Senior Human Resources Leadership

Timothy
Plum

Senior HR Leader & People Strategist

A decade-plus of HR leadership across union manufacturing, multi-site operations, and companies in crisis. I partner with executives on the people decisions that carry real risk — restructurings, investigations, compliance, retention — and I build the systems that make those decisions consistent and defensible.

How I Lead

I'm the HR leader executives trust with the hard calls. Judgment first, structure close behind, and enough technical fluency to fix the systems most HR teams just live with.

10+
Years HR Leadership
1.5k
Employees Supported
16
Locations Supported
SHRM
Certified Professional
Judgment first.
Union labor relations, M&A integration, crisis leadership, and the systems thinking to scale them.

Executive impact and
operational turnaround.

From stabilizing operations during leadership vacancies to building data-driven solutions inside large, complex manufacturing operations.

2020 - Present Consulting

Interim Executive & Sr. HR Consultant

Independent Engagements & Beacon Hill

  • Directed post-M&A workforce consolidations, analyzing compliance and performance data to build defensible Reduction-in-Force (RIF) strategies and severance frameworks.
  • Deployed as Interim VP/Director of HR to stabilize enterprise operations during unexpected leadership vacuums, prioritizing critical talent retention and mitigating operational disruption.
  • Ran multi-state and international compliance audits for organizations in crisis, then built the remediation roadmaps that closed the gaps before they became liability.
Jan 2023 - June 2023 Contract

HR Manager - Turnaround & Compliance

Ag Exp Electronics

  • Led a ground-up compliance turnaround, building the policy infrastructure and three OFCCP-compliant Affirmative Action programs from scratch.
  • Designed and deployed mandatory management training, turning field leadership into a reliable first line of compliance defense.
July 2022 - Dec 2022 Contract

HR Manager Consultant - Labor Relations

ZRG Partners / Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP)

  • Directed comprehensive HR operations for a high-volume manufacturing facility, serving as the primary strategic bridge between Plant Leadership and Union representatives.
  • Mitigated operational friction and protected production continuity by strategically resolving complex union grievances while maintaining strict collective bargaining agreement (CBA) compliance.
Mar 2020 - July 2022 Full-Time

HR Business Partner

Mosaic

  • Consulted with agency and national office management on people strategy based on complex business models.
  • Conducted sensitive employee relations investigations and ensured compliance with all local and national employment laws.
  • Diagnosed operational friction, identified data-driven solutions, and coached leaders at all levels to strengthen capability.
Nov 2017 - Mar 2019 Full-Time

Regional HR Business Partner

Q3 Contracting Inc.

  • Led field HR functions supporting over 1,500 unionized employees at 16 locations across 12 states.
  • Partnered with Senior Leadership in Labor relations, contract negotiation, and guiding the grievance/arbitration process.
  • Co-piloted the people agenda with Regional VPs, executing Talent Acquisition, Diversity, and L&D initiatives.

Senior HR judgment,
backed by real systems.

The core of the work is leadership in high-stakes moments. The difference is that I can also build the infrastructure that keeps those wins in place.

Crisis & Leadership

Interim Executive Management

I step into organizational chaos—whether from unexpected executive departures or post-M&A friction—and stabilize operations. I provide immediate strategic direction to retain critical talent and keep the business moving.

  • Interim VP/Director coverage
  • Urgent retention strategies
  • C-Suite advisory & gap analysis
  • Operational continuity planning
M&A / Restructuring

Post-Acquisition Integration

I guide companies through the hardest parts of growth. I analyze multi-layered employee data to resolve duplicate roles, execute risk-proof Reduction in Force (RIF) programs, and construct comprehensive severance frameworks.

  • Data-driven RIF execution
  • Severance framework design
  • Risk & liability mitigation
  • Union grievance navigation
Operational Infrastructure

Compliance You Can Prove

Most HR teams find a compliance gap and write a memo. I close it — building the monitoring and automation that turn policy into something measurable, repeatable, and ready for an audit.

