Lauren Daly

Experience

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  Foster Farms

  Feb 2005 - Dec 2023

  Lead the company’s HR Operations functions including: HR Technology, Payroll, Workers Compensation, Compliance, and Analytics. Provide leadership for a team that builds Human Resources processes, systems, and tools to run seamlessly at scale and provide analytical insights that drive improved decision making around people and culture. Responsible for collaborating with other HR team members and business leaders to design new and improve existing HR Operations, Payroll, and Workers Compensation processes to achieve better business outcomes, enable talent acquisition, retention and automate manual efforts. Responsible for the design, implementation and ongoing evaluation of the company’s payroll and workers compensation programs; ensuring that the programs support the company’s objectives and meet all legal requirements. Key leader for HRMS project and ultimately the business owner of our core HR Management System (Workday). Improve HR capabilities including employee data management, absence management, time tracking, contingent workforce management, and compensation planning. Define HR metrics and analytics to provide people intelligence to executives. Focused on delivering user friendly HR processes to accommodate our business, contribute to an excellent employee experience, and protect Foster Farms culture and values. Show less Strategically align with business unit senior leadership regarding HR function, to include recruitment, employee relations, development, and performance management. Manage HR function for enterprise-wide business units: Sales, Marketing, Information Technology, Technical Services, Legal/Risk Management, and Commodities Operations. Provide recommendations to leadership, to influence decision making on all HR related decisions in the best interest of the shareholders. Collaborate with senior leadership teams to meet current and future people needs. Manage strategic recruitment and development programs. Coach leadership on successfully managing conflict, effectively communicating the desired message, and professionally navigating complex business situations. Maintain positive business relationships with employees at all levels. Design and implement employee programs, policies, and procedures focused on accomplishing business objectives. Creatively implement solutions to meet business objectives and federal/state requirements. Train business leaders to ensure compliance and understanding of legal requirements (OFCCP, EEOC, ADA/FEHA, etc.). Drive systematic changes across HR. Manage the sourcing, configuration, development, implementation, and on-going use of company-wide applicant tracking system. Show less Recruit exempt and non-exempt employees up though and including management level to ensure best candidates possible are selected. Provide guidance to management personnel to resolve employee concerns from hourly level to manager level. Provide coaching and training to supervisors on management skills, human resources issues, procedures and government regulations. Respond to Government claims. Responsible for all investigations of harassment, discrimination, unfair treatment for divisions of responsibility. Manage Company-wide college recruiting efforts. Show less Responsible for providing employee/labor relations and coaching support for plant management. Work closely and develop positive working relationships with UFCW 8 business agents. Maintained consistent application of Foster Farms company policies, union contract and disciplinary actions. Conduct investigations regarding, harassment, unprofessional conduct, and discrimination. Supervised HR clerical administrative support staff, including management of the hiring/transfer process for Fresno plant operations. Managed Company-wide college recruiting efforts. Show less Administered Lawson HRIS system, dealt with day-to-day HR / PR issues, performing mass pay changes, and process improvement changes. Developed various HR / PR federal and state mandated reports. Conducted annual wage surveys and provided analytical data to determine increase amounts for non-union hourly employees. Administered annual merit wage increases for clerical and salaried employees. Participated in several third party wage surveys to provide analytical compensation support data.Compiled annual affirmative plans, mid-year updates and prepare analysis for OFCCP audits.Provided training for human resource staff on HRIS, compensation issues, affirmative action plans and applicant flow. Managed company-wide relocation services and college recruiting. Three months spent in Human Resource Supervisor role performing recruiting activities, employee relations, investigations, employee recognition, disciplinary actions and terminations while working with all levels of management.Responsible for the management of employee files, document imaging, data entry, including, four direct reports in addition to the duties described above. Show less

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    Jul 2022 - Dec 2023

  • Director, HR Operations

    Jan 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Human Resources Manager, Corporate / Recruiting and Employee Relations Manager

    Jul 2014 - Jan 2021

  • Senior Human Resources Supervisor

    Nov 2011 - Jul 2014

  • Human Resources Supervisor, Corporate

    Oct 2010 - Nov 2011

  • Human Resources Supervisor, Fresno Operations

    Oct 2009 - Oct 2010

  • Compensation Administrator II

    Jan 2007 - Oct 2009

  • HRIS / Compensation Administrator

    Feb 2005 - Jan 2007
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  California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

  Mar 2024 - now

  Associate Vice President Human Resources