Experience

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  Stuart Consulting Services

  • Peabody, MA

  • Principal

    • 2001 - Present
    • Peabody, MA

    Self-employed since 2001 I have been working in long-term interim senior management, HR and strategic new product introduction support positions for companies such as All-Clad , Waterford / Wedgwood and Lenox Corp. As VP HR for Lenox from 2009 to 2016, I was retained by the private equity ownership to upgrade organizational development and strategic staffing ,change an “entitlement culture” to an environment more reflective of today’s highly competitive business reality, and reduce operating costs. I saved the company several millions of dollars by seamlessly instituting a progressive new medical plan, reducing workman’s compensation insurance costs, and administering a strategic long term 40 % reduction in payroll costs, while maintaining non-union status and a minimum employee turnover rate. I also instruction manuals and managed compliance activity for new housewares products. For Waterford and All-Clad, I held senior management positions in sales and marketing, logistics, and new product introduction and support, in addition to my HR and recruiting assignments.

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  SCS

  • Sr. Consultant

    • 2001 - Present

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  Polaroid

  • Marketing and Sales Manager

    • 1984 - 2001

    Played a key role in several important corporate initiatives including;-staffing and building a software support business-designing a web-based customer service support system- selling off over a million dollars worth of obsolete and excess inventory-developing marketing models and new business channels to help rejuvinate two stagnant divisions

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  First Security Services Corp

  • VP HR

    • 1980 - 1984

    -staffed a 20% growth rate within budget-developed new Training Services Division -Reduced employee turnover through promotional program development-implemented productivity improvement programs-introduced succession planning

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  Advent Corp

  • Cambridge, MA

  • Corp HR Director

    • 1977 - 1980
    • Cambridge, MA

    -revitalized the HR function-reduced operating costs-upgraded compensation programs-maintained non-union status -relocated and restaffed manufacturing operations

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  Self-employed HR Consultant

  • Hampton, NH

  • Principal

    • 1976 - 1977
    • Hampton, NH

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  Watts Regultor Company

  • Kittery, ME / Franklin , NH

  • Corporate HR Manager

    • 1973 - 1976
    • Kittery, ME / Franklin , NH

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  Ford Motor Company

  • Woodhaven, MI

  • HR Generalist

    • 1967 - 1973
    • Woodhaven, MI

    Started as a Northeastern University coop student and then retained for their college-grad training program in 1969 and then full time in 1971. Classically trained in labor relations, training, loss prevention, benefits, and staffing.