Manager Human Resources
Resume:
Jack Kikta, SPHR
Van Buren, AR 72956 *********@*****.***
SUMMARY
Senior Human Resource professional skilled in all aspects of HR management including: employee and union relations, recruiting, salary and benefits, training, policy development, safety and employee organizational development. Union and non-union experience. Prior manufacturing management and controllership experience. Strong in leadership, project completion, and communications.
EXPERIENCE
Exide Technologies Fort Smith, AR 2010 – present
Worldwide manufacturer and distributor of industrial and transportation batteries
Manager, Human Resources
Responsible for all Human Resources functions including union contract administration, employee relations, training and development, recruiting, and policies at 260 employee plant manufacturing industrial batteries.
Accomplishments:
• Successfully recruited and hired 16 salary and 45 hourly positions in 18 months.
• Key member negotiatiating new 3-year union contract with substantial pension and health insurance rollbacks.
• Decreased FMLA usage by 40%; improved absenteeism by 36%
• Part of Staff team that improved performance of the plant by $3mil year over year
• Helped initiate and train first Team Leaders
• Drove employee performance appraisal program to be 100% complete, meaningful and on time.
• Decreased union grievances by 54%, through proactive first step discussions and building relationships.
GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION Highland Heights, KY 2006 - 2009
$6 billion NYSE-listed global manufacturer of wire and cable – 14,000 employees
Team Leader, Human Resources
Key member of a management team over six plants, three in the US and three in Mexico totaling 1,400 employees. Directed all facets of HR and Safety, and participated in budgeting, strategic planning and plant operational decisions. Full responsibility for startup Manufacturing Training Program (MTP), two-year rotational training for graduate engineers advancing to operations management.
Accomplishments:
• Achieved team-wide Safety Incidence rate of 1.0 and safety cost per man-hour of $0.07, as a result of attracting and retaining key talent and strong safety communication.
• Created and led first MTP program including: on-campus recruiting, rotation schedules, evaluations, training programs, and individual mentoring; resulting in 100% retention.
• Reduced team-wide days-to-hire from 120 days to 48, by feedback and creating a sense of urgency
• Improved employee turnover 50% in highest employee turnover plant, through improved management accessibility and more selective hiring.
• Developed benchmarking site on intranet for communications, safety and training improvement, forming team of plant HR managers. Significantly improved all 3 areas, by an average of 4.8%.
• Designed post-hire feedback survey targeting hiring process improvements.
ROCKWELL AUTOMATION Madison, IN 2001 - 2006
$4 billion NYSE-listed manufacturer and distributor of motors, drives, PLCs and software – 6,000 employees
Manager, Human Resources
Responsible for all Human Resources functions including union contract administration, employee relations, safety, training and development, recruiting, and policies at 310-employee plant manufacturing electric motors.
Accomplishments:
• Reduced lost-time accidents to zero, with constant significant reduction in recordable injuries.
• 99% reduction in number of grievances - none taken to arbitration, through pro-active communication with union officers and members.
• Created training/scheduling process, assuring regular and timely employee performance evaluations.
• Improved communications and culture via newsletter and small group meetings.
• Led successful early negotiation of union contract, resulting in uninterrupted operations and no inventory build.
• Interim HR Manager over second plant for 11 months, in addition to duties at Madison.
• Received HR Manager of the Year award, for leadership and extraordinary effort.
MERIDIAN AUTOMOTIVE Huntington, IN 2000 – 2001
Multi-plant automotive components manufacturer.
Manager, Human Resources:
Responsible for startup and management of Human Resources Department of new 250 employee plant, including recruiting, training, policies, benefits and safety at compression-molder of plastic truck beds and tailgates supplied to GM.
Accomplishments:
• Established all policies and procedures and wrote all job descriptions.
• Developed pay-for-knowledge system, employee evaluation process, and computerized insurance benefits.
• Recruited all professional staff for startup of operations.
• Wrote and secured training grant; trained and formed employee teams for self-directed cells.
SCOTTSBURG PLASTICS, INC. Scottsburg, IN 1994 - 1999
$32 million custom injection molder for the automotive and appliance industry.
Plant Manager: (1997 – 1999)
Full production responsibility for 160 employees and 19 injection-molding machines.
HR Manager: (1994 – 1997)
All HR responsibilities for non-union production facility.
Accomplishments:
• Introduced robotics on 70% of injection molders. Reduced staffing by 20% and assisted plant in passing initial ISO/QS certification. Initiated Pay- for-Knowledge System. Consolidated 2 facilities, and reduced PPM, customer complaints and scrap. Facilitated and trained Kaizen and self-directed teams.
HOLM INDUSTRIES, INC. Scottsburg, IN 1987 – 1994
Manufacturer of gaskets, magnets and vinyl compounds – division of Standard Products, Inc.
Over a seven-year time period served as HR Manager, Production Manager and Plant Manager for $52-million, 550-employee manufacturing plant.
Accomplishments:
• Initiated employee involvement teams, plant-wide communication meetings and led Kaizen events.
• Successfully led negotiations on early settlement of three union contracts.
• Grew plant from sales of $14 million and 225 employees to $52 million and 550 employees.
Prior to Holm Industries, professional experience as accountant and controller in real estate and property management business.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
Cleveland State University -- 36 credit hours of MBA with concentration in Accounting
University of Dayton, BS – Psychology
SPHR certified (Senior Professional Human Resources)
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