John W. Garner

**** ***** ****** **** – Ortonville, Michigan 48462, Home Phone: 248-***-****, Cell: 248-***-****

Summary of Qualifications

Sixteen years of professional experience as a Human Resource Manager in manufacturing environments with strong HR Generalist skills in recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, policy development, succession planning, and terminations. Safety & Compliance Specialist in Manufacturing with a solid background in safety administration, auditing, policy and procedural development, Worker’s Compensation Administration, OSHA and Environmental compliance and reporting.

Significant Responsibilities & Accomplishments

Recruitment & Hiring

• Responsible for recruitment and hiring of both exempt and non-exempt personnel

• Train managers and supervisors regarding legal and ethical interviewing and hiring practices

• Work with and coordinated multiple Temporary and Contract Service Agencies for both exempt and non-exempt personnel

Compensation

• Responsible for on-going compensation administration, including benchmarking and salary survey participation

• Background in payroll, finance, and experience with exempt and non-exempt wage and salary compliance (FLSA)

Benefits Administration

• Research, select, and implement new benefit programs including Health, Dental, Life, STD/LTD, and other welfare benefits

• Present, promote, and administer benefit programs and options to employees

• Extensive experience with employee benefit administration and ongoing COBRA compliance management

• Implement and administer annual employee Flexible Spending Accounts

• Develop, rollout, and serve as Plan Administrator for three 401(k) retirement savings plans. Experienced with John Hancock and Transamerica online administration services including rollovers, loans, hardship distributions, etc.

Employee Relations

• Supervise Human Resource Generalist, Human Resource Assistants, Corporate Receptionist & Administrative Assistants

• Extensive experience with exempt and non-exempt employee issues such as conflict resolution, performance counseling, progressive discipline, in-service professional development, developed Educational Assistance policies and serve as Apprenticeship Coordinator.

• Coordinated and participated in company picnics, open house, annual plant-wide outings, annual plant-wide Thanksgiving dinners

Employment Law – Compliance and Policy Development

• Work direct with corporate attorney regarding employee legal issues, procedural development, and immigration issues

• Appointed by headquarters as the Local Compliance Officer for Corporate Governance policy training and violation investigations

• Extensive experience with Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) administration and compliance

• Experience working with various federal, state, and local agencies including Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Unemployment Agency, MIOSHA, MDEQ

• Design, develop and revise personnel policies for exempt and non-exempt employee handbooks

• Develop Employee Orientation programs including temporary and contract employee programs

Special Assignments

• Researched, selected, and implemented Human Resource Information Software

• Participated in ISO/TS 16949 procedure development for personnel training and documentation, serve as TS Auditor

• Directly involved in achieving certification in ISO 14001 Environmental Management System and BS 18001 Employee Health and Safety Management System, serve as EMS and EHS auditor

• Organizational development for future expansion, including hands-on participation in seven mergers and acquisitions over a ten year period integrating exempt and non-exempt personnel, welfare benefits, employee policies, and retirement plans.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration (Behavioral Science Minor) - Grace College, Winona Lake, Indiana

Employment

• From 1995 - Human Resource Manager at NORMA Michigan, Inc. – Auburn Hills: including HR responsibilities for facilities in St. Clair, Michigan and Arlington Heights, Illinois

• 1990 to 1995 - Personnel Manager and Tooling Manager at Torca Products, Inc. – Auburn Hills, Michigan

• 1981 to 1990 - Tool & Die Maker at Acorn Tool & Die, Inc. - Rochester, Michigan

Professional Affiliations and Certificates

• Member - Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)

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