Experience

Plainville Farms

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Vice President

  • Nov 2020 - Present

• Vice President Human Resources

  • Jan 2019 - Nov 2020

  Plainville Farms was purchased from Hain Pure Protein by a private equity group, and I was promoted and retained to oversee the Human Resources function for the new company.



Hain Pure Protein Corporation

• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director Human Resources

  • May 2017 - Jan 2019

  • Reporting directly to the President/COO, worked closely with entire Senior Leadership Team while serving as leader for all Human Resource functions for 4 facilities totaling 2,000 employees.• Developed best practices across the division to ensure consistency and accountability with a total staff of 21 employees. • Promoted to Sr. Director of Human Resources and Safety in January 2018 based on an extensive track record of success in controlling and eliminating accidents and costs. • Directed all human resources functions with a strong focus on compliance with all employment, regulatory and legislative requirements. • Successfully completed two union labor negotiations by leading the cost and benefit analysis and serving as lead negotiator.• Strengthened the executive leadership team by recruiting key executives; served as the confidante for the CEO and sounding board for senior managers in making key decisions on acquisitions, executive recruitment, and overall operations.• Successfully developed and negotiated Executive Compensation packages.• Led the overall mission to recruit, develop and retain top talent in support of the business strategy. • Spearheaded the cultural transformation as the company moved from a family-owned business to becoming a portfolio company for Hain Celestial parent company.• Managed all human resource activities through a number of company acquisitions and staffing initiatives• Worked closely with the Operations Management Team to develop a high performance culture across four processing and production plants which led to achieving key business production goals and benchmarks. • Provided consultation to the senior management team to ensure human resources strategies and objectives were in line with the company’s operating goals.



Carolina Pride Foods

• Vice President Human Resources

  • Apr 2012 - Aug 2017

  • Reported directly to the CEO worked closely with all senior leadership across the organization in leading all Human Resource functions including but not limited to recruiting, I9 and hiring compliance/audits, implementing policies and procedures and their enforcement and workers compensation. • As an Officer and member of the Executive Team, I led and supported the Human Resource aspects of 650 employees.• Responsible for all Human Resource activities and company benefits including negotiating and implementing Wellness Benefits and General Liability Insurance.• Responsible for overseeing implementation, administration, and general oversight for General Liability, Property & Casualty, Workers Compensation, Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance benefits programs. • Maintained high touch, hand-on involvement in all levels of the organization from top to bottom• Employed an open-door policy to nurture trust and commitment to the workforce on a daily basis to create a culture of trust and support between HR and the workforce.• Oversaw the administration and application of ADA, FMLA, E-Verify, EEOC, FLSA and South Carolina Workers Compensation laws and regulations to create a culture of worker safety and compliance.• Successfully developed and negotiated Executive Compensation packages.• Played a prominent role in growing company assets through mergers and acquisitions, as well as leading various employee reductions and downsizing initiatives - including successfully negotiating severance and separation packages without any legal incidents, as well as led efforts to maintain top talent during key transition periods. • Continued to lead the HR function and played a key role in ensuring a smooth transition of the company operations to private equity buyer – Gordon Brothers – after which I was provided a retention bonus and severance package for my successful efforts.



House of Raeford Farms

• United States
• Food Production
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Complex Human Resources Manager

  • Oct 2008 - Aug 2012

  • Spent the first year successfully leading a major hiring initiative to create an entirely new workforce • Created a more efficient, high performance workforce while working closely with supervisors and senior management to embrace change and continue to meet production and revenue goals during a time of very high turnover.• Participated in union labor agreement negotiations.• Responsible for leading the HR function at the plant for a workforce of approximately 900 employees while ensuring compliance with all Federal and State employment laws and regulations.• Maintained a strict adherence to E-Verify and I-9 Employee Eligibility Verification and successfully created a workforce culture of compliance and safety.• Efforts led to reduced turnover by 18% and reduced worker compensation costs by 22%



Pilgrim’s Pride

• Complex Human Resource Manager

  • Aug 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Responsible for the consistent implementation of all Federal, State and Corporate labor and employment laws. • Responsible for a complex of 1,500-1600 employees across multiple production plants.• Responsible for the start-up and implementations of Continuous Improvement for twelve complexes throughout the southeast. • Responsibilities include coaching and guiding the top management of the company to ensure a successful continuous improvement process that is implemented to every Partner in our organization. • Responsible for organizing and implementing the training of 9000 Partners in both CI Awareness and CI Fundamentals training for the company. • Dedicated to consistent complex communication to insure CI implementation and consistency.• Successful in implementing a “Management Ownership” safety program. • Coached the complex to a successful reduction in recordables and incident rates by 15% for two consecutive years.



Pilgrim's

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Continuous Improvement Manager

  • Apr 2004 - Aug 2007

  Responsible for the start-up and implementations of Continuous Improvement for twelve complexes throughout the southeast. Responsibilities include coaching and guiding the top management of the company to ensure a successful continuous improvement process that is implemented to every Partner in our organization. Responsible for organizing and implementing the training of 9000 Partners in both CI Awareness and CI Fundamentals training for the company. Dedicated to consistent complex communication to insure CI implementation and consistency



ConAgra Poultry/Pilgrim’s Pride

• Complex Safety & Health Manager

  • Mar 2001 - Apr 2004

  Responsible for the safety and health of approximately 1600 employees. Successful in implementing a “Management Ownership” safety program. Coached the complex to a successful reduction in recordables and incident rates by 15% for two consecutive years Responsible for the safety and health of approximately 1600 employees. Successful in implementing a “Management Ownership” safety program. Coached the complex to a successful reduction in recordables and incident rates by 15% for two consecutive years