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FREDRICK L. TERRY Senior HR Executive
Visionary Influencer Organizational Strategist
Collaborative and innovative senior officer wholly dedicated to enhancing organizations with forward thinking, process improvement, and business acuity. Problem-solver and strategic, tactical planner with over 15 years of progressive experience driving, developing, and implementing value-added HR solutions in the areas of compensation and benefits, employee and labor relations, organizational development, succession planning, staffing, and performance management. Influential leader who manages, coaches, and mentors teams to high performance within organizations and centers of excellence in large and small corporate environments across multiple industries.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Business Acumen: Converted American Midstream from a fully funded to a self-insured benefit plan with a stop loss to save almost $1M.
Strategy & Practical Application: Designed an integrated structure for benefits, compensation, and payroll scheduled to save American Midstream $220K annually.
Change Management: Directed the closing of American Midstream’s Denver office, creating severance terms, retention plans, and vendor guidelines to create a seamless process as well as establish SOPs for future transitions.
Root Cause Analysis and Recruiting Processes: Designed and organized a recruiting process for Sysco to successfully hire over 10,000 people per year.
HRIS: Guided Sysco’s business centers through the selection and implementation of SAP’s Success Factors and its integration into the HRIS system, reducing time-to-fill by 25 percent.
Financial Analysis: Launched an accruals based time-off policy to save DCP Midstream approximately $200K.
Compensation & Benefits: Introduced a benefit plan with Wellness incentives at DCP Midstream that lowered high dollar claims by focusing on preventative care and was also projected to lower overall costs within three years.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Terry Staffing and Consulting, LLC 2017 to Present
President Principal Consultant
Operate a full-service staffing and HR consulting agency, offering recruiting, talent management, payroll, and employee benefits services. Negotiate engagement contracts and payment terms and agreements.
Organizational Design: Design staffing models for clients, and execute recruiting strategies that passive and active candidates
Strategic Partnership: Guide clients through the processes of job descriptions, aptitude and behavioral testing, and performance management
Compensation Strategy and Research & Analysis: Devise compensation structures for independent medical practices, providing industry comps and benchmarking
Business Development: Developed the marketing strategy that included professional sponsorships, corporate networking, industry affiliations, cold calling, cold visits, and other lead generating activities
American Midstream, LP 2016 to 2017
Senior Director Human Resources
Led a team of five direct reports. Served on the executive, investment, and compensation committees. Budget: $1M
Recruiting Process: Instituted an onboarding and recruiting process to establish performance management parameters
Written Communication: Rewrote the employee handbook in advance of the JP Energy, American Midstream Merger to facilitate the integration
Community Involvement: Worked with Louisiana Employment commission to model a program that would direct oil and gas professionals to our storage facility in West Bank
Organizational Efficiency: Implemented an entire compensation structure—standardizing job titles, introducing pay grades, and partnering with a consultant for market factors—to make the organization scalable as more employees were introduced
Business Acumen: Created a new time-off policy designed to expand the horizon to reaching the company’s maximum vacation hour allotment projected to save over $200K in accrual costs
Employee Engagement: Initiated a modified work schedule to address retention and improve employer brand
Sysco Corporation 2014 to 2015
Director of Talent Acquisition
Under a shared services model, led the centralized talent acquisition function for the entire corporation from to entry-level to C-Suite hires. Directed field recruiting in North America involving 72 operating companies and over 10,000 hires per year. Managed eight direct reports and 80 department members. Budget: $14M
Process Improvement: Realigned the recruiting function, resulting in the onboarding process decreasing from 26 to as few as 10 days
Mergers and Acquisitions: Served as the Talent Acquisition SME on the Merger Integration team during Sysco’s anticipated merger with US Foods
DCP Midstream 2008 to 2014
Senior Director of Human Resources-South Region, 2012 to 2014
Senior Director of Shared Services, 2011 to 2012
Director of Human Resources-North Region, 2009 to 2011
Area HR Manager-East Assets, 2008
Reestablished the HR department in the DCP Houston office to include HR functions and created HR metrics. Developed and implemented the HR strategy for an 11-state region of 1800 employees. Provided thought leadership and counsel to management regarding employee and labor relations issues. Advised executives who participated in the company’s non-qualified executive compensation plan. Managed a total annual spend of $78M.
Executive Compensation: Administered executive compensation plan for the top 50 executive leaders within the organization ($20M)
Process Improvement: Introduced employee, self-service access for benefits and 401(k) enrollments and contributions and developed the strategy to implement 401(k) auto enrollment for new hires
Workforce Planning: Administered the succession plan for the top 200 people in the company and introduced a Learning Management System (LMS)
Labor Relations: Served as the HR Merger and Acquisition Team Leader and negotiated labor contracts for the Blackwater pipeline ($80M) and the Michigan gas storage facility ($350M)
Employee Benefits: Implemented a High Deductible Heath Care Plan with a Health Saving Account (HSA) which resulted in a 2.5% decrease in claim costs through the 1st quarter of 2011
Community Relations: Worked with Weld County officials on permitting to construct an access road from the state highway to DCP’s gas processing facility
Union Avoidance: Trained all Operations Supervisors in proposed union legislation and union avoidance methodology to mitigate risks
Independent Human Resources Consultant 2007 to 2008
Alcon HR Manager 2003 to 2007
Aloca, Inc. Manager of North American Staffing 2000 to 2003
TECHNICAL TOOLS
BrassRing Taleo Success Factors iCIMS iRecruitment ADP
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SHRM National Black MBA Association Harris County Medical Society National Black Chamber of Commerce
EDUCATION
Master of Business Administration (MBA) Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) University of North Texas, Denton, Texas