Employee Relations Resources Manager

MARK J. KOLLAR

Greenville, MI ***** 248-***-**** ***********@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/markkollar

SPHR MSHR Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

GLOBAL • REGIONAL • DIVISIONAL • CORPORATE - HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DICASTAL NORTH AMERICA, INC. $200M annual sales die-cast wheel manufacturing division of a Chinese owned global manufacturer

Human Resources Manager, North America (2019-2020) – Reported to North American President

Key member of the executive leadership team, responsible for employee relations, payroll, benefits, recruiting, compensation, and EHS supporting 500 U.S, 60 Chinese employees, and managing five direct reports.

Championed cross functional teams empowered to refine processes for talent management and deployment strategy, including talent acquisition, retention, new employee orientation, onboarding, employee engagement, leadership coaching, performance excellence systems, and succession planning.

Developed and implemented the COVID-19 reaction plan for continuing operations.

Restructured medical insurance plan, changing from self-insured to fully insured, to minimize potential financial risk from Covid-19 pandemic.

NITTO AUTOMOTIVE, INC. $100M automotive supplier division of a Japanese owned global conglomerate

Division Human Resources Manager (2017-2019) – Reported to Vice President of Human Resources for Nitto North America

Directed all HR support for 1,000 employees across three manufacturing plants and an engineering/sales/headquarters located in the United States and Mexico managing a team of three direct reports and five indirect reports.

Developed, implemented, and managed programs related to talent acquisition, retention, new hire orientation, and onboarding, employee engagement, leadership coaching, performance excellence systems, and succession planning.

Division champion for successful Success Factors HRIS implementation.

Investigated and adjudicated twenty compliance complaints across North America.

Settled six legacy employment lawsuits at an average per case settlement of $40,000, saving up to $60,000 per case in legal fees and potential adverse judgments.

KOLLAR LEGAL, PLLC Law firm specializing in labor / employment law and legal compliance

Labor Attorney, Human Resources and Labor Advisor (2014-2017)

Provided legal representation to corporations and plaintiffs for Michigan and Federal litigation.

Acted as labor advisor and company advocate in arbitration cases.

Improvement successes included:

oNegotiated employment lawsuit settlement for a Detroit-based staffing firm reducing financial risk by $40,000.

oConducted legal / HR compliance review for five-plant privately held automotive supplier resulting in 25% reduction in ethics complaints over a two-year period.

oSuccessfully represented specialty steel automotive supplier in arbitration hearing where termination of eight employees was upheld by the Arbitrator.

MINTH NORTH AMERICA $200M North American division of $1B global Chinese automotive supplier

Human Resources Director (2013-2014) – Reported to North American President

North American HR Leader managing a team of seven direct reports including Corporate EHS, Recruiting, Compensation and Benefits and four plant level HR Managers with six indirect reports supporting 1,500 employees. Manufacturing, engineering, and sales footprint in Farmington, MI; Tawas, MI; and Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Directed all HR processes and strategic plans including policy deployment, recruiting, labor relations / negotiations, compensation, benefits, HRIS, 401K / pension plan administration, payroll, policy, training, safety/security, worker’s compensation, visa applications, strategic planning, cultural issues/training, and regulatory compliance and filings.

Responsible for operations strategies such as maintaining plant headcount, tracking, absenteeism, turnover, and developing talent management programs for effectiveness and compliance with ISO/TS.

Implemented results-driven performance management and succession planning process in support of global business objectives.

PHILIPS MEDICAL DEVICES $2B global medical device division of a $36B international conglomerate

Senior Human Resources Manager (2010-2013) – Reported to Senior Director of CT and NM Global Operations

HR Leader for the global manufacturing operations supporting a $2.0B medical device business unit, coordinating HR objectives for 1,500 employees produced Computed Tomography & Nuclear Medicine equipment with a manufacturing footprint in North America, South America, the Middle East, and Asia.

Drove the delivery and implementation of HR strategies and programs at the business unit level, facilitated organization and leadership development efforts, and worked closely with employees and managers to address root causes of human resources issues.

Facilitated completion of operations improvement projects resulting from the global Employee Engagement survey.

Developed and established a program to hire recently graduated Chinese national professionals from US universities for development then deployment to Suzhou, China, after 18 months.

