{"id":3164,"date":"2024-09-12T13:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T17:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=3164"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:39:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:39:47","slug":"hr-director-chicago-249895-bachelors-sphr-general-food-metals-equipment-manufacturing-union-negotiations-operations-chicago-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/human-resources\/hr-director-chicago-249895-bachelors-sphr-general-food-metals-equipment-manufacturing-union-negotiations-operations-chicago-area\/","title":{"rendered":"HR Director &#8211; Chicago (249895) Bachelors, SPHR \/ General, Food, Metals, Equipment Manufacturing \/ Union Negotiations, Operations \/ Chicago area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Innovative &amp; energetic Human Resources Executive with 20+ years of supporting multiple manufacturing industries. He is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has a Bachelors degree from Loyola. He is no stranger to working with unions and their negotiations.<\/strong> He has a solid business acumen &amp; measurable expertise in all facets of Human Resources. This HR Game Changer has a proven track record in the design, communication and implementation of Recruitment, Training, Payroll, Benefits, Labor Relations and Cultural Change Management processes. He brings a Big Box of HR experience with multiple industry experience to the table. He is interested in exploring HR leadership opportunities in the Chicago area. His notable experience includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Assure organizational alignment for everyone involved within operations and leadership roles.<br>\u2022 Conduct skill gap analysis to identify any deficiencies that can lead to improper staffing in key positions.<br>\u2022 Leading, coaching, and developing existing HR TEAM to achieve measurable success.<br>\u2022 Aid in conducting confidential investigations because of employee allegations of code of conduct violations.<br>\u2022 Complete all traditional HR function responsibilities including Recruitment, Supervisory Training, Review of existing employee handbook and policy manual as well as creating new such documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Responsible for all HR Do Diligence during Company expansion<br>\u2022 Operate as a strategic business partner with the General Manager and leadership team members to understand business objectives and identify human resource strategies to meet changing needs; develop and implement human resource strategies, tactics, programs, and processes to enhance operational performance and efficiencies<br>\u2022 Partner with operations and recruiting functions to identify and understand workforce needs; actively participate in implementing and improving local recruiting strategy and processes<br>\u2022 Mediate and resolve employee relations disputes as necessary<br>\u2022 Provide full HR Manager services while client company transitions new Manager into the organization<br>\u2022 Full Cycle Recruitment<br>\u2022 Work with Legal Team to address EEO Complaints<br>\u2022 Established a series of Policies &amp; Procedures by which management could guide their respective staffs across the operation of 3 facilities making up the organization<br>\u2022 Wrote and implemented an Employee Handbook which gave all employees a communication tool by which to guide them in their daily activities<br>\u2022 Spearheaded an intensive recruitment initiative to build a superior senior and middle management team that would lead the organization&#8217;s rapidly growing national presence<br>\u2022 Guided management staff in the recruitment efforts of skilled level employees to fill open positions, growing the employee base from under 100 to over 350<br>\u2022 Conducted skill gap analysis of all management staff to identify training needs<br>\u2022 Motivate, develop and direct employee workforce and provide the necessary tools for employee development<br>\u2022 Oversaw administration of hiring, retention, termination, personnel records, legal compliances, compensation and benefits<br>\u2022 Accountable for motivating and stimulating managers to ensure consistent, equal, and fair treatment of their employees<br>\u2022 Created and Implemented policies that seek to increase retention rates and foster employee job satisfaction and adherence to EEOC<br>\u2022 Implemented effective recruitment and selection practices to identify and attract top talent in confirmation with organizational needs<br>\u2022 Provided counsel and guidance to functional management in all areas of HR<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Union Workplace<br>\u2022 Non Union Workplace<br>\u2022 General Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Equipment Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Food Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Metals Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Marine \/ Ship Building Industry<br>\u2022 Materials Manufacturing Operations<br>\u2022 Parts \/ Component Manufacturing<br>\u2022 Assembly Operations<br>\u2022 Hospitality Industry<br>\u2022 Industrial Services<br>\u2022 Power Generation<br>\u2022 Transportation<br>\u2022 Warehousing \/ Distribution<br>\u2022 Leading HR Professionals<br>\u2022 Supporting Multiple Sites<br>\u2022 Union Contract Negotiations<br>\u2022 Working With Recruiting Firms<br>\u2022 Working with Staffing Firms<br>\u2022 Working with RPO Firms<br>\u2022 Providing International HR Support<br>\u2022 Applicant Tracking Systems<br>\u2022 Phone Screens \/ Interviews<br>\u2022 Talent Acquisition<br>\u2022 Developing College Partnerships<br>\u2022 Holding Job Fairs<br>\u2022 Technical Recruiting<br>\u2022 Hiring Remote Workers<br>\u2022 Immigration Documentation<br>\u2022 Employee Onboarding Automation<br>\u2022 Employment paperwork \/ records for new hires.<br>\u2022 Employment Testing Tools<br>\u2022 Targeted Selection Interviewing<br>\u2022 Performing Exit interviews<br>\u2022 Salary Benchmarking<br>\u2022 Salary letters and employment contracts<br>\u2022 Designing Bonus Programs<br>\u2022 Acquisition \/ Merger Integration<br>\u2022 Implementing Significant Change<br>\u2022 Executing Hiring Strategy<br>\u2022 Workforce Planning<br>\u2022 Preparing Reports, Graphs, Charts, And Statistical Analyses<br>\u2022 EHS Training<br>\u2022 Managing EHS Personnel<br>\u2022 Reporting \/ Reducing HSE Incidents<br>\u2022 Coordinating \/ Providing Training and Development<br>\u2022 Reducing Turnover<br>\u2022 Handling Disciplinary Actions<br>\u2022 Dispute Resolution<br>\u2022 Staff Retention Programs<br>\u2022 Handling Disciplinary Actions<br>\u2022 Monitoring \/ Reducing Department Costs<br>\u2022 Organization Development<br>\u2022 Standardizing HR Processes<br>\u2022 Ensuring Policy Compliance<br>\u2022 HIPPA<br>\u2022 NLRA<br>\u2022 Managing FMLA<br>\u2022 Managing COBRA Programs<br>\u2022 Workers Compensation Programs<br>\u2022 Running Payroll<br>\u2022 Benefits Management<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>BACHELOR OF SCIENCE in PSYCHOLOGY &#8211; LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Innovative &amp; energetic Human Resources Executive with 20+ years of supporting multiple manufacturing industries. He is a Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and has a Bachelors degree from Loyola. He is no stranger to working with unions and their negotiations. He has a solid business acumen &amp; measurable expertise in all facets of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[28,177,190,488,550,1269,1271,1272,1273],"class_list":["post-3164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-human-resources","tag-manufacturing","tag-sphr","tag-metals","tag-food","tag-bachelors","tag-hr-director","tag-general","tag-union-negotiations","tag-operations-chicago-area"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3165,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3164\/revisions\/3165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}