AARON MCKNIGHT

Determined Senior Manager and Veteran with years of progressive experience in HR Employee & Labor Relations (E&LR), HR Business Partner, and HR Analytics roles at a large aerospace and defense company. Adept at building trust with employees and management. Proven track record of navigating and working across large matrixed organizations to solve complex problems. Professional HR experience in roles at large engineering and manufacturing sites, corporate office environments, and remote global support.

• Project management role, Responsible for strategic communication and change management plan development/implementation as a member of multiple project teams, Designed and deployed change/comms plans that positively impacted thousands of employees and ultimate success of projects, Facilitated information gathering forums with clients and devised solutions that paired their feedback with project initiatives and goals, Collaborated with employees across multiple functional teams, business units, and locations to effectively implement project plans
• Partnered with leadership to develop strategies to engage and retain employees leading to decreased attrition, Investigated and actioned complex employee relations issues, Developed and implemented site policies for attendance, recognition, and employee behavior, Advisor and partner to leadership on company culture, organizational change, strategic communications, Successfully navigated a complex environment working across functional areas and employee levels to build trust
• Principle Specialist, Employee Relations Partner, 2020-01-01, 2021-01-01, Internal consultant/advisory role, Supported a client group of 1,200 employees and 80+ leaders at a large manufacturing/engineering location responsible for P&L of aviation fire protection and suppression product line, HR representative on site-executive's staff, Supported leave management and issue rectification, Partnered with Ethics, EH&S, Legal, and other functional areas to ensure compliance with applicable rules and regulations

• RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES: COLLINS AEROSPACE, Manager, Workforce Intelligence, 2022-01-01, Present, Internal consultant and project management role, Support HR metric reporting directly to the CHRO, Analyze, visualize, and develop stories with data to derive insights for executive leadership, Utilize software tools to collect and clean data for interpretation - Qlik, Tableau, Alteryx, Workday and Microsoft Excel, Project manager for enterprise-wide manager "nudge" roleout - Goal to alert people managers to actionable key HR datapoints to enable improved decision making, Complete ad hoc data reporting tasks for the CHRO and executive leadership, Responsible for process improvement of reporting processes across the Workforce Intelligence team
• RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES: COLLINS AEROSPACE, Manager, HR Business Partner, 2021-01-01, 2022-01-01, Client manager to multiple executive and senior-level leaders and their teams for all strategic HR related matters (Levels: VP to Director) across multiple international locations and functional business areas, Advise leaders on and drive customized strategic projects related to: employee development, talent acquisition, company culture, organizational design, compensation, DE&I and talent initiatives & goals, Responsible for program management of mentorship, employee recognition, and employee development programs with our Global Operations business unit (Collaborate and influence across 5 international locations - India, Singapore, Poland, Puerto Rico, and Indonesia), Partner and collaborate with HR functional support teams, Finance & Legal teams to solve complex people issues for client groups, Interpret, customize, and deploy people programs and initiatives from corporate entities to meet unique goals of client groups & Raytheon, Responsible for partnering with leaders on annual merit planning and high-potential employee identification
• US NAVY / OTHER, Human Capital Consultant, 2017-01-01, 2018-01-01, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting
• US NAVY / OTHER, Org. Change Researcher & Leadership Coach, 2016-01-01, 2018-01-01, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting
• US NAVY / OTHER, People Analytics Team, 2016-01-01, 2016-12-31, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting
• US NAVY / OTHER, Research Associate, 2013-01-01, 2016-01-01, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting
• US NAVY / OTHER, Intelligence Specialist, Training & Development, 2010-01-01, 2013-01-01, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting
• US NAVY / OTHER, Intelligence Specialist, Analyst, 2006-01-01, 2010-01-01, Having difficult conversations professionally, Skilled change management professional, Management of HR and Ethics and compliance investigations, Building trust with management and employees, Decisive, Ability to think quickly and react to unique situations, Adept at working across all levels of an organization, HR reporting and goal setting