Sherry Donahue
Work Phone (314) 727-5522
email: sdonahue@mrctbp.com
Experience
2000-Present
MRCT
St Louis, MO
Director HR Consulting
& Benefits Compliance
- Established a Human Resources Consulting
division for MRCT
- Development of website for employee benefits,
employee relations, and management procedures
- FSA & COBRA Administration
- Benefits Compliance
- Human Resources consulting on daily issues,
preparation of employee and supervisor handbooks, and policies and
procedures.
1988–2000 DIMAC Marketing
Corp St
Louis, MO
VP Corporate Human
Resources (1997-2000)
- Developed and directed the corporate HR
Department for a $450 mm direct mail advertising company employing 5000
people
- Direct HR responsibility for 28 sites
- Employee Relations
- Successfully negotiated a 2 year union
contract with concessions on overtime and a wage freeze
- Developed a Corporate Employee Handbook
incorporating;
- Corporate Policies
- Site Specific Policies and Procedures
- Answered many EEO charges with favorable
decisions
- Part of downsizing team which restructured
three Business Units
- Headed reduction in force of over 300
employees with no subsequent legal action
- Compensation
- Developed compensation philosophy and
structure standardizing remote sites after acquisitions
- Created a geographic range structure after
completing market analysis using the DBM strategy
- Implemented a matrix structure
- Benefits
- Phased 20 plans into one national medical
plan saving in excess of $1.3mm
- Created current time Paid Time Off Policy
- Standardized dental, life & disability,
and EAP plans
- Developed and implemented a Section 125 plan
with administration in-house
- Recruitment
- Reduced recruitment costs by 200%
- Standardized outside recruitment contracts to
obtain payback of fees if placement terminates within 6 months, 90 day
wait on payment and 20% fees
- Reduced turnover by 10%
- Safety
- Developed corporate safety program reducing $
of accidents by 60% and costs by 30%
Compensation & Benefits
Manager (1994 – 1997)
Benefits Supervisor (1990
– 1994)
Compensation & Benefits
Analyst (1989 – 1990)
Employee Relations
Representative (1988 – 1989)
1979 - 1988
The Kroger Company St
Louis, MO
Personnel Manager
- Responsible for all aspects of Personnel Mgt
- 350 employees
- Labor Relations (3 union contracts)
- Employee Relations (non-union)
- Safety programs
- Quality Circles
- EEOC charges
- NLRB charges
- Grievances and Arbitration
Education
1990 Graduated National Louis University St Louis, MO
BA, Business Administration
and Industrial Psychology
Professional
Memberships
Society for Human Resources
Management (SHRM)