Charles Robbins
267-***-**** **************@*****.***
Profile:
Human Resource Professional with a Master’s in Human Resources, and Senior Professional in Human Resources Certification, who has analyzed problems and created and implemented strategic projects that met corporate goals. The work included payroll, compensation, benefits administration and employee relations, strategic planning, recruiting/hiring, safety, workers compensation, investigations, and writing and administering Human resource policies and procedures.
Experience
Rite Aid Retail 30 Hunter Lane, Camp Hill, PA 17011, telephone 717-***-**** Assistant Manager, Senior Benefits Specialist 2016 - 2018
Audited $13 million in medical claims, saved $190,000.
Worked with payroll and communicated employees with questions to resolve problems.
Handled union concerns about retirement and health insurance plans
Weekly corrected mistakes on 401k plans which had caused $1 million error in the past
Administered the 5500s for the defined benefit plans, a 2 billion-dollar 401k and health plan.
Worked with payroll.
Cardone Industries, Inc. auto parts manufacturer, 5501 Whitaker Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19124, telephone 215-***-****, employed 1991-2015
Human Resource Business Partner 2005 – 2015
Human Resource compliance and policy development
Revised FMLA compliance program and organized program that saved $80,000.
Taught courses on HIPAA privacy rules to the company and served as the chief privacy
officer.
Set up a COBRA compliance program and organized contract with a vendor.
Payroll
Worked with Payroll to resolve technical issues
Answered questions about pay problems including resolving audit questions.
Talent management and strategic workforce planning
Worked on the manufacturing floor with leaders and workers to ensure corporate objectives were met and union concerns were heard before they escalated.
Prepare reports on human resource goals such as attendance, hiring, safety, benefit costs, legislative compliance, lean, quality, and Six Sigma techniques.
Worked with leaders on evaluating manpower needs and determining
Strategic transforming of health and retirement plans to meet management directives.
Created an Exclusive Provider Organization with a local hospital, which reduced medical insurance costs by $1,150,000 a year. This program included establishing a health clinic for workers on site and negotiating with the union to create a new health insurance program.
When the company terminated 85% of the union labor force, negotiated and won the right to freeze union pension plan and terminate the ESOP plan which saved yearly costs of $2.75 million without reopening union contract. Set up a new 401k plan that met corporate objectives.
Compensation
Compared work to job descriptions to ensure people were in their correct pay categories.
Did market surveys to ensure external equity, and internal reviews to ensure internal equity.
Administrative work including HRIS and Excel
Input into SAP all HR records including benefit records, I-9s, and occupational exposure. Wrote processes and check sheets, and with these records, created dashboards
Built a team of four people to handle vendor contracts, benefits and legal compliance programs Trained people to handle complicated benefits and compliance issues with FMLA, ERISA, and Flexible Spending Accounts.
Human Resource generalist 1991 –2004
New employee orientation
Recruited workers for factory and professional positions.
Ran program to train new factory workers how to work at Cardone.
Built teamwork between Human Resource and management
Prepared documentation for union negotiation.
Worked with the union to change the monitoring absentees and lateness, saving $150,000.
Discipline and Safety
Worked with management to create new discipline code, wrote policy and processes for it
Cooperated with manufacturing leaders to design safety programs including safe hand-tools, log out tag out program, and personal protective gear including ANSI safety glasses reduced the company’s injuries equipment by 20%.
OSHA, and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, EEOC, compliance reporting Worked on the Injury Review Board reviewing potential or actual accidents.
Education
Master of Science in Human Resources, Boston University
Degree in Employee Benefits, Philadelphia Paralegal Institute
Muhlenberg College, Allentown PA
Certificates
Payroll Management
Certificate of FMLA Administrative Skills
Advanced Topics in Group Benefits
Certificate in Health Plan Navigation
Associates in Group (Health) Benefits
Occupational Safety and Health
Senior Professional Human Resources certification
Certified Employee Benefits Specialist certification
Compensation Concepts and Principles
Human Resources and Compensation Management