HENRY J. DAVIS, JR.
2711 Chittenden CourtCell: (630) 251-0558
Naperville, Illinois 60564Home: (630) 922-4375
SUMMARY
Human Resources Executive with broad generalist background at corporate and operating unit levels. Experience includes serving on the senior leadership teams for business units and corporate functions.
Strategic HR Leadership. Senior HR operations leader for 12,000 employee subsidiary, leading 20 field HR managers. Top HR executive for 1,000 employee technical group, and 800 employee global marketing and engineering group.
Labor and Employee Relations. Extensive experience as the lead negotiator and contract management experience at union and non-union plants and multi-site business locations. Top HR role at 500 person union-represented manufacturing plant, and for a marketing region with 500+ retail employees with about 350 truck drivers represented by the Teamsters in eight contracts and Chemical Workers in ten contracts.
Talent Management and Development. Significant work building senior teams, establishing and managing high potential programs, and leading diversity and inclusion efforts.
HR Functional Expertise. Extensive experience in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures. Strengths in compensation, benefits, crisis management, work/family and staffing. Managed HR services function, including recruiting and training, for a 3,000 employee location.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Wind in Sails Experience HR, Inc
A consortium of senior level HR professionals who help business leaders and HR colleagues alike ensure HR plans and processes underpin and support business strategy.
Senior Consultant, Naperville, Il (2007- Present) Provide expertise and support in the areas of employee and labor relations, HR strategy development, diversity, crisis management, EEO, employee assistance, and talent management.
BP PLC, London, England
After acquiring Amoco, Arco and Castrol, BP is the worlds 2nd largest oil company with 100,000 employees.
Director Human Resources Corporate, Naperville, Illinois (2002 - 2006)
Director of human resources for 35,000 employees in the US, Canada and South America. Reported to VPHR, Western Hemisphere.
Provided humanitarian assistance leadership to the Texas City plant management following an explosion and fire that involved 15 fatalities and 100 injuries. Managed a budget of about $10 million that covered assistance to employees and contractors.
Built a new system and successfully provided humanitarian assistance support to employees during hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Received a special recognition award for this effort from the Vice President of the Upstream Business.
Redesigned and implemented humanitarian assistance workshop that trained 250 HR professionals.
Led efforts in 2004 and 2005 resulting in BP being named to Working Mother Magazines Top 100 List.
Saved $500,000 by reducing the number of EAP providers from 12 to 1.
Gained approval for a $10 million health and wellness program to begin in 2006.
Executive advisor to the African-American Affinity group. Provided guidance to this group to develop career workshops as well as designing a budget that was approved by management to fund the other activities of this group.
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Director, Human Resources, Naperville, Illinois / Sunbury, England (1998 - 2002)
Senior HR leader for five client groups with 800 employees. Reported to the HR, VP in London. Three groups had employees in Naperville and Sunbury. Most employees were in marketing and engineering roles. Led team of five in the U.S. and two in the U.K. Accountable for all HR services and practices.
Developed replacement/succession plan process for leadership roles in three client groups. This included identifying both high potential and emerging leader candidates for these roles.
Managed the Technology Client Group through a major acquisition of BP buying Amoco.
Managed the outsourcing of engineering services to a supplier with $3 million savings.
Established intern program with Morehouse College for future for full-time marketing positions.
Developed and implemented a recruiting strategy for the retail business units, including an ongoing campus program, MBA, and summer intern programs.
AMOCO CORPORATION, Chicago, Illinois
Amoco, acquired by BP in 1998, was a Fortune 20 company with global operations and 50,000 employees.
Manager Human Resources - Engineering and Construction, Houston, Texas (1994 -1998)
Senior HR role established for a new start-up function designed to combine all of the staff engineering function for the corporation under one Vice-President. Built HR team of six people.
Developed a strategic plan for engineering function, considered a best HR practice.
Implemented market base pay for the engineering discipline to better align compensation of staff engineers with the external market.
Developed a long-term staffing plan process due to the advancing age profile of the workforce.
Established competency based interview process, development and performance evaluations, resulting in aligning engineering competencies with these processes.
Reorganized department as a result of the strategy reducing workforce from 1,700 to 1,100.
