Ted Fries

About Ted Fries

Vice President Human Resources with experience in end to end human capital management within a global organization. Hands-on leader with extensive skills in global HRIS implementations, supporting business leaders to drive key strategic initiatives, merger and acquisitions, delivering cost improvements, supporting rapid growth initiatives and delivering on digital transformation within the human capital space.Core Competencies: Global HRIS Digital Transformation*Organizational Development * Pension Administration * Rapid Growth - Managing Change * Legal Compliance * Unions Globally * Laws & Regulation * Global Human Capital Challenges * Strategic Planning * M&A Due Diligence * Process Improvement * Benefits * Outsourcing & In-Sourcing * Recruitment * Onboarding * Performance Management * CompensationMBA/PHR/CP

Experience

1. Sr Director Human Resources Americas

   EnerSys

   Jan 1998 — Present

   EnerSys | Reading, PASenior Director of Human Resources1998-PresentPromoted from Director to Senior Director in recognition of how role evolved during tenure from $450M to $1.3B Strategic Business Unit (SBU).* Full charge of $1.3B SBU in Americas consisting of 13 manufacturing/assembly operations and over 30 sales/service locations throughout North and South America, i.e. Canada, U.S, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and Chile supporting employees.Notable Contributions:* Centralized payroll processing.* Drove implementation of OpenHire ATS, automated RedCarpet on-boarding system and Benefits Solver online open enrollment. Combined systems enabled mass growth initiatives without any additional HR resources.* Consistently restructured benefits to contain costs to 4% annual increase (comparatively 8%) without loss of service.* Led worldwide corporate initiative to install compensation/job evaluation management system to standardize practices for employee worldwide organization.* Built (in collaboration with Hay Group), pay for performance management model to provide at-a-glance specifics of employees and skills and implemented its use across the worldwide business.* Highly skilled in union avoidance and experience with labor contract negotiation.Prior EnerSys Roles: DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOUCES (20••••13)DIRECTOR OPERATIONS RESERVE POWER (20••••02)ACTING DIRECTOR HUMAN RESOURCES (2001)MANAGER BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT (19••••01)

Education

• Lehigh University College of Business

  MBA, Human Resources, Marketing, Finance

  1992 — 1993

• Penn State University

  BS, Management

  1987 — 1989

Skills

• Outsourcing/Insourcing
• Legal Compliance
• Onboarding
• Hris
• Employee Benefits
• Process Improvement
• Global Challenges
• Human Resources
• Personnel Management
• Strategic Planning
• Succession Planning
• Laws & Regulations
• Union Avoidance
• Organizational Development
• Acquisition Due Diligence
• Performance Management
• Recruiting
• Pension Plans
• Training
• New Business Development
• Compensation Management
• Leadership
• Management
• Due Diligence