Accomplished professional with over fifteen years experience in Human Resources/Staffing/Recruiting and over five years of Project Management experience. Demonstrated strengths include Leadership and Human Resource support,
Employee/Resource Management and allocation, Project Management, Recruiting/Hiring, Training/Mentoring,
Presentation Development, Organization, Relationship Building and Event Planning.
Responsible for the management of the technical recruiting team (3 employees). Own and manage all staffing processes, staffing functions, bench employees, liaison between recruiting and Account Management and overall
HR/Resource Management support. Also assist in recruiting IT Consultants for client engagements.
Utilize Vurv and Bullhorn recruiting databases. Work with Job Boards and other recruiting tools.
Responsible for staffing all Critical Open Resource Needs for this account of 5,000 employees globally (internal, external and contract), working with leaders to transition employees from one account to another (Organizational
Development), hiring contractors, and offering solutions for overall workforce management, staffing and general
Human Resources Support. Served as the initial HR focal point for the organization to educate and mentor on current
HR processes. Other duties include:
Creation of all HR processes including templates, communication plans, and data tracking
Help gather and track HR Data (Headcount and bestshore templates; contractor data) to better manage resources and allocations
Workforce Management Lead Member in the General Motors Global Workforce Management Office. Served as the liaison between this group and Infrastructure – to ensure processes were adhered to and understood by the teams
Participated in the Talent Management Program Office – for movement of 12,500 resources Globally during the EDS/GM RFP Transition (June, 2006 – making sure all of the resources had work within the account upon win/loss announcement, or were moved to other roles within the corporation to avoid release – transition was very successful)
Workforce Management planning and tools (tools included: Primavera Evolve, eLance, US eTemps – vendor and employee management systems)
Subject Matter Expert for the Evolve Program Deployment (Evolve is an HR Resource tracking & utilization database) o Responsible for ownership of the tool/process/roll out for the organization to leadership and teams o Trained and mentored 8 employees on the use of Evolve. Responsible to work and support these employees on an on-going basis, ensuring the consistent and proper use of Evolve. Served as the
liaison between the GM WFM office and these teams to educate, share new information, and help ensure the tool was being used effectively. o Attended weekly meetings to learn about new processes and updates for the tool and was responsible to take those updates and ensure my team understood and collectively got the work done
Hired the internal staff for the Resource Management Team. Was responsible to mentor and train the 2 nd
Resource Manager and ensure processes were being followed. Also – managed and trained the administrative staff (two people) and ensured their workload and work was adequate
Networking within EDS to help staff open positions
Worked with vendors outside of EDS to help ensure processes were being followed, and for successful staffing of contract roles
Partner with HR and Workforce Management groups – to deploy Global HR processes
Leadership and Member of the Enterprise Resource Community – serve on the Leadership team to help create new processes, onboard new members and keep the community guidelines consistent. The ERC is a global network of over 400 Resource and HR Managers committed to staffing critical open positions within the corporation
Responsible for creating and implementing a new Global Offering for EDS for Internal Sourcing. Used the Corporate
Enterprise Tool, Primavera Evolve Database, and incorporated Sourcing Strategies, Labor Planning and Staffing
Processes to staff open positions with internal resources and offer better career opportunities for the workforce. In short, we were responsible to try and fill all high level positions internally, before it went to the Recruiting Department.
Responsibilities included:
Creation of all processes including templates, communication plans, training and scope documents. Created the Staffing Process (how to open a staffing requisition, how to fill internally, when to send external, etc.)
