Human Resources Manager

TONY KRZYZEWSKI

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Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056 Cell: 224-***-****

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SUMMARY

Seasoned Human Resources Director with over fifteen years experience enhanced by prior engineering and operations experience. Demonstrated ability to deliver business results. Experience includes:

• Talent Acquisition • Union Avoidance

• Recruiting High Performers • Performance Management

• Employee Relations • Change Management

• Legal Compliance • Training and Development

• Union Negotiations • LEAN Production Systems

Sound interpersonal skills used to solve business, technical and people problems. Ability to communicate across functions and to all levels of organization. Change leader.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

WILLOW BRANCH CONSULTING, Mount Prospect, Illinois 2008 to the present

Human Resources Consulting LLC.

Principal

Human Resources Consulting firm that specializes in working with companies with difficult employee relations issues, downsizing, training and recruiting.

• Successfully completed recruiting assignments

• Helped lead an employee downsizing that reduced over 10% of the client company’s total workforce.

FLUID MANAGEMENT, Wheeling, Illinois 2007-2008

Manufacturer of precision paint and food product dispensing equipment; division of IDEX.

Director of Human Resources

Reporting to Company President. Recruited by former colleague to upgraded Director position and responsible for employee relations, recruiting, organizational development, legal compliance, payroll, safety and policy implementation for manufacturing, sales and field service; 250 total employees.

• Reduced turnover rate from 25% to 15% prior to market downturn in business.

• Recruited and hired three Directors for Marketing, Service and Materials areas; and a Controller for Finance.

• Recruited and hired two field Sales staff.

• Created a positive employee relations climate at challenging time of leadership transitions in the organization.

• Planned and implemented workforce reduction corresponding to business downturn; staff reductions of 29 positions equivalent to $ 7.1 million; no legal challenges received.

IMI CORNELIUS, Glendale Heights, Illinois 2006-2007

Manufacturer of beverage dispensing equipment.

Director of Human Resources

Reporting to Vice President of Operations, managed staff of four and directed all employee relations, legal compliance, safety, recruiting, compensation, benefits, training, organizational development and policy implementation for manufacturing facility of 600 non-union employees.

• Recruited and hired nine Engineers, filling vacancies and new positions and a Business Unit Manager.

• Reestablished positive employee relations climate after absence of direction for previous year.

• Strengthened safety function by increasing part-time role to full-time, resulting in increased enforcement, less risk and loss. OSHA Recordable Incident rate dropped 38% and Lost days dropped 20% in twelve months.

NORTHSTAR AEROSPACE, Bedford Park, Illinois 2003-2006

Manufacturer of aerospace gearboxes and components.

Human Resources Manager

Reporting to Corporate Director of Human Resources, managed staff of two and directed all recruiting, labor relations, employee relations, legal compliance, compensation, benefits and policy implementation for facility of 250 employees.

• Converted antagonist Union Stewards to work in problem solving manner with company.

• Provided coaching intervention with Senior Engineer promoted to General Manager.

• Established and implemented revised 401(k) plan; negotiated selection with Union Committee; increased employee options and overall satisfaction.

• Established a fair, firm and consistent discipline climate, terminating ten people with significant performance and attendance issues with only one arbitration case that eventually sustained the termination.

ACCO BRANDS, Inc., Wheeling, Illinois 2000 - 2003

Manufacturer and distributor of office products for the retail and commercial markets.

Human Resources Manager

Reported to Vice President/Division General Manager and Vice President of HR and managed two professionals. Directed employee relations, legal compliance, benefits, compensation, recruiting, policy implementation and plant security for one nonunion and two union manufacturing facilities comprised of a diverse, multi-lingual employee population.

• Chosen as task force leader to manage the closure of three plant locations. Over 400 employees released from three plant sites with no grievances or lawsuits.

• Led and managed all union contract negotiations and closing agreements at St. Charles, IL plant.

• Planned with corporate team the outsourcing of production work from facilities that were closing to assure a transition that would continue on-time delivery of product to customers.

SUNSTONE IMPORTS, INC., Evanston, Illinois 1999 - 2000

Manufacturer and distributor of sterling silver jewelry.

Human Resources Director

Reported to the Vice President of Finance and directed staff of three for a diverse workforce of 300 requiring cultural sensitivity. Functions included employee relations, developing and implementing policies and procedures, legal compliance, union avoidance, training and employee development, recruiting, benefits and compensation administration. Trustee of 401K plan.

• Negotiated contract with health insurance administrator in conjunction with VP of Finance to align plan with corporate objectives of cost and coverage.

• Led cultural change to move company from its entrepreneurial stage to a more profitable professionally managed mature business.

IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC., Sycamore, Illinois 1992-1998

Manufacturer of high quality tools for the electrical industry.

Manager of Human Resources and Team Development (1996-1998)

Reported to Vice President of Human Resources and managed all HR functions for Canadian plant including employee relations, legal compliance (Canada and USA), staffing, and recruiting. Additionally, responsible for company-wide training and Continuous Quality Improvement initiatives, awards and incentives for 650 employees across four plant locations.

• Reorganized compensation structure resulting in lower turnover rate.

• Selected Employee Assistance Plan provider and negotiated rates.

• Designed and implemented custom training in Sexual Harassment across entire corporation.

• Implemented ISO9000 training and Internal Audit system.

Manager of Employee Involvement (1992-1996)

Reported to Vice President of Corporate Quality. Served as Total Quality Management leader for all USA and Canadian locations. Designed and implemented training, awards and incentives for TQM process, ISO9000 Internal Auditing and procedures.

• Over twenty major successful TQM initiatives delivering process improvements in manufacturing and in management systems and practices.

• Used the Employee Involvement process to support the corporate goal of ISO9001 registration. Teams wrote procedures for their own areas and updated them to assure ongoing compliance.

• Designed, implemented training and administered the Internal Audit system required by ISO standard. External ISO consultant indicated Internal Audit system was superior and used it as a template for other client companies.

SUNDSTRAND AEROSPACE, Rockford, Illinois 1986 - 1992

Manufacturer of high technology commercial and military aerospace components.

Process Improvement Trainer (1990-1992)

Facilitated Improvement Team activities for Rockford Assembly Plant (450 employees), including both shop and office teams. Trained and directed teams and team leaders. Developed and implemented training for strategic objectives.

Assembly Engineer and Manufacturing Supervisor (1989-1990)

Supervised department of twelve assembling missile launch systems, torpedo engines and aircraft flight control actuators. Responsible for all manufacturing engineering needs for the area.

• Volunteered for and developed this new hybrid function.

• Addressed United Auto Workers (UAW) grievances.

Senior Process Engineer (1986-1988)

Trouble-shooting assembly problems, designing assembly tooling, directing production of prototypes, liaison with engineering on design problems.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Certificate Program in Employee Relations Law, Institute for Applied Management and Law, 2001

ISO9000 Trained Lead Auditor (through Intertek, Certificate No. Q93971)

Certified Instructor and Administrator of Development Dimensions International (DDI) training products

Certified in Lominger Leadership Architect systems

Certified in Blessing White systems

Trained by AQP (Association for Quality and Participation) as a judge for the AQP National Team Competition

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Member, Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)

Teacher, in school program, Junior Achievement

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