Stephanie Royal
Human Resources Manager
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Phenix City, RussellMember since December 2, 2025
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Results-driven and Empathetic HR Professional with over 15 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources.
Experience
Human Resources/Safety Manager, 8/2024-Current
ILJIN America, Auburn Alabama- Assisted with the startup of the facility.
- Recruited and hired start up salary and hourly staff
- Assisted with creating ILJIN policies and procedures
- Completed all New Hire orientations
- Assisted Employee’s benefit enrollment
- Responsible for data entry into Paylocity data system software as well as keeping all employee records up to date
- Reviewing weekly hourly payroll
- Coordinated all Employee relation activities
- All aspect of Employee relations issues
- Advertising, conducting job fairs and community involvement activities
- Employee investigations
- Ordering Background checks and pre-employment Drug Test
- Organized local vendors/companies to assist with HR related needs
- E-Verify/I-9 processes
- Assigning Required PPE for all new hires plus locker assignments
- General Affairs duties
- Safety implementation
- Completed all OSHA mandatory written policies
- General Affairs
- Assisted Korean Expats and their families with obtaining government documents, driver’s license, school enrollment, housing and utility set up
Human Resources Generalist, 05/21-8/2024
John Soules Foods, Valley, AL- Assisted with the startup of the facility.
- Recruited and hired start up salary and hourly staff
- Assisted with creating Valley location policies and procedures
- Completed all New Hire orientations
- Assisted Employee’s benefit enrollment
- Responsible for data entry into JSF data system software as well as keeping all employee records up to date
- Tracking employee attendance and warnings.
- Assisting with STD, LOA and FMLA requests
- Reviewing weekly hourly payroll for 350+employees
- Coordinated all Employee relation activities
- All aspect of Employee relations issues
- Advertising, conducting job fairs and community involvement activities
- Employee investigations
- Currently work with 6 Staffing companies and complete all staffing payroll
- Ordering Background checks and pre-employment Drug Test
- Organized local vendors/companies to assist with HR related needs
- E-Verify/I-9 processes
- Assigning Required PPE for all new hires plus locker assignments
Human Resources Manager, 11/2018-05/2021
Exide Technologies, Columbus, GA (Plant Closed)- Enforce Exide Technologies policies and procedures.
- Assisted Exide’s Professional development team with onboarding such as scheduling Drug test, Physical and E-Verify
- Coordinated job postings, scheduled internal interviews
- Completed all New Hire orientations
- Assisted Employee’s with yearly open enrollment
- Responsible for data entry into Exide data system software as well as keeping all employee records up to date
- Assisting employees with general questions regarding policies and procedures, also enforcing Exide’s handbook.
- Tracking employee attendance and warnings.
- Assisting with STD, LOA and FMLA requests
- Partnering with EHS for training and monthly blood draws
- Scheduling and conducting monthly town hall meetings
- Keeping all information boards up to date
- Assisting Legal department with any legal issue pertaining to Columbus location
- Assisting Plant Controller with Payroll
- Submitted salaried personnel timesheets for payroll
- Coordinated all Employee relation activities
- Assisting Corporate HR with any request from EEOC
- All aspect of Employee relations issues
- Assisted Corporate HR department with announcement of original plant closure on 3/19
- Developed and enforce contingency plan during Covid-19 pandemic
