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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE, Vice President, Human Resources, Denver, CO, 1/2005 - 8/
2010
FMC provides acute and chronic dialysis care through its numerous clinics, hospi
tals and offices in the USA. Responsible for all field human resource generalist
, labor relations functions and a strategic management business partner.
* Acted as a catalyst and strategic business partner with regional and corporate
leadership teams, providing guidance and coaching to confront, mediate and reso
lve HR related business problems and challenges.
* Designed a national labor relations strategic plan to address company response
and training regarding collective bargaining, National Labor Relations Act, unf
air labor practices and strike contingency plan. Provided field managers and exe
cutives with a protocol as first responders to these issues and reduced unfair l
abor practice complaints filed against the company.
* Lead negotiator for collective bargaining agreement with Hawaii Nurses Associa
tion which resulted in ratification of three year agreement that had significant
concessions in favor of the employer and strike avoidance.
* Negotiator for collective bargaining agreement with SEIU represented staff in
Pennsylvania and New York. Provided HR expertise during negotiations regarding e
mployment, wage and hour issues and communication strategy that resulted in rati
fication of collective bargaining agreement and strike avoidance.
* Outsourced and negotiated multi-million dollar contract for vendor managed ser
vices program for nurses and medical technicians that netted $12 million dollars
in recruitment costs, payroll compliance and retention.
* Successfully designed and implemented employee "climate assessment" surveys to
evaluate morale and support in field offices and clinics. Directed and assisted
field HR teams in reshaping their action plans to include management tools whic
h had direct impact on business performance. Identified low performing managers
, disparate treatment and discrimination issues, inconsistent medical protocols
and practices. Instituted HR and education swat teams to implement and enforce e
mployee relations best practices.
* Coach, trainer and strategic business partner to executives and management on
full range of human resource, employee relations and labor relations issues, pol
icies and practices.