HR Manager - Adjunct Professor

Tasha Pitts, MSM, SPHR, SHRM-CP

Collinsville, OK 7402 ● 918-***-****

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HUMAN RESOURCE (HR) MANAGER

Highly accomplished HR expert with extensive experience creating value through human capital strategies that drive optimal performance and growth. Experienced in employee recruitment and retention, staff development, mediation, conflict resolution, benefits and compensation, HR records management, HR policies development and legal compliance. Draw on decisive and consultative leadership style to scale and align HR activity with broader corporate initiatives. Champion of transformational initiatives in all core HR functions to standardize performance management practices, and optimize recruiting standards.

COMPETENCIES

Compensation Analysis ● Project Management ● Strategy and Report Analysis

Conflict Management ● Training and Development ● Affirmative Action Plans

Staff Recruitment and Retention ● Union Activities ● Policy Development and Implementation

Union Activities ● Workforce Planning and Forecasting ● Employee Relations ● Performance Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SNHU, Tulsa, Ok August 2023-Present

Adjunct Professor

Engage students in an asynchronous and inclusive learning environment by providing guidance and resources in a pre-developed online course. Support students by providing instruction, feedback, and experiential and application-based learning that helps our students achieve their learning and career goals.

Work with students by responding within set timeframes and reaching out proactively to students needing additional support. Recognize student needs holistically and connect them with resources. Encourage participation, collaboration, and strong faculty-student relationships to enhance learning and build skills.

Evaluate student work and provide individualized, constructive feedback within set timeframes to promote growth and mastery of course outcomes.

Encourage student interaction through active participation in online discussions while fostering an inclusive, engaging, and respectful environment that promotes open dialogue and diverse perspectives.

XPO, Tulsa, Ok May 2022-June 2025

Multi-Unit HR Manager

Drive profit in the district through the effective application of Human Resources (HR) activities and programs. Using skills and years of experience to be a champion of our company values, ensuring an engaged workforce, loyal customers, efficient operations, and a bright future for XPO. Drive performance and talent management processes in the district. Manage HR representatives in the district, ensuring professional HR support in each facility.

Partner with district leadership to identify and implement HR interventions that have a direct impact on the profitability of the district.

Propel communication activities in coordination with local and district management.

Coach and counsel management and hourly employees regarding policies and procedures, discipline, interpersonal and teamwork opportunities; investigate and resolve employee relations issues that arise in the service centers.

Promote employee engagement through regular, personal contact resulting in a positive employee relations atmosphere.

Drive effective recruiting, selection, and onboarding activities for salaried employees, and oversee hourly hiring by HR representatives and local management.

Ensure compliance with all company, government, labor, and transportation industry regulations; deliver training to maintain compliance.

Amazon, Tulsa, Ok April 2020 - March 2022

Sr. Regional HRBP

Partnered with business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employee engagement. Owned programs that operated across the broader HR team. Identified business priorities and translated into high-impact projects.

Set tone, agenda, and direction of HR team and provided necessary support, follow-up, and leadership to ensure the team achieved desired results.

Implemented entire talent system and each stage of employee lifecycle and applied understanding to craft integrated solutions that are thoughtful and reinforced by upstream and downstream talent programs.

Partnered with senior leadership to teach, coach, and cultivate Amazon culture by ensuring Leadership Principles are taught, lived, and integrated into each component of the talent system at Amazon.

Led, developed, and inspired a team of HR professionals (including leading and managing other senior leaders) in a high growth, rapidly changing environment.

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Enabled business leaders to implement data-driven recommendations that improved performance, retention, and overall employee experience.

Elevated influence across businesses to extend viewpoint from near-term to long-term strategic goals incorporating insights from external talent marketplace trends in conjunction with internal talent data.

Designed and implemented new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in business objectives, productivity and development of HR within the company.

Nordam, Tulsa, Ok April 2019 - April 2020

Human Resources Manager

Developed Human Resources strategies integrated and aligned with business objectives and organizational capabilities. Developed and maintained partnerships with business and functional groups to integrate and implement strategic Human Resources practices and systems to support business strategy. Provided leadership to institutionalize the processes of Continuous Improvement in accordance with organization goals and objectives.

Developed solutions to complex or unusual problems in all of the human resources disciplines that required considerable ingenuity and innovation.

Provided strategic support to business unit leaders, ensure Human Resource systems meet business needs and provide Human Resources generalist and specialist support as required.

Quantified and calculated return on investment of integrated strategic Human Resources processes and practices related to the business.

Provides expertise to management to research, design and implement creative options to provide value added Human Resources solutions for challenging situations, problems, and issues. Partners with technical experts within and outside Human Resources to deliver tailored solutions for business or functional groups.

Develops plans and executes human capital management programs to support business activity. This includes recruitment, right sizing and reorganization programs.

Administers performance review program and salary administration to ensure effectiveness, compliance, and equity within organization.

Interprets Company policy relative to Human Resources and responds to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and programs. Prepares stakeholder separation notices and related documentation and conducts exit interviews to determine reasons behind separations. Prepares reports and recommends procedures to reduce absenteeism and turnover.

Provides process skills and project leadership to assist individuals and business or functional units in implementing Human Resources solutions that add value and directly support the needs of the business units.

Bank of Oklahoma, Tulsa, Ok March 2017 - April 2019

Senior Employee Relations Specialist

Provided support in all areas of employee relations via the Employee Resource Center, aligning Human Resource strategies with federal, state, and local policies, procedures, laws, and regulations. Provided day-to-day consulting support to line managers navigating through implementation of new human resources strategies and processes including performance and compensation management, employee onboarding, etc.

Supported employees and managers to bring concerns to closure while protecting interests of the organization and individual employees. Interpreted policy and procedures consistently and objectively.

Provide in depth counseling and coaching to employees on work situations, management/employee conflict, peer relations, and allegations of discriminatory practices. Counsel employees in disciplinary or personal issues. Assist in escalated employee relations issues and conduct high level investigations as needed.

Maintain frequent contact with bank management regarding employee issues, workforce planning and trends, across all lines of business and locations.

Provided in-depth counsel to management across BOKF footprint on employee issues. Ensured compliance with BOKF Human Resources Policy and Procedures and legal requirements by helping management understand HR risks and effectively manage.

Performed internal audits and investigations of employee relations issues, complaints, and disputes, and made recommendation for resolutions. Facilitated and mediated employee and management disputes. Provide reporting and analysis to detect trends and work with ER management team on recommendations.

Partnered with Department Management to facilitate all aspects of Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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EDUCATION

Masters of Science (M.Sc.) – Organizational Leadership

Bachelors of Science (B.S.) – Business Administration

Southern Nazarene University - Tulsa, Ok

CERTIFICATIONS

SPHR

SHRM-CP

Getting Talent Back to Work - SHRM

Employing Abilities at Work - SHRM

Veterans Back to Work – SHRM

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