Human Resources Project Manager

JUDITH J. OPPERMAN

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Chappaqua, NY 10514

Cell: 917-***-**** http://www.linkedin.com/in/judyopperman

Home: 914-***-**** Email: ************@*********.***

GLOBAL STRATEGIC SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES EXECUTIVE

Results-driven global strategic senior level human resources executive with expertise in driving customer service initiatives. Budgetary oversight in excess of $20M, servicing a global employee population of 1,500, domestic and international. Strategic project manager with proven leadership skills, using initiative, innovation and creativity in support of all areas of Human Capital Management. Strong background in HRIS to support HR technology and metrics. Prior HR experience with global financial services and management consulting firms.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Diversity Management, Talent Management, Recruitment and Retention, Organizational Planning, and Succession Planning, Change Management, Training and Development, Vendor Management, Benchmarking, Re-Engineering, Mergers/Acquisitions/Divestitures, Project Management, P&L Management,

Employee Relations, Staffing, Compensation, HRIS, SOX Reporting, Health and Welfare, 401(k) Administration and Retirement Plan(s) Management, Payroll

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

CAREER TECHNIQUES, INC. 3/2011 – Present

Senior Human Resources Consultant

Providing a wide range of Human Resources consulting services, with special emphasis on strategic planning. Subject matter expert (SME) across all functional areas of HR including IT and best practices. Consultative experience includes contract creation, review, negotiation, and employee relations, etc. Industry experience spans management consulting, financial services and publishing.

SIMON & SCHUSTER (a CBS subsidiary) 1996 - 2010

Vice President and Senior Generalist, Human Resources, (January 2000 – December 2010)

Responsible for all HR initiatives for Simon and Schuster Publishing

Strategic Oversight:

• Senior HR business partner to Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Technology Officer and Divisional Group Presidents as well as business units which included Sales, Digital Media, Supply Chain, Information Systems, and Interactive/Digital, in the United States, Australia, the UK, Canada and most recent start up in India.

• Respected thought partner to executive management on key organizational development initiatives, e.g., workforce realignment and workforce reduction/retention.

• Ensured that firm-wide Diversity objectives were part of the S&S culture through multiple training programs, attraction and retention, merit and short/long term incentive strategies, and employee benefit programs.

• Managed firm's compensation strategies in alignment with attraction and retention initiatives: merit increase management programs; cash incentive plans; sales force commissions; stock and other long-term incentive programs. Total incentive program spending of $20M annually.

• As member of the Senior Benefits Steering Committee, reviewed, analyzed and recommended employee benefits offerings; conducted annual vendor review; and selected and implemented new benefits programs.

• Provided support, analysis, and recommendations to Senior Management during merger and acquisition discussions on all employee retention, severance, and benefit plan assimilation issues resulting in significant savings.

• Led core global Human Resources functions: Benefits, Compensation, Staffing, Employee Relations, HRIS and Payroll.

Talent Management:

• Led talent management initiatives to maximize human capital contributions, focusing on the middle to top management of the Sales Division and Digital Media Department(s) through reassessing and realigning staff.

• Executive Coach to all levels of management, working with assessment tools and 360 degree feedback on both fast track and remedial issues.

• Developed programs in support of career development and counseled employees across a broad spectrum of employee relations issues --promoting retention-enhancing lateral moves and helped minimize litigation risks.

• Managed a variety of employee training programs -- company-wide Performance Management, Code of Conduct, Sexual Harassment, new Manager Toolkit, Career Development and Diversity Awareness. Total training budget of $250K used to implement six core programs for 750 employees.

Process Reengineering:

• Led Sales Force re-engineering initiative resulting in the reduction of headcount and budget by 15%, and most importantly, provided a significant increase in productivity and efficiency.

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• Directed the implementation of process improvements: Applicant Tracking (Brass Ring), Time & Attendance (Kronos, Cybase and Work Brain) and HCM migration to Oracle HR/Benefits/Payroll. Familiar with PeopleSoft, ADP, SAP, Infinium and Hyperion

• Managed and implemented the employee benefits portal in three months, on budget, and ahead of schedule providing all employees with access to their benefit –related information from their desktops.

Compliance and Regulatory Oversight:

• Point person for domestic and international payroll Sarbanes Oxley compliance and regulatory audits (both internal and external.

Director, HRIS & Services (1998 – 1999)

• Managed the start-up, in 1998, of the Human Resources Department at the New York location.

• Hired staff to support HR functions: Benefits, Compensation, in-house Payroll, and HRIS within aggressive eight month time-frame. Implementing policies and procedures, process improvement, budgets, compensation programs, and training.

• Supervised the migration of electronic employee personnel records: Benefits, Payroll and HR data to Infinium's Software 2000 (CY 99). 1,700 employees including 250 union employees were transitioned smoothly.

• Oversaw the strategic design, development and maintenance of the Employee Intranet Information Center including benefits information, forms library, summary plan descriptions, professional work-related forms, policies and procedures.

Director, HRIS Technology, New Jersey (1996 – 1998)

• Managed staff of fifteen in support of all Human Resources related projects and firm wide reporting focusing on new integrated HR/Benefits/Payroll database solutions, employee desktop alternatives, business process re-engineering, employee kiosk and intranet applications.

• Extensive experience with vendors across multiple businesses and employee benefit areas, i.e., Watson Wyatt, Kwasha Lipton, The Ayers Group, Buck Consultants, Aetna, US Health Care, Anderson Consulting, Bit Consulting, Delphi Partners, Hunter Group, and Mercer.

SALOMON BROTHERS INC. 1994 - 1996

Manager, HRIS Technology

• Managed staff of eight in support of all Human Resources related projects and firm-wide reporting (e.g., records imaging alternatives, employee desktop alternatives, headcount, business process re-engineering, and workflow).

• Responsible for systems' (Tesseract) maintenance, new release review/interpretation, installation, prototyping client server product, and the repositioning/migration of health and welfare/401K employee data in-house.

• Interfaced with senior management across various areas of the firm (i.e., compensation, benefits, employee relations, staffing, payroll, investment banking, executive financial services and financial division(s)).

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LEHMAN BROTHERS, INC.

Independent Consultant/Project Manager – Supporting Human Resources - PeopleSoft implementation

SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON, INC.

Vice President/Manager Data Quality--HRIS Operations & Employee Records – Human Resources

BOOZ, ALLEN & HAMILTON, INC.

Global Human Resources Generalist

PROFESSIONAL COURSEWORK

• Certified Executive Coach -- Coach People

• Leadership Training (Train the Trainer)Negotiation Training: sponsored by Simon and Schuster, Negotiation “Increasing HR Effectiveness” sponsored by Harvard University, Harvard Law School

• Diversity Awareness Training (Train the Trainer), six day course for Facilitators

• Change Management, Leadership, and Team Building Training sponsored by Salomon Smith Barney

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• American Compensation Association • Women in Digital Media

• American Publishing Association • Society for Human Resource Management

• Human Resources Information Management Society • Westchester Human Resources Management Association

• Member, Viacom Benefits Steering and Compensation Steering Committees

EDUCATION

• Masters of Management Information Systems, Pace University

• Bachelors of Professional Studies, MIS minor, Pace University

• Additional certificates in Business Administration, Applications Programming, and MIS

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