B. Franko Hicks
Senior Corporate Director of Human Resources
- Role
- Senior Corporate Director of Human Resources at Virginia Transformer Corp
- Location
- Roanoke, VA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Senior Corporate Director of Human Resources
Feb 2025 — Present · Roanoke, VA, US
Leads and supports corporate HR, manufacturing, safety and security functions in the US, Mexico City and India operations. This involves corporate headquarters and three manufacturing facilities in Virginia, one manufacturing facility in Rincon, Georgia, one manufacturing facility in Pocatello, Idaho, two manufacturing facilities in Chihuahua, Mexico and one engineering operation in Delhi, India with approximately 4,971 employees. The organizational profile consists of union and non-union hourly; salary exempt and non-exempt employees with 10 direct leadership roles reporting to my current role and a total of 75 employees making up the entirety of my team. Currently spearheading HR, Safety & Security upgrades for all locations/countries pertaining to labor relations, recruitment/retention, talent capability and a robust growth and hiring initiative model (growth rate average of 26% with the anticipation further organic and expanded US growth by 2026) to include further organizational optimization by 2030.
Education
Morehead State University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Administration, Management and Operations
University of Charleston
Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA), Executive Business Administration/Management
2008 — 2009
Skills
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Succession Planning
- Policy
- Union
- Employee Engagement
- Onboarding
- Talent Management
- Conflict Resolution
- Compensation & Benefit
- Personnel Management
- Technical Recruiting
- Team Building
- Management
- Benefits Administration
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Interviews
- Leadership Development
- New Hire Orientations
- Union Avoidance
- Organizational Development
- Mining
- Change Management
- Employee Benefits
- Coal
- Deferred Compensation
- Sourcing
- Performance Management
- Employee Training
- Operations Management
- Employment Law
- Workforce Planning
- Process Improvement
- Employee Handbooks
- Talent Acquisition
- Labor Relations
- Contract Negotiation
- Leadership
- Strategic Planning
- Employee Relations
- Budgets
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