Experience collaborating with senior management and demonstrated ability to improve organizational and departmental effectiveness through designing, improving and implementing human resources programs and initiatives linkied to the strategic objective if the business.
Director of Human Resources @ From February 2014 to Present (1 year 11 months) Human Resources Manager @ I manage the Human Resources function for this privately owned company. Responsibilities include: counsel and coach leaders, employee relations and investigations, payroll processing on Paychex, benefits and leave of absence administration, recruitment and training. From March 2012 to February 2014 (2 years) Independent Contractor @ I have taken on assignments with several companies as an Independent Consultant handling recruitment, employee relations and investigations, HR departmental audits, organizational development, 360 degree feedback on executives, benefits open enrollment, employee handbook revision, providing wage and hour advice, and a variety of special projects. Clients include Riverstone Residential, Merit Property Management, Signa Services Inc and South Coast Children’s Society. From January 2010 to February 2014 (4 years 2 months) Independent Contractor @ I was the primary point of contact for all things related to Human Resources including background check and on-boarding of new employees, benefits administration and organizing annual open enrollment meetings, employee relations and investigations, workers comp administration, wage and hour compliance and unemployment claim administration. From December 2010 to October 2011 (11 months) Human Resources Manager @ For eight months, oversaw the recruitment activities and processes for California on-site and corporate office staff. Transitioned to recruiting for the Western Region (CA, NV, OR, WA, UT). For 2 months, worked on Corporate HR projects, reports and initiatives. From October 2009 to December 2009 (3 months) Associate Vice President @ I currently oversee the Recruitment function for on-site and corprorate office positions within the Western US region (CA, OR, WA, NV) From December 2008 to November 2009 (1 year) Vice President, Human Resources @ I manage the Human Resources function for BlackRock’s Newport Beach and Los Angeles regional office, as well as its subsidiary, Metric Property Management’s Western Region (CA and WA).
• Primary focus is the development and implementation of Human Resources initiatives supporting the growth and operations of Metric Property Management. Contribute to the reorganizing and streamlining of systems, practices and policies to support a fast growth business environment.
• Support Metric’s western region in an HR Generalist capacity and is responsible for talent acquisition, performance management and employee development. Heavy employee relations, conflict management and investigations.
• Support BlackRock Realty’s 2 regional offices in Southern CA by rolling out BlackRock HR initiatives and policy /program implementation. From October 2005 to December 2008 (3 years 3 months) Associate, Human Resources @ From 2005 to 2008 (3 years) Human Resources Manager @ From April 2000 to October 2005 (5 years 7 months) Human Resources Manager @ From January 1993 to June 2000 (7 years 6 months)
HR Certificate Program @ University of California, Irvine From 1998 to 2000 BS, Accounting @ De La Salle University From 1982 to 1988 ICA Gigi Gan is skilled in: Employee Relations, Employee Benefits, Talent Acquisition, Human Resources, Leadership, Personnel Management, Budgets, Onboarding, Project Management, HRIS, Performance Management, Training, Recruiting, Executive Search, Benefits Administration, Strategic Planning
Websites:
http://www.riverstoneres.com