Bridgette Morehouse's Resume (Last updated October 6th 2008)

Leading a team of HR professionals in partnership with a progressive senior management team. My ideal company will respect employees and be committed to ensuring their employment practices reflect these values. It will be a company that encourages creativity, energy, and teamwork, and where my personal commitment and proven results will be rewarded.

Member, HR Committee - Board of Directors
Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit

- Coordinated labor negotiations activities for 22 countries and over 250,000 hourly employees in countries where Ford does business

2007 UAW-Ford Negotiations:
- Assisted with development of labor strategy for 2007 landmark UAW agreement including costing of labor elements, generation of alternatives, strike contingency planning, industry coordination
- Agreement expected to reduce competitive gap by up to 75%; reducing labor costs by $5 Billion USD
- Led communications strategy for hourly workforce
- Member of economics committee
- Member of Entry Level committee; agreement to 2-tier wage and benefit structure; potential to reduce per-hour labor cost by over 50%
- Secretary for negotiations Main Table events and sessions
- Led competitive analysis and benchmarking labor agreements to drive competitiveness

- Provided advice, consultation and mediation for labor relations and HR issues that escalated beyond plant
- Division organization & personnel planning for 20 Vehicle Operations plants and 300 management employees
- Developed managerial placement clearinghouse process which avoided unnecessary hiring. Process benchmarked across Company
-Streamlined hiring process, reducing time for approvals by 82% (61 days)

- Established Employee Relations function for Operations division within US (covering 5 distribution centers and 3 customer service centers across US, over 2000 hourly employees)
- Developed strategy for employee relations function and implemeted within local facilies
- Developed and provided training for HR teams and local Operating Management on: improving local culture, managing employee complaints, handling investigations, federal OFCCP / EEOC compliance, union avoidance
- Championed Design For Six Sigma project on flexible staffing models for warehouse locations

- Competed "mega-project" on hourly employee absenteeism.
- Reduced absenteeism 42% at seven target plants through implementation of IT system for tracking discipline.
- Reduced absence levels across US an additional by 25% through standardization and process improvements.
- Reduced production losses associated with absenteeism by 40%.
- Provided mentoring, guidance and support to HR Green Belts, and general problem-solving
- Trained Six Sigma Green Belts within HR function

Labor Relations, Contract Negotiation, EEOC, Grievance Investigations, HR Strategy, Labor Strategy, Labor Costing, Strike Planning and Preparation, Competitive Analysis, Employment Law, Employee Relations, Compensation Planning, Personnel Planning, Succession Planning, Personnel Development, HR management, Supervision, Communications, Arbitration, Union Relations, Six Sigma, Black Belt, Project Management, Process Improvements, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, Web Design, HTML, Change Management, Training, Statistical Analysis, Affirmative Action Plans, Union Avoidance, Lean Manufacturing