Key team member that developed the first variable pay plan for the company.
Manager Human Resources - Amoco Petroleum Products, Chicago, Illinois (1993 -1994)
Senior division HR operating role with four direct reports and 20 field HR managers indirectly reports. Provided HR support to 12,000 employees. Reported to the VP, HR for the entire subsidiary, who reported to the President.
Set strategic direction for HR in the US for this subsidiary.
Provided a strategic plan for diversity to senior management that included the attraction and retention of women and minorities in higher level jobs.
Completed and implemented a comprehensive career planning process for subsidiary HR professionals to ensure appropriate selection and development to effectively manage and deploy HR staff.
Manager Human Resources Services, Chicago, Illinois (1991 - 1993)
Managed a team that provided a broad range of HR services provided for 3,000+ corporate office employees in Chicago and Naperville, Illinois. Supervised four HR supervisors who handled client recruiting, labor contract, affirmative action, training and development and administrative services
Provided outplacement services to various client groups in the area who had reduction programs.
Collaborated with corporate recruiting to develop strategic staffing plan process that identified staff needs for the next five years.
Manager Human Resources Retail Marketing, Chicago, Illinois (1988 - 1991)
Senior HR leader for a business unit of 1,000 employees across the U.S., west of the state of Ohio. Reported to the Senior Vice President of the West Zone business unit and served as a member of leadership team that included five senior members. Led a staff of six direct reports.
Chief spokesman for Teamster negotiations in Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Northwest Indiana, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, South Bend and Des Moines.
Developed and implemented a diversity strategy for the business unit.
Identified and attracted more females and minorities to open positions that improved the diversity of the staff in the business unit.
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Manager Employee Relations, Texas City Chemical Plant (1986 - 1988)
Reported to the plant manager and was a key member of the leadership team with a staff of five, provided all employee relations support to a manufacturing plant of 500 people including 300 union represented employees.
Conducted labor-management meetings on a biweekly basis with the union.
Negotiated new labor agreement and established new language to allow the management more flexibility in hiring craft workers in the maintenance function.
Facilitated management to promote the first woman in the company to second line supervisor.
Established no smoking policy and first drug and alcohol policy for the plant.
Developed and implemented Positive Discipline program.
Assisted in implementing quality management that increased overall productivity for the plant.
Established no smoking policy and first drug and alcohol policy for the plant.
Developed and implemented Positive Discipline program.
Assisted in implementing quality management that increased overall productivity for the plant.
Labor Consultant, Whiting, Indiana (1984 -1986)
Provided labor relations support to an Amoco manufacturing refinery that had 1,500 employees, of which 1,100 were represented. Provided guidance and counseling to management and the labor union on the labor contract.
Successfully handled about 250 grievances a year with the union.
Personally tried arbitration cases, winning 75 percent of all cases.
Number two negotiator of team that negotiated an improved labor contract with no labor stoppage.
Staff Employee Relations Representative, Oak Brook, Illinois (1981 - 1984)
Generalist role for client base of 500 retail marketing employees in the Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis.
Lead negotiator for numerous labor contracts for chemical operators and clerks as well as truck drivers. Unions involved included Teamsters, Steelworkers and Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers (OCAW).
Wrote Affirmative Action Plans for the marketing region.
Delivered salary administration programs.
Delivered supervisory training seminars.
Managed various severance programs for business units.
Provided benefits and policy counseling to supervisors and employees.
EDUCATION AND CONTINUING DEVELOPMENT
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Human Resources
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Certified Senior Professional in Human Resources, SPHR
Strategic Human Resources Planning
Human Resources Change Management
Finance for Non-Financial Majors
Supply Chain Management Workshop
Crisis Management
AFFILIATIONS AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM) (1987- Present)
Guest Professor and Member, Black Executive Exchange Program, Urban League (1989 -1998)
Selected to the Sports Hall of Fame, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Coach, YMCA Youth Basketball League (1989 -1994)
Board Member, Clear Lake, Texas Economic Development Foundation (1994 -1998)
Board Member, Clear Lake, Texas YMCA (1994 -1998)
Committee Member, University of Houston, Clear Lake Advisory Committee (1994 -1998)
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