business partnerships, leading highly effective teams, and delivering innovative strategies to promote accountability and awareness

around diversity and inclusion, drive employee engagement, skillfully recruit and hire talent, and lead organizational change.

•Ability to excel in highly competitive environments with outstanding integrity, reliability, and productivity.

•Highly motivated, self-starter with remarkable organizational skills and meticulous attention to detail.

•Expertise in training management and staff

•Develop & implement execute productive flow management systems & uphold compliance standards.

CORE EXPERTISE

•Diversity & Inclusion Training

•Talent acquisition

•Project Manager

•Cross-functional and cross-site team management

•Extensive people leadership experience

•Staffing and resource planning

•Policy creation and ownership

•Customer service focus

•Strategic Training leader

•Written & Verbal Communication Skills

•Relationship Management Skills

Professional Experience

Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing Mar.2023-Present

Aseptic Manufacturing Associate

Responsible for performing various routine manufacturing tasks following established procedures and cGMP regulations under guidance of a production supervisor and/or senior management.

Key Contributions:

•Follow production and manufacturing procedures.

•Perform equipment preparation, bulk drug formulation, and aseptic filling duties as needed.

•Accurately document data and complete batch records as needed.

•Perform cleaning and sanitization duties as instructed by the applicable procedure.

•Successfully complete facility's aseptic gowning and manufacturing qualification program.

•Perform duties in Grade 5 IS0 6, IS0 7, and 8 cleanrooms.

Amway – Ada, MI Human 03/2014 – 2023 • 9 yrs.

Technician ll –Human Resource DE&I/ Warehouse/Clerical/Blending

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•Cross-trained as a Warehouse, Blending, and Clerical Technician

•Ability to ship Domestically and Internationally

•Shipping and Receiving- includes transporting raw material, goods in process and finished goods to production lines

•Expert at resolving escalated service issues to ensure deadlines are met

•Refined ability to identify the needs of a growing and diverse business by helping to develop new processes and training methods/standards

•Maintain and manage inventory for NPP to include ordering

•Able to analyze data and make data-driven decisions by utilizing pallet tracker and inventory software (Excel, Power Bi, Tableau, DSI?)

Key Contributions:

•Standard Work (SW)/Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) maintenance

•Maintained proper inventory levels, ensured stocking, trained others on the ordering of Kanban, and maintained contact with suppliers to ensure maximum efficiency in meeting order goals

•Quality Functional Lead write detail quality incidents to communicate quality issues with company

•Safety Functional Lead assessing safety needs in plant and reporting to safety coordinator of needs for plant

•Printing mix packets for packaging and blending teams (systems PLM JDE ETQ)

•Reconciliation of work orders

•Insuring documentation of paper is for FDA

Anna’s Linen 03/2003-10/2012•12yrs5mos.

Training District Manager/ Store Manager

•Manage Store Operation/District Operation

•Manage Customer Support organize secret shop and scores for district

•Assisted in the planning, creation, and distribution of highly sensitive company collateral requests

•Ensured Product Transfer log between stores were compliant

•Ensured Product Delivery log were compliant

•Manage District Store profit, gross margins

•Maintain Labor Forecast, Trained Store Management Labor Forecasting

•Work with loss prevention with shrinkage of merchandise

•Ensure Cash Management Logs were compliant (Petty Cash, Cash Daily and Night Deposits)

Key Contributions:

•Institutionalized and maintain staffing model to forecast hiring needs for district

•Post Requisition for job opening in district

•Assisted in the planning, creation, and distribution of highly sensitive company collateral requests

•Trained and managed Store Management in company standards, visual displays, sales

•Trained Store and Assistant Managers in Diversity and Inclusion

•Trained Store and Assistant Managers in Best Hiring Practices

•Trained Store Management in basic loss prevention tasks

•Maintain Labor Forecast, Trained Store Management Labor Forecasting

•Proactive Role in establishing and carrying out shrinkage control (Inventory and LP Audits

•Implemented cross-training of employees and Assistant Managers consistently to maintain productivity

•Trained Management Staff in Floor Merchandise Moves and Displays

•Trained Management and Staff on Sales

•Project management in training material for management staff hiring procedures, Sales and human resources

z Technical Skills

• Dclink / Pallet Tracker (Inventory Management Software) • JDE • ETQ/PLM (Controlled Documents)

Compliance Wire (Learning Management System)

Excel • CAC • Microsoft Office 365 Suite • DSI (Production management software)

• Waste Tracking Systems • AS400 (trailer Management System)

English (Fluent)

z Education & Professional Development

Anna Linens Management 2005-2012

Training in Loss Prevention

Human Resources

Merchandising Product

Meeting with Vendors and choosing best product for stores

Sales/ Improving sales

Anna Linens Training Management 2007-2012

Human Resources

Diversity and Inclusion (Unconscious and implicit bias, Racial, age, religious, sex/gender, cultural and disability)

Recruiting (best practices when recruiting)

High School Diploma • Eau Claire MI 08/1985 – 06/1989

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