knoell USAGroup Leader (Director), Human Resources and Business Administration
Dec. 2016 - Nov. 2019Garnet Valley, PA• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures, ensuring legal compliance. Advise and counsel local and German parent company Executive Boards on employment best practices. • Administer and oversee health and welfare, retirement and business insurance policies. • Create, implement and administer appraisal process and merit-based salary review. • Provide soft skill training and personnel development for staff and management. • Develop and prepare regular HR reports. • Administer recruitment process including position evaluations, development of standard job postings and candidate materials, source and coordinate with external recruiters and oversee new employee onboarding. • Administer US and Canadian payroll and prepare monthly journal reports for Accounting. • Sourced and implemented new Paylocity payroll, applicant tracking and HRIS. • Supervise IT resource, prepare and manage budget, provide local coordination of technical initiatives of German parent company. • Supervise Facilities and Office Management resource, administer budget, lead initiatives including the physical closure of TX office, implementation of keyless entry system and facility upgrades.