VP/Director Human Resources

Eddie Arredondo III

Pflugerville, Texas ***** 620-***-****

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www.linkedin.com/in/eddiearredondo

Human Resources Executive

25+ years’ of success building Human Resources teams to foster excellent employee relations with high performance.

Repeated success guiding Human Resources functions for sizeable organizations, including talent management, leadership development, strategic change management, and union organizations. Adept at launching Leadership programs that generate high employee satisfaction and retention. Expert trainer, presenter, negotiator, and businessperson with excellent interpersonal skills, able to build and maintain superior relationships with all organizational levels, gain consensus, and drive productive change. Fluent in English and Spanish.

Highlights of Expertise

Succession Planning

Talent Management

HRIS

Employee Relations

Compensation &Benefits

Organizational Design

Performance Management

Industrial Relations

Employment Law

Project Management

Leadership & Team Building

Contract Negotiation

Career Experience

GBW Railcar Services LLC ( Joint Venture of Greenbrier & WATCO Mechanical Companies), Austin, Texas (January 2015 to September 2018)

WATCO Companies, Pittsburg, Kansas (2006 to 2014)

Provide executive level leadership for Talent Management, Leadership Development, and Union Negotiations.

VICE PRESIDENT HUMAN RESOURCES, EMPLOYEE / LABOR / TALENT (December 2006 to September 2018)

Built, trained, and developed acquisition team and created labor negotiations strategy for the merged company, while leading the entire HR team to promote excellent corporate culture. For WATCO, held HR responsibilities for the Mechanical Services Division, including contract negotiations, management development, culture change management, talent management, succession planning, and organizational design. Acted as Sherpa Coach for Senior Executives during 12-week training program to improve leadership skills.

Spearheaded transition of HR team from tactical to strategic-based, improving ability to guide company from 700 employees to over 3500.

Enhanced employee satisfaction and retention by developing and implementing favorable compensation plans, reward programs, and SAP HRIS, and creating and evaluating Team Member Climate Surveys.

Re-engineered talent team by initiating behavioral-based interview training, applicant testing, and succession planning, resulting in a 30% reduction in turnover.

Introduced strategic and tactical action plans to foster creation of a learning University enhancing management leadership training, spawning a cultural change to higher performance, accountability, and productivity.

Negotiated a number of union contracts without business disruption and decertified three other contracts.

ACE Cash Express, Irving, Texas

Provided leadership for Corporate HR, including Compensation, Benefits, HRIS, and Payroll.

CORPORATE HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR (August 2005 to December 2006)

Led the development of Employee Relations training and Talent Management for all corporate positions.

Transitioned payroll processes from paper and faxes to internet web-based, improving efficiency and leading to savings of $250K.

Enhanced HRIS by moving current system from mainframe to internet, streamlining HRIS administration.

FedEx Express Corporation, Irving, Texas

Delivered Human Resources services for Southwestern Region team with 10,000 employees.

HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR (May 1986 to July 2005)

Developed leadership training programs, talent management initiatives, Employee Relations climate review, and Company Internal Grievance Process. Took responsibility for AAP, EEO investigations, Recruitment, Safety, and Management Training.

Focused on development and implementation of People Service Profit philosophy.

Initiated Servant Leadership Training for 21 Senior Managers, resulting in improvement of leadership scores of 19 of 21 managers attending.

Corporate Employee Relations liason.

Education & Credentials

Master of Arts, Labor Relations (One-Year Coursework Completed)

Corpus Christi State University, Corpus Christi, Texas

Bachelor of Arts, Social Science

Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas

Professional Development

Executive Program – Texas Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management

Labor Negotiations

Union Negotiations

Certification

SPHR – Personnel Institute Accreditation

Sherpa Coaching Certification

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