HUMAN RESOURCES - ADMINISTRATION PROFESSIONAL

 

Jim Horvath is an accomplished and experienced Human Resources Professional with a proven track record in creating HR vision, developing and implementing strategic HR applications, establishing effective management partnerships, guiding all levels of employees to achieving their objectives and delivering agreed upon HR goals and objectives for management.

 

Jim's strengths in Human Resources cover over 20 years of progressive "hands-on" experience in Strategic Manpower Planning - Compensation and Benefit Plan design and administration - Innovative Recruitment & Talent Retention program design - creating exciting Employee Relations and Communications agendas - delivering on Diversity initiatives - running cost-effective/high-volume Fulfillment Center operations and designing Coaching, Mentoring and Internship programs.

 

Presently Jim is heading up Human Resources for a $75B retail organization with responsibility for Coaching, Training, Communications, Recruitment and Performance alignment to name but a few. This is a highly matrixed company with a top down focus on sales and performance.

 

Prior, Jim was a performance management consultant with Partners in Human Resources International, assisting this fast growth organization design training initiatives around Leadership Development and various Communications programs. This was a contractural assignment reporting to the CEO.

 

Jim has performed as First Vice President of Human Resources at Astoria Federal Savings and Loan Association where he was able to align the Human Resources mission with the association's goals and objectives after its completion of a major acquisition with a competing bank. This assignment allowed Jim to measure the bench strength of the Human Resources organization and determine its capabilities and establish a realistic and achievable agenda in an agreed upon timeframe.

 

Jim was also the Corporate Director, Human Resources at USA Networks with full responsibility for all classical and strategic Human Resources initiatives and functions. These responsibilities extended to USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel, Network Operations, Fulfillment & Distribution Center operations and Facilities Management. In this assignment his accomplishments extended into Executive & International Recruitment & Retention initiatives, Compensation & Benefit Plan Design, start-up of a Performance Training and Development department, Succession Planning to prepare organization for new launch initiatives, Change Management and Diversity initiatives to accommodate expansion goals and objectives.  After a takeover in April 1998 by the Universal Television Group, there was a restructuring of management team.

 

In 1982, Jim was recruited by Degussa Corporation to develop the position of Manager, Corporate Personnel and help redefine the HR infrastructure. In this capacity, Jim was able to develop exciting and highly effective recruitment programs to attract top-quality talent. These successes paved the way for the opportunity to develop Degussa Corporations first Management Development Department. With this challenge, Jim was promoted to Manager of Management Development & Administration, and was able to design, from the ground-up, a new and exciting Training department to address the performance objectives of this international organization.

 

Before joining Degussa Corporation, Jim held a number of key management positions in Human Resources developing a HR infrastructure for an Engineering and Design company (ORBA Corporation) and was involved as Manager, International Recruitment for the Camp David Peace Accord, with responsibility for worldwide recruiting of this consortium of major construction companies called Negev Airbase Constructors.

 

Jim is a graduate of Seton Hall University with a B.S. in Industrial Relations and Business Education and is a licensed educator in the State of New Jersey. He is certified in: Leadership, Teambuilding and Employee Communications Development training.   He is a co/founding Board Member of the Cable Telecommunications Human Resources Association (CTHRA).  He is also co-founder of the Advisory Board of the Borden Avenue Veterans Residence, which is designed to help homeless veterans return to the workplace and society.  Here he served as President of the Advisory Council to private industry in the city of New York. He has also served for 8 years as an Elected Official (Council President) in the Borough of Lodi, NJ responsible for major construction and Green Acres projects.  He continues to serve in a variety of volunteer initiatives involving homeless veterans, the physically challenged and serves on his Church Council.