Rick Holmes
**** ******* ***** ***********, ** 37421
***/***-**** abhygc@r.postjobfree.com
__________________PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE__________________
*/** - ******* ***** ********* Consultant
Contract consultant for small to medium size
companies. Review existing Human Resources
systems and recommend modifications to senior
management. Update or develop new H.R.
systems including salary administration, fringe benefit
programs, disciplinary systems, employee handbooks, job
evaluation, performance appraisal, job descriptions, etc.
4/03 - 4/07 Owner - Discovery Point on Hunter (Child Development
Center)
Purchased a franchise and took the business from green field to
a 96 student facility. Responsible
for all business operations including general
management, finance, employee recruitment and
retention, purchasing, advertising, client relations, state
regulatory compliance, and payroll.
8/75 - 2/02 Ahlstrom Paper Group (and predecessor companies)
Corporate Director of Human Resources - Engine
Filtration Division (1/95 - 2/02)
Responsible for the overall Human Resources function for the
U.S. operations of Ahlstrom Paper Group's Engine Filtration
Division. This includes four manufacturing facilities in four
states (TN, KY, IL, and PA) with approximately 400 employees.
Responsibilities include employee relations, wage and salary
administration, employee benefits, pension administration,
EEO/Affirmative Action Compliance, recruitment, training and
development, and H.R.I.S. for one union and three non-union
facilities. Member of management team and responsible for the
implementation of the Human Resources policies and procedures
for a new $80 million start-up manufacturing facility in
Illinois. Member of international Human Resources Committee for
Ahlstrom Paper Group headquartered in Amsterdam, The
Netherlands. Travel: Domestic 25-35%, International 5%.
Human Resources Director (11/85 - 1/95)
Responsible for the Human Resources function for two non-union
manufacturing facilities in TN and KY. Member of the management
negotiating committee for union facility in Eastern
Pennsylvania.
Human Resources and Purchasing Manager (1/78 -
11/85)
Responsible for the Human Resources function for Southern
Cellulose Products
and Southern Specialty Paper Co. Responsible for the initial
organization, implementation and supervision of the company's
first computer system and department.
Personnel Manager (8/75 - 1/78)
Responsible for the Human Resources function for Southern
Cellulose Products, a 100-employee pulp mill. Functional as the
Purchasing Manager during periods of travel by the VP
Personnel/Purchasing.
_______________________________PROFESSIONAL
ACCOMPLISHMENTS_________________________
1. Maintained non-union status for three manufacturing facilities from 1975
to the present.
2. No union organizing campaigns since 1978. Five campaigns prior to 1978.
3. No lawsuits resulting in company being found guilty of violating any
State or Federal employment, labor, or civil laws or statues.
4. Established self-insured medical and short-term disability insurance
payment
system, which resulted in increased cash flow of approx. $200,000.
5. Turnover reduced to 3% (plant & office) - 1996 to 1998 rate was 0% in
the plants.
6. Established the first computer operation for the two manufacturing
facilities in TN & KY with first year cost savings of $120,000.
7. Established an employee suggestion program which resulted in a $220,000
cost savings in water consumption over a two year period.
___________________________________________EDUCATION________________________
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B.S. - Business Administration
Minor: Economics
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Certified Analyst for Praendex, Inc. "Predictive Index employee appraisal
system."
___________________________________PROFESSIONAL
ASSOCIATIONS_________________________
8. Society for Human Resources Management
9. Chattanooga Industrial Human Resources Committee
10. Tennessee Manufacturing and Taxpayer Association Human Resources
Committee
11. American Forest and Paper Association
________________________________________ COMPUTER
SKILLS___________________________________
Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), PeopleSoft Human Resources
(7.5)
*References available upon request