ROBIN COOPER

Leesburg, GA Cell 909-***-**** E-mail: adtd8n@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER PROFILE

Strategic Human Resource professional with extensive management experience partnering with business units in the promotion of organizational effectiveness in meeting business goals and objectives. Proactive, proven leader with comprehensive experience in the design, administration and management of all areas of human resource practices. Adept at identifying, advocating, and executing cost control initiatives without compromising quality. Results oriented with the ability to quickly build successful working relationships through effective communication.

KNOWLEDGE BASE

Regulatory Compliance Benefits Design / Management M&A Due Diligence & Post Acquisition

Employment Law Litigation management Multi-State & Multi-Site Operations

Leave Administration Risk Management and Safety (W/C) Training and Program Development

HR Department Start-up Market Research / Analysis Project and Change Management

Recruitment & Retention Payroll / Paid Leave Administration 401k Plan Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CORE - Community Organized Relief Effort 2020 – present

Non-Profit COVID and other disaster relief coalition

DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Responsible for overseeing all aspects of human resources for a multi-site, multi-state environment

Implemented human resource practices to support an ever changing, diverse employee base

Advised and trained key management personnel on HR best practices

Established written policy and procedures to include leave policies and an updated handbook

Developed payroll (ADP) systems to include efficient, proficient onboarding and off boarding processes

Streamlined recruitment platform through LEVER by incorporating process into ADP system

Reviewed and applied updates to compliance factors such as pay analysis and wage/hour practices

Orchestrated legal downsizing efforts in line with both California and federal laws

Paklab,Inc. 2018 – 2020

Contract manufacturer beauty industry- high and low end cosmetics, hair and skin products

CORPORATE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES

Negotiated, maintained and coordinated temporary staffing according to production necessity for two sites; Chino, CA and Batavia, OH

Maintained expense of labor developing diverse training programs to ensure success of key positions

Advised and train key management personnel on legal and possibly risky personnel decisions

Designed, negotiated and managed health and welfare plans

Maintained and modify company policies and procedures as required – including annual review of company handbook

Managed all leaves of absence and return to work programs to ensure they coincide with State/Federal laws

Managed government regulatory, compliance and reporting requirements

Managed payroll, including tracking of vacation and sick leave accrued liability

Tracked retention, absenteeism, turnover and training objectives

Managed safety department with a heavy emphasis on safe practices to include low recordable injuries

Reorganized and streamlined company policies and procedures proving to increase productivity and bottom line affects:

oReduced company bottom line expense by $500k first 8 months with changes to labor/processes/benefits/LOA’s

oHelped to close two outstanding lawsuits with $Million demands to $134,000 settlement

oReorganized staffing to improve productivity and remove redundancy

oImproved productivity through the development of training programs

Port Plastics, Inc. 1995 – 2018

Leading national distributor of commodity and high performance engineering plastics

DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES

Directed and monitor labor and employee relations for 23 locations in 12 states.

Advised and train management in employment law, legal interviewing, appropriate discipline, employee

motivation and other human resource policies, ensuring compliance with both Federal and local laws.

Developed and managed programs and processes for staffing, recruitment, retention and separations.

Designed corrective action processes to comply with company policy and to ensure tracking of performance

related actions as required by regulatory agencies.

Designed, negotiated and managed cost-efficient health and welfare benefit plans, including medical,

dental, 401(k), life insurance, AD&D, short-term disability and long-term disability. Successful in keeping renewal increases to single digit and zero increase year on year.

Ensured federal, state, and local government regulatory, EEO administration and compliance reporting.

Managed safety policies and OSHA - negotiated rates for workers compensation; investigate, follow-up

and resolved all related issues. CA and US Mod rating consistently under .70

Managed payroll, including vacation and sick leave policies and accruals.

Initiated team building and motivational training programs - contribute to increased productivity,

stronger morale and improved relations.

Successfully integrated five business purchases from initial due diligence stage through to

on-boarding and change management within the organization.

EDUCATION

Master of Science Human Resource Management – Chapman University

Bachelor of Science Business Management – University of Phoenix

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