STRATEGIC HR SOLUTIONS Human resources strategic consulting firm

Human Resources and Labor Advisor (2008-2010)

Consulted with various clients advising on human resources operations, systems, processes, and employee development needs.

Human resources and labor relations improvement successes included:

oDevelopment of training materials critical for relocating manufacturing processes to a Chinese facility for a Fortune 500 manufacturing plant.

oDevelopment and delivery of quality process improvement training system for a multi-billion sales West Michigan office furniture corporation.

oProvided executive coaching for multiple plant management teams and delivered employee involvement, team problem solving, and internal quality auditor training for a multi-state aftermarket automotive supplier.

WOLVERINE ADVANCED MATERIALS $1B coil coated steel manufacturer with operations in the United States, Europe, and Asia

Global Human Resources Director (2006-2008) – Reported to Global President

Exercised shared P&L responsibility for a total global budget and supervised four plant-level human resources managers, OD manager, EHS manager, and payroll managers within a worldwide steel manufacturing company overseeing operations in the North America, Europe and Asia with 1,500 global employees.

Drove quantum improvements in performance management, employee relations, labor relations, collective bargaining, labor negotiations, employee involvement, organizational effectiveness and development, recruiting, payroll, and communications processes.

Established HR key performance measurement process to drive HR business strategy to support overall business objectives.

Key participant in the planning for the new joint-venture operation start-up in China.

Served as the company project leader for new HRIS/Payroll implementation resulting in projected $250K productivity improvements.

AURORA PEOPLE SOLUTIONS, LLC $30M IT and business transformation staffing corporation

Human Resources Manager (1998-2006) – Reported to CFO

Led Human Resources team which recruited and maintained a workforce of over 300 technical professionals placed with client organizations.

Human Resources leader responsible for the policies and practices from start-up to the sale of the organization after eight years.

Generated over $200,000 in annual revenue by managing onsite HR contract services

Acted as Human Resources Director for unionized automotive stampings and welded component supplier client with three manufacturing plants with 1,200 employees.

Negotiated, as first chair representative, for client concessionary two labor contracts resulting in increased management flexibility.

EDUCATION / TRAINING

Juris Doctor with Emphasis in Corporate, Employment and Labor Law Michigan State University

Master of Science Degree in Human Resources and Labor Relations Michigan State University

Bachelor of Science Degree in Geography Michigan State University

SPHR / Six Sigma Green Belt Certification

TECHNICAL SKILLS

SAP

Peoplesoft

Oracle

JD Edwards

Workday

Kronos

SuccessFactors

Hyperion

Taleo

Novell LAN

MAPICS

PDI Enterprise

NetSuite

QuickBooks

ICIMS

MS Office

Photoshop

Illustrator

Brass Ring

Great Plains

Publisher

Global Human Resources Director

P&L / Budgeting / Cost Controls

HRIS Systems Implementation

Union / Contract Negotiations / Decertification

Strategic Planning and Deployment

Change Management / Turnarounds

Mergers / Acquisitions / Divestitures Process

Business Re-Engineering / Improvements

Six Sigma / Lean Manufacturing

Employee Engagement / Retention Strategies

C-Suite / Board Level Presentations

Digital Transformation

Global Regulatory Compliance / Governance

Diversity, Inclusion, Equity Programs

Total Rewards Programs

Key Achievement

Renegotiated contracts with temp staffing agencies reducing the administrative fees from 48% to 38%, reducing annual projected cost by $250,000.

Key Achievement

Chief Spokesperson for UAW CBA saving $1.1M from approved budget and reducing annual benefit

plan cost by $350K.

Key Achievement

Implemented ethics and compliance hotline and alternative dispute resolution process for employee discipline cases to negate repeated union organization attempts.

Key Achievement

Revised recruiting process and reduced reliance on external recruiters saving over $500,000 in first six months.

Key Achievement

Remediated ten HR / employee related components of FDA Warning Letter for three international manufacturing sites.

Key Achievement

Conducted payroll process map exercise for client resulting in a 28% reduction in payroll errors and a 15% reduction in payroll processing work hours.

Key Achievement

Generated an one-time savings of more than $325,000 by negotiating the resolution of site-wide vacation accrual grievance with the UAW.

Key Achievement

Maintained less than 10% turnover rate by implementing “mock stock” and professional development program to promote and reward retention.

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