Human Resources Manager
Resume:
RICHARD L. ADAMS
Danville, Kentucky 40422
www.linkedin/in/rickadams1 Cell 859-***-**** ****.*****@**********.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Human Resource Business Partner with extensive experience working for Fortune 100 companies and smaller acquisition companies. Expertise in Labor/Employee Relations, Multi-site/Virtual Management and Organizational Capability processes in North America. Proven abilities in contract negotiations, union arbitration and grievance processes, union avoidance, regulatory compliance and ethics. Client focused with strong relationship building and strategic planning skills. Key competencies include:
• Change Management/Development • Organizational Capability
• Innovative/Solution Driven • Talent/Succession Planning
• Lean Manufacturing • Empowerment/Team-Based Management
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PHILIPS PROFESSIONAL LIGHTING SOLUTIONS (Burlington, Massachusetts) 1995 – 2012
(Division of Royal Philips Electronics) International and world leader in Lighting Solutions
Human Resources Business Partner – Director Operations North America (2009 – 2012)
Develop, and direct the implementation of Human Resource strategies, programs, policies and processes in support of Operations, Supply Chain Management, Quality and Purchasing activities for North America. Support and execute business strategies and models, organizational capabilities, staff competencies, change processes, to effectuate the implementation of the Industrial, Warehousing and Distribution Roadmaps, and Purchasing restructuring activities. Direct/oversee: talent management, organizational design and capability, employee and labor relations for PLNA (Phillips Lighting North America).
• Supported and directed HR activities in the evolution and realization of the industrial roadmap, consolidating/restructuring from 43 to 23 locations in less than three years while maintaining employee engagement within the organization and within budget requirements.
• Participated in two Due Diligence reviews for acquisitions resulting in one PMI (Post Merger Integration) of a Medical Lighting/Device company. Integrated business into new medical group.
• Directed the activities to hire three Top Potential Talents to deliver on strategic programs in the areas of Supply Chain, Purchasing and Quality. Improved talent to leadership ratio to 2:1.
• Initiated Manufacturing Development Program (MDP) to enhance engineering capabilities.
• Implemented benefits design change that consolidated all unionized locations to a common medical platform reducing location cost by ~$1million.
• Implemented safety program resulting in improved performance with results below required BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) standards for manufacturing and warehousing groups.
PHILIPS LIGHTING COMPANY (Somerset, New Jersey)
(Division of Royal Philips Electronics)
Director Human Resources Somerset, New Jersey (2008 – 2009)
Developed, and directed the implementation of Human Resource programs, policies and processes for Operations, Order Fulfillment and Distribution. Directed/oversaw: talent management, organizational design and capability, employee and labor relations.
• Developed strategies to support productivity improvement throughout Operations, Order Fulfillment and Distribution. Metrics measured against sales per employee, total compensation to sales, headcount and safety lost time days.
• Established aggressive job consolidation roadmaps for each plant to improve its manufacturing flexibility and cost competitive position reducing total job (descriptions) from 357 to 25. Negotiated these reductions with various unions in the USA, Canada and Mexico to ensure implementation.
• Developed strategic organizational capability plans with each manufacturing location to achieve future business plans. Developed training or exit strategies and implemented for deficiencies.
• Developed and implemented Labor strategy for collective bargaining process. Successfully negotiated 9 labor agreements as chief spokesperson without workforce disruption, coming in under budget for each one.
• Participated on DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve and Control) Counsel to review and deploy the utilization of DMAIC methodologies within the Operations and Order Fulfillment Organizations.
Manager Labor Relations Somerset, New Jersey (2002 – 2008)
Developed, implemented and managed the strategies associated with the preparation of contract negotiations, appeal level grievances; represented management in the collective bargaining process at its represented facilities. Spearheaded union avoidance strategies employed at the company’s non-represented facilities.
• Developed and integrated audit systems/surveys and compliance programs to facilitate company Human Resources systems’/policies’ adherence at plants without an on-site HR manager.
• Negotiated 9 labor agreements under budget without workforce disruption, saving ~$200,000 per contract.
• Managed Human Resource departments for 5 remote manufacturing locations.
• Successfully conducted effects bargaining resulting in enhanced scheduling practices and plant cost savings.
• Successfully managed and delivered two company favored arbitrations judgments.
• Managed MDP program to build and develop talent/leadership resource pool resulting in 5 talents developed.
Plant Human Resources Manager II, Salina, Kansas (1999 – 2002)
Plant Human Resources Manager I, Danville, Kentucky (1995 – 1999)
ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
• Affiliations with other Fortune 100 companies including Emerson Electric parent company and Pratt & Whitney division of United Technologies Corporation with experience in Industrial Relations and Engineering.
EDUCATION
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, New York)
Master of Science – Human Resources Management
Central Connecticut State University (New Britain, Connecticut)
Bachelor of Arts – Psychology
CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
• Harvard Negotiation Institute • Team Based management
• Organizational Change • Value Stream Mapping
• General Business Principals • Labor Law and Arbitration
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