  • Interactive compliance dashboards
  • Automated gap analysis tools
  • Custom HRIS architecture
  • Attendance & discipline automations

A People Operation,
Rebuilt to Run Itself

I inherited a multi-location people operation running on paper and email and rebuilt it into a single system where discipline is consistent, managers are accountable, and every record holds up to scrutiny. I'd bring the same operating instinct to a senior seat.

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Morning Briefing
Discipline
Attendance
PIP Tracker
Terminations
Documents
Morning Briefing
3 Needs Attention
3
Overdue Signatures
7
Pending Review
24
Signed This Month
10
Active Stores
Employee
Store
Level
Status
Action
Martinez, J.
Grimes
Written
Day 4 Overdue
Thompson, A.
Ankeny
Verbal
Pending
Architected by Timothy Plum Cloudflare Workers · Supabase · Vanilla JS
Paper discipline forms, gone. Every action now originates, routes, escalates, and files itself digitally.
Humans stay in control. The system stages decisions for manager review — it never auto-disciplines anyone.
Audit-ready by default. Signed records are generated, emailed, and filed automatically with a full chain of custody.

The automation pipeline,
end to end

The point isn't the automation — it's what it guarantees: consistent discipline, accountable managers, and a clean record every time. Here's how one attendance report becomes a defensible outcome.

01

Weekly Report Received

Business manager emails the weekly attendance Excel to the HR Gmail account. The Google Apps Script router polls the inbox every 10 minutes and detects new attachment emails by subject pattern.

TriggerGmailGAS
02

Parse & Classify

The script reads the Excel, identifies absences (missed shifts or arrivals 4+ minutes late), and evaluates each employee's position on the 5-level progressive discipline ladder against a 45-day rolling window.

Excel ParsingBusiness LogicSupabase Query
03

Write to Database

Attendance records are upserted into Supabase. Potential discipline records are staged with full context for manager review — not auto-applied. The informed-decision model keeps humans in control.

SupabaseRLSUPSERT
04

Notify Manager

The relevant GM and district manager receive a formatted email with attendance details, current discipline standing, and a direct link to review and sign in the Hub. No action is taken without a manager decision.

GmailAppDynamic Email
05

Signature Deadline Enforcement

A daily 9 AM CDT cron job checks all unsigned discipline records. Escalation emails fire at Day 3 (both DMs + HR copied) and Day 5. After Day 3, overdue records surface in the HR Morning Briefing and manager dashboards.

CronEscalationMorning Briefing
06

Signed → PDF → Filed

Once signed, the form triggers PDF generation, automatic email to HR and the submitting manager, and auto-filing via a Python script running as a Windows Task Scheduler job — creating the permanent record.

PDFPythonOneDriveTask Scheduler

Built the way an HR leader
would want it built.

The full technical stack is documented for anyone who wants the detail. What matters at the leadership level is that every choice answered to security, ownership, and cost.

Security
Access-Controlled by Default
Row-level data security and gated access on every production surface. Sensitive records are encrypted at rest and never over-shared.
Ownership
Zero Vendor Lock-In
No proprietary platform holding the data hostage. The organization owns its code, its records, and its ability to walk away.
Cost
Near-Zero Run Cost
An enterprise-grade people system running for a fraction of the price of the SaaS tools it replaces.
Continuity
Documented for Handoff
A full documentation suite, including an emergency handoff guide, so the system outlives any one person — including me.

Education & Certifications

Master's Degree

Purdue University Global

Educational - Instructional Technology
Graduated with Honors; 4.0 GPA

Bachelor of Science

Liberty University

Psychology
Minors: Crisis Counseling & Special Education
Graduated Cum Laude; 3.67 GPA

Professional Certification

SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)

Active certification demonstrating mastery of core HR principles and strategy.
Open to senior HR leadership roles

Let's talk.

If you're looking for a senior HR leader who brings judgment to the hard calls and can build the systems your team has been missing, I'd welcome the conversation.

Get in Touch
Name
Timothy Plum, SHRM-CP
Location
Indianola, IA 50125
Phone
(515) 371-2885
Email