PETER KULLAVANIJAYA

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CAREER SUMMARY

Human Resources Management professional with key competencies including compensation and benefits design and administration, employee relations, labor relations, legal compliance, recruiting management, and training and development. Scope of experience includes local facility, regional operations, and corporate headquarters in union and union free environments. Operated stand-alone as well as managed fully staffed departments. Transitioning organizations through changes. Worked in multiple states in the US and also in Canada and Mexico as an employee, and also as an external consultant. Core values consist of decency and pragmatism.

Education

* M.B.A., Human Resources, Keller Graduate School of Management, Oakbrook Terrace, IL - 1987

* B.A., Political Science and Economics, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN - 1982

Masters Degree Thesis

* Facility Closure and Outplacement Services. (Extensive experience)

WORK HISTORY

ASIAN HUMAN SERVICES, Inc. – Chicago, IL 02/2011 to 09/2011

Asian Human Services was established in 1978 to meet the social-service needs of the pan-Asian community in Chicago, and offer low-income, at-risk members of our community a wide range of social programs. The Agency exists to provide quality, compassionate, and culturally competent services in over 28 languages to Asian-American and immigrant and refugee communities in metropolitan Chicago.

Position: - Director of Human Resources

Primary thrusts: - Provide leadership to the management team at a strategic level, and tactical human resources services to all employees as the sole practitioner and provider of human resources support covering all spectrum of the profession including but not limited to compensation and benefits design and administration, HRIS, talent management, safety and security, and facilities management.

MARKETFARE FOODS, Inc. – Phoenix, AZ 08/2001 to 5/2009

MarketFare Foods Inc. is a leading manufacturer and marketer of fresh, handheld food items sold throughout convenience stores, warehouse clubs, supercenters and retail grocery stores. Multiple facilities throughout the United States with a headquarters located in Phoenix, AZ. 600 Employees. Union free.

Position: - Human Resources Manager

Primary thrusts: - Provided leadership at local plant level. Reported to HR Director.

> Key Supervisory Responsibilities

- Recruited: - For all exempt and non-exempt employees. Managed a high volume of temporary workers in response to seasonal demands.

- Led safety programs: - including employee ownership and participation teams, safety training, and Safety Award Programs.

- Union Avoidance: - Maintained a union-free workplace through active employee-relations initiatives, frontline leadership training, and competitive compensation and benefit plans.

> Achievements

- Retention: - Analyzed high turnover, submitted and secured revised pay practices. Upgraded supervisors skills. Decreased turnover from 75% and 89% at two locations to acceptable industrial standard.

- Recovery: - Uncovered administrative oversight that failed to accurately deduct employees’ contributions for health care premiums ending annual losses of $30,000 at one facility alone.

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- Recruited: redirected resources to the most effective channel of recruiting through analysis of cost, effectiveness, and quality of candidates. Reduced recruiting cycle from 5 months to 8 weeks.

- Facilities closure: - Outplaced employees within budget.

GLOBE BUILDING MATERIALS, INC. - Whiting, IN 10/1998 to 07/2001

A regional leader and manufacturer of roofing material with multiple plants throughout upper Midwest including Indiana, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Privately Held. 500 employees. Company went out of business.

IBT (International Brotherhood of the Teamsters) facilities.

Position: - Human Resources Manager

Primary thrusts: - Provided human resources leadership and services at a shingle manufacturing plant by supporting plant and warehousing/distribution teams. Reported to Plant Manager and HR Director.

> Key Supervisory Responsibilities

- Recruiting for all exempt and non-exempt employees. Managed a high volume of temporary workers in response to seasonal demands.

- Safety: - Participated in the corporate redesign of OSHA and Worker’s Compensation programs reducing reported cases to better than industry average

> Achievements

- Labor Relations: Manager a unionized workforce. Investigate and handled grievances through arbitrations.

- Facility Closure & Outplacement: Managed and outplaced employees in Indiana.

SCHMALBACH-LUBECA PLASTIC CONTAINERS USA - Manchester, MI 05/1996 to 08/1998

(Formerly, a division of Johnson Controls, Inc. - Plastic Containers Division. Sold to a German global concern.)

A well-recognized leader in the plastic blow and injection molding container manufacturer with facilities spanning the globe. Union and Union free facilities.

Position: - Human Resources Manager (Multi-facilities)

Primary thrusts: - Began as a Contract H.R. Manager. Shortly after, hired as a full-time employee. Worked for Corporate H.R. Director and Corporate H.R. and Compensation Manager problem-solving throughout the United States at the Corporate, Regional, and Plant levels. 2,000 employees throughout the United States. Additional manufacturing facilities and employees in Latin America, and the Far East. 2,000 employees in North America. Traveled 100%

Work related domestic travels: - CA, CO, GA, NC, KS, KY, MI, NJ, TX, and WA.

Work related international travels: - Canada and Mexico.

> Key Supervisory Responsibilities

- Recruiting: Attracted, recruited and retained highly technical and senior level management personnel at the plant, corporate and international levels.

- Compensation: Conducted economic surveys. Created wage plans for annual pay increases, and won approvals without revision. Created Work for Knowledge and Skills compensation system to increase employees’ skills and efficiency of operations. Updating pay structures for exempt positions nationally.

- Employee Relations: Maintained a union-free workplace throughout the United States

- Labor Relations: Handled grievances in Pinebrook, NJ (Teamsters) plant.

- Training: Implemented Zenger-Miller and custom made training program for Frontline leadership Development program at the local plant levels.

> Achievements

- Transfers and Relocation: Facilitated U.S./Western Europe transfers and absorption of foreign nationals into US operations. Developed procedure for absorbing of foreign nationals.

> Implemented New Initiatives and Programs

- Leadership Development: Provided guidance resulting in improved retention of talent.

- Facility Closure and Outplacement: Managed outplacements for displaced employees in Lenexa, KS and Milpitas, CA. Placed 53% of the workforce in new positions within 3 months.

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