Jose M. Guajardo Jr., MSHR

adjs0m@r.postjobfree.com ● 312-***-****

Career Profile:

Bilingual (English/Spanish) Human Resources professional with experience supporting up to 1,200 employees in multi-state & local sites across sales, finance, plant, engineering, purchasing, customer service, and distribution in the food, manufacturing, and service industries. Skilled at providing strategic and hands-on leadership with change management, acquisitions and mergers while supporting an organization's mission, vision, and core values.

Experience:

NN, Inc. – Aurora, IL July 2019 to June 2020

Medical Devices Industry - Life Sciences Division; Report to Division VP of HR and Plant Manager. Support plant of 100 nonunion employees including Quality Control, Materials, Engineering and Operations. Open to change in companies due to unstable financial state of NN, Inc. Left organization due to elimination of position affected by Covid19.

Human Resources Manager

● Lead Safety Committee; create Emergency Action Plan, Develop New Hire Safety on boarding & Vendor Indemnity Form; Process bi-weekly ADP Payroll; Lead Pandemic team

●Created on boarding presentation; employee “What you do matters” marketing posters; compliance with E-Verify, Code of Conduct & Ethic Training, Osha 300 log, Led Employee Benefits Open Enrollment Training; Employee Relations; Recruited sixteen new technical (CNC Operators) employees in three months; Weekly & Monthly Reports.

Hostess Brands, LLC – Chicago, IL March 2018 to April 2019

• One-hundred-year-old brand food processor. Report to VP of HR Field Operations; lead local HR department of four, Safety, Training & Security Depts. Lead all HR functions to support closed union shop of 600+ & distribution warehouse employees in a 24/7 operation. Left organization due to consolidation of department.

Sr. Human Resources Manager

• Lead HR acquisition & merger functions: onboard 800 employees to new payroll, benefits, uniform purchase.

• Negotiate new five-year CBA contract in one day with local union; administer daily grievance and employee relations process & coaching; respond to IDHR & EEOC charges.

• Manager new temp agency requisitions and on-boarding; reimbursed 30K on OJT grants.

• Successfully manage & pass Social Responsibility audit; employee engagement; Labor Relations training.

Graphic Packaging International, Inc. – Elk Grove Village, IL Jan 2015 to Nov. 2017

• Fortune 1000 corporation with worldwide operations and specializing in the design and manufacturing of packaging for food products. Report to the Plant Manager and the Regional Director of Human Resources (matrix); provide leadership and support to two non-union facilities covering seven shifts and 400 plus employees. Left organization due to cost cutting restructuring.

Human Resources Manager

• Recruited, developed, and supervised two Human Resources Generalists to support company goals and initiatives: Support open door policy creating single digit turnover for hourly & salary employees.

• Generated over $100,000 in grant revenues for on-the-job training of new recruits.

• Lead Social Responsibility audits with PepsiCo & McDonald’s clients. Quarterly review of workmen’s comp.

• Recruit, train and investigate in both Spanish & English; Develop Statement of Position and represent the company in third party hearings. Post job ads, extend job offers, reconcile payroll and HR benefit services.

• Research annual General Wage Increase for hourly employees and recommended proposals; manage company 9-Box, Succession, Developmental directives, and reduction in workforce.

Lear Corporation – Hammond, IN Sept. 2013 to Nov 2014

• Fortune 200 Tier One Automotive Supplier; 125,000 employees worldwide. Electrical & Seating supplier to automotive industry. Reported to Plant Manager and VP of North America. Provided cross functional plant support of Production, Material, Quality, Maintenance, Accounting, and IT. Supervised staff of three. Left organization due to restructuring after 2014 strike.

Plant Human Resources Manager

• Lead and support 24/7 operation with 800 employees; Supervise department of three.

• Collaborated with local United Auto Workers Union to reduce grievances by 50%.

• Created and wrote process improvement policies and procedures to reduced workman’s compensation OSHA recordables by 50%.

• Reimbursed $11,000 in wages for cross training new hires through local nonprofit agency.

• Compliance with annual filing of EE0-1, Vets100 and Affirmative Action Plan.

• Trained Production Supervisors on the Seven Steps of Just Cause Investigations.

Performance Foodservice Fox River Foods - Montgomery, IL Sept 2010 to April 2013

• Third largest food distributor in the nation; 500 employees locally (175 drivers, 175 warehouses, 150 sales and administrative support); cross functional support of Sales, Dispatch, Warehouse Operations, Accounting, IT, Bid, Marketing, Purchasing and IT throughout Mid-West; reported to President/Owner. Supervised staff of four. Left organization after restructuring that took place when company was sold to private equity group Blackstone.

Human Resources Manager

• Designed infrastructure by implementing processes, procedures, policies to improve efficiencies.

• Reduced workmen’s compensation, medical and captive costs by $1.7MM by changing plan design and changing pre-employment testing process. Managed company captive and general liability insurance programs.

• Created Code of Ethics, HACCP, Harassment, Food Safety, Random Drug Screen Polices; Managed compliance with DOT, BLS, Dept. of Labor, OFCCP, OSHA, EEOC; Labor Relations.

• Administered Wellness, Risk, Employee Relations, Recruiting, 401(k), Benefits, Safety; Confidential Investigations; Multi-State & Cross-functional service.

• Supported ten multi-state Midwest regions dispatch terminals and sales force.

Interlake Mecalux, Inc. - Melrose Park, IL (& Spain) Oct 2007 to May 2010

• One of the leading companies in the storage systems (steel) market, specialized in the design, manufacturing, sale and services of metal racking, automated warehouses, and other storage solutions. Reported to U.S. CEO and Spain HR; coordinated with HR in Mexico and Spain and opened Canada market. Supervised staff of three along with a dotted line to five plant Human Resources Managers and six Warehouse Managers throughout US. Left organization after acquisition and merger with Interlake Material Handling and change in leadership.

Human Resource Manager

• Designed and delivered monthly production supervisor training; conducted confidential employee relations investigations; administered unemployment and workmen’s compensation claims; led first ever 401(k) audit and improved plan design to achieve passing of discrimination test; audited I-9’s; administered weekly payroll for multi-state operation.

• Dramatically reduced work site accidents by 86%; cut cost in workmen’s compensation by 25%; streamlined administration of facility department; created compensation philosophy and pay grades/ranges; Labor Relations.

• Led all human resource integration initiatives during company’s acquisition of larger competitor; integrated 300 new employees.

• Plant start up; high volume interviewing; interviewed 100 candidates a day.

ComEd- Chicago (14 years; Meter Reader, Cable Splicer, Chemistry Tech., Corporate Security); Left organization due to restructuring in the Nuclear Division.

Education

M.S., Human Resources Management, Loyola Graduate Business School - Chicago, IL

B. S., Organizational Behavior/Business, Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

Six Sigma Green Belt Master’s Program Training, Chicago Deming Associates - Naperville, IL 2011

Technology: Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Power Point, ETime, Reports Smith, Enterprise, Kronos, Paylocity, PayExpert, Lotus Notes, Paycor & Time on Demand, ADP, Visio, PeopleSoft, BizRights, SAP, SuccessFactors, WorkBrain, Kronos, Red Carpet, UltiPro, Concur, Workday, Alchemy Training, Profit Key

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