Vice President Human Resources

Robert Wilson

***** ******* **** ****

Tyler, Texas 75707

866-***-**** primary

903-***-**** alternate

*******@****.***

Human Resources Executive

Results-driven and top-performing professional equipped with over 20 years of progressive leadership success within HR capacities. Strategic executive provides a track record of building and aligning workforces with enterprise growth goals and integrating new acquisitions into existing HR cultures and is an adaptable change agent capable of transforming corporate cultures to allow companies to seize market opportunities, control costs, improve business performance, and increase revenues. Offering experience across multiple industries, including manufacturing, consumer products, electronics, and others, as well as a background in union and non-union environments, I demonstrate strong leadership, training, negotiation, decision making, interpersonal, and problem solving abilities.

Scope of Mastery:

Strategic Planning ? Policy/Procedure Development ? Safety Regulations ? Labor Relations ? Recruiting

Team Facilitation ? Contract Negotiations ? Performance Management ? Organizational Restructuring

Cost Controls ? Staff Retention ? Employee Development ? Acquisition Integrations

Corporate Contributions

? Spearheaded a company’s organizational turnaround from a traditional manufacturing to a Lean Manufacturing enterprise culture.

? Initiated and led efforts to align human capital with business strategies and growth goals, establishing cost-control programs, enhancing facility safety, developing an organizational communications plan, instituting consistent HR policies and practices, improving staffing standards, developing a pipeline of senior talent candidates, and fully training all employees in Lean Manufacturing methodologies.

? Served a key role in improving on-time delivery from 85% to over 95%, cutting scrap-to-sale ratio nearly 100%, reducing lead times by 80%, and increasing sales per employee by more than 35%.

? Supported company growth by integrating acquisitions and providing strategic HR advice to the executive team; integrated an acquisition with a 20%+ EBITDA; staffed a Mexico sales team, resulting in a 20% sales increase; and developed sales team presence in China.

? Achieved annual savings of $900K by consolidating two manufacturing business units into a single unit; reduced payrolls by 50% through consolidating three Canadian warehouses, developing a plan to assume shared payroll services at two divisions, and taking control of HR at four additional company locations.

? Received the President’s Safety Award for four of five years by improving safety metrics to a 1.6 recordable rate and 0.0 lost time rate; helped earn the distinction of becoming one of America’s safest companies in 2006.

? Created and championed a culture of workplace safety, establishing and continuously communicating safety as a key performance metric; reduced OSHA recordables by 46%, lost time accidents by 78%, and workers’ compensation per employee by 75%.

Career Profile

Stemco LP April 1999— November 2007

Vice President—Human Resources

Brought on board to fulfill the company’s staffing needs and complete an organizational cultural transition. Lead all HR activities for two units, including short-/long-term strategic planning and execution and implementing strategy objectives. Directed the $1.6M departmental budget; supported multiple divisions across six locations; and oversaw 650 employees. I headed talent acquisition/management; succession planning; benefits administration; and safety, policy, development, and employee relations/discipline. Lead union contract negotiations.

I led a team to create a behavior-based interviewing program. Served as a key member of a team responsible for increasing all business performance metrics year over year, including sales, operating income, safety, ROI, cash flow, and inventory turns.

Robert Wilson Page 2

866-***-**** primary ? 903-***-**** alternate ? *******@****.***

Career Profile—Continued

Stroh Brewery Company January 1997— April 1999

Manager—Human Resources

Directed all human resources functions, including employment, compensation, benefits, training, labor relations, and

safety, supporting 360 plant employees. Initiated efforts to improve local labor relations, increase plant safety, and reduce workers’ compensation costs facilitywide. Negotiated a local teamster contract; managed janitorial

and security contracts, and served on the company’s international contact negotiation team. Turned safety performance levels around.

LeTourneau Inc. November 1995— December 1997

Manager—Human Resources

Administered HR functions while supporting growth initiatives at two locations. Rewrote the HR policy manual and developed and implemented 32 new policies and procedures. Advised the management team on employee relations issues. Helped the company meet organizational objectives relating to employment, team building, compensation, and benefits, communications, and employee relations.

Trane Prior—1995

Training & Communications Supervisor ? Employee Involvement Administrator

Employment & Personnel Specialist ? Manufacturing Supervisor

Led efforts to build a factory training center for all new employees; assisted in developing an office automation training program that quickly became the model for American Standard’s Demand Flow Technology (DFT) training. These training programs supported 2,300 Trane employees. Developed and delivered 18 training programs, including an on-boarding program to on-board 600 employees within three months. Played an integral role developing a job classification plan that streamlined Trane’s workforce structure by 80% while creating more flexible work assignments.

Also served as a Production Supervisor for Tyler Pipe Industries; helped realize a $240K annual cost reduction.

Academic Credentials & Affiliations

University of Texas—Tyler

Master of Business Administration

Bachelor of Business Administration

McColl Graduate School of Business, Queens College

Executive Leadership Development Program

Texas Workforce Commission Board of Directors - Region VII, Member

State Job Service Employer Committee, Vice Chairperson

University of Texas at Tyler Development Board, Member

Tyler Junior College Management Advisory Committee, Member

Optimist Club, President and Lieutenant Governor

East Texas Deaf & Hearing Association, President & Board Chairman

Contact this candidate