Linda Albrecht

Human Resources Manager @Metalsa

Elizabethtown, KY, US

Led all HR Activities for program launches including developing actionable plans to support the launch. Collaborated with all levels of employees within the plant and region for any manner of staffing and HR related concerns related to the program launches. Represented the HR function and company with regularity to the customer. Focused on hiring hourly union workers including recruiting at job fairs, managing applications, interviewing applicants, scheduling applicants for various pre screening requirements, managed all pre screening results, and made job offers. Lead company to create creative hiring pipelines via community partnerships. Managed the staffing movements of union employees including controlling all job bids, job transfers, and shift preferences and assigning all new employees work assignments.Managed staffing process to assign and hire employees to strategically staff the operation based on budget. With progressive responsibly, direct these activities. Created and managed the tracking of KPIs including absenteeism, attendance, turnover, retention, staffing effectiveness, hiring plan effectiveness. Implemented temp-to-hire process. Coordinated and managed multiple onsite temp to hire agencies to meet temp hire goals.Led team in sharing benefits program information and supported employees’ benefits questions. Administer on plant vacation policy and system.Represented the company labor relations with constant partnership with our local union. Responsible for escalated grievances and direction of lower level grievances and contract interpretation. Directed a report and then a team of direct reports to support hiring and staffing programs and launches for several years. Led a project team that included a robust team of support from an additional agency in collaboration with team of direct report recruiters.Supported roughly a location of roughly employees with all HR related activities.

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

Indiana Institute of Technology

Master of Science - MS

Indiana Institute of Technology

Master of Business Administration - MBA