Building relationships with EDS internal partners and leaders
Strategic planning on what the offering will include; working with various business partners to understand what is needed in the current environment; training on the tools and processes
Lead HR Consultant for the GM Triple Crown new business project – which will transition over 12,000 employees to existing assignments, new assignments and other business partners. Helped to create and manage the overall process that will be used for the movement of these resources
Member of special project teams for creation of other new global process across EDS that affect Workforce
Planning
Short Term Assignment as an HR Business Partner, supporting the Application Delivery Organization
(65,000 employees). Focus was to help deliver corporate programs and initiatives to ensure the current strategic business directions were delivered and implemented from a business and HR perspective. Projects included: Voice Of The Employee Survey, Training Transitions, Bench Management, Business Partner
Agreement Analysis, Reporting and Metrics, GADT/GDM (Applications Delivery new Strategic Model)
Responsible for the resource allocation and workforce management/planning within the Enterprise Deployment organization. Committed to ensuring billable client work for more than 200 Project Management, Technical and
Management resources. Responsibilities included:
Coordinating all job/project assignments and outlook for future assignments
Building relationships with EDS internal partners
Creating all processes that were used in compliance with ISO/QMS (Quality Management) standards, to
include participating in ISO audits
Use of tracking tools and documents for reporting and metric/benchmark purposes (web-based and eRoom)
Consulting with employees on resume writing, interviewing skills and overall presentation (included teaching classes and group presentations)
Contributor to organization’s newsletter (writing, editing, research)
Participated in Town Halls and leadership meetings (Corporate and HR presentations)
Involvement in several process improvement teams (Leader Objectives, Promotion Process, Career
Opportunities, etc.)
Participated in the Global Leadership Team for the Enterprise Resource Community, an EDS Community of over 400 HR and Management employees who are responsible for staffing current business and workforce management….(the community was awarded “Community of the Year” for 2003)
Special projects included:
US/Canada Subject Matter Expert for the Evolve Implementation/Deployment – a new Workforce
Management tool being utilized by Corporate EDS
Responsible for the resource management and staffing for all of the projects owned by the Enterprise
Deployment Organization including York, American Airlines, Weyerhaeuser, GM On Line Deployment and
Sabre Deployment
Previously responsible for 350 GM OnLine resources, which included screening, selecting, hiring, scheduling, and overall management. Responsible for all HR issues which included Headcount, Financial
Outlooks, and Employee Management. Also managed and mentored three employees on the Human
Resource Team
Responsible for new business engagements/projects for the organization to include:
Qualifying new leads, building relationships with various EDS groups including Sales and Client Executives, scoping out project requirements, helping to staff new projects (resource allocation – responsible for over 85
Project Managers) and various other duties related to new project business
Working with Consulting Managers across the country to assure that all leads are fully recognized as potential new business for the organization and that projects were successfully staffed
Supported various EDS Projects for the General Motors Account. Learned the value of Project Management
Methodologies and applied those skills to help coordinate various project activities. Worked with various teams to help with project support, issue escalation/resolution, communications and management of project timelines. Interfaced with the GM Client and attended meetings to help ensure projects were on track.
Supported various EDS internal clients for the General Motors and other accounts by filling open staffing requisitions.
Responsibilities included:
Responsible for recruitment of technical and professional candidates such as Project Managers and Systems
Engineers
Participated in various recruiting project teams for quality and process improvements
Involved in all aspects of hiring including workforce planning, legal issues, benefits and compensation
(familiar with ADA, FMLA, etc.)
Worked with customers to define processes and develop hiring plans
Participated in job fairs, open houses and special events to recruit candidates
Assisted internal employees of EDS with job searches
Certified instructor for Behavioral Interviewing: trained over 600 internal employees to improve their interviewing skills
Worked with the community on special projects including job shadow programs, resume writing classes and educational issues
Coordinated team building events within the Staffing Organization
Project involvement included Formula SAE, Sunrayce, satellite broadcasts and pre-college open houses
Technical Recruiter – Contract and Permanent Placement
Worked at various local agencies recruiting Technical and IT talent for clients Responsible for applicant search and screening, resume assistance, background checks, salary negotiations, immigration issues and relocation assistance. Served on various project teams, helped to document staffing processes and involved in many inhouse/corporate initiatives .
Wayne State University, Detroit Ml - Bachelor of Arts, Journalism, 1988
Recipient of Marji Kunz Scholarship 1986
Dean's List, May 1988
Primavera Evolve (employee/project allocation database), eLance & US eTemps (Vendor Management Systems),
SAP, MS-Project, MS-Office (Word, Excel and Powerpoint), Windows 2000 & XP, Vurv, Bullhorn, Resumix
(Recruiting/Applicant Tracking Systems), Internet, eRoom, Knowledge Centre (shared storage system)