Human Resources Director in Orange County CA Resume Ronald Long

RONALD D. LONG

Laguna Niguel, CA 92677 949-916-3834

714-299-4036

DIRECTOR, HUMAN RESOURCES Strategic and tactical architect of the employer / employee relationship. A leader and business partner accomplished across the board in HR and Organization Development. Makes an immediate custom impact based on business strategies and utilizing exceptional experience in a variety of industries, including aerospace and other manufacturing environments, plus engineering and service industries. Multi-site and multi-state expertise. Labor relations and negotiation. Due diligence and integration processes.

SELECTED ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE Transformational Design and Execution Culture and Change Management Positive Employee Relations & Engagement Compensation & Benefits Design & Admin Legal Compliance & OFCCP Management

Organizational Effectiveness and Design Leadership Development and Coaching Talent Management Development Recruiting, On-boarding, and Retention Performance Management

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS Transformed a manufacturing culture by assessing the organization and making cultural changes from training, coaching, staffing initiatives, HR reorientation, Lean sponsorship, and positive employee relations. Saved $125,000 in the first Lean intervention. Increased productivity 38% in consumer products. Restored stability to a floundering logistics company through organizational assessment, strategic planning, and executive coaching. Achieved cohesiveness in a multiple branch organization by designing and conducting a Beckhard model conference to build trust and relationships, solve problems of multi-branch operations, and make agreements about how to relate over distance. 

Negotiated union contracts with the Teamsters, Laborers, and Steelworkers, achieving costs 38%, 28%, and 24% under goal. 13 years labor experience. Led the turnaround to doubled earnings in the plastics subsidiary in one year using assessment, team building, group problem solving, employee involvement, staffing initiatives, and executive coaching in partnership with the parent CEO. Saved $2.3 million by surveying employees and reassessing compensation and insured benefits based on the survey and market knowledge, and designing new plans with high employee satisfaction. Routed a Union organization drive in my first three months of employment through a meeting of 100 people that defined and resolved issues and built trust; also establishment of positive employee relations. Achieved a $700,000 recovery from two years' red ink to black in nine months by partnering with the CEO and leading organizational assessment, strategic planning, reorganization to cross-functional teams, team-building, and empowerment, plus CEO coaching.

EMPLOYMENT OWNER and PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, Inner Strategies, Inc., outsourced HR management and OD consulting in numerous manufacturing, engineering, high tech, and service companies 2007 - Present HR DIRECTOR, M. C. Gill Corporation, multi-state, aerospace (airframe) manufacturer

1996 – 2007

OWNER and PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT, Inner Strategies, Inc., outsourced HR and OD

1991 - 1996

VPHR, Quikset, 12 sites, manufacturing, and Bell & Howell / Columbia, 4 sites, mfg & process

1985 - 1991

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION Masters Degree in HR & Organization Development University of San Francisco, 1997

Bachelors in Business Management California State University at Long Beach

Certificate: Registered OD Consultant Organization Development Institute

Certificate: Chester Karrass Negotiator Certificate: Advanced Management, Stanford U