1. Ken Rose
HR Professional with national and international experience
seeking an opportunity to partner with management and
make a significant contribution at either a corporate level or
a single site location.
http://linkedin.com/in/kennethrose

2. Strategic HR Positions
with Global Companies
 Vice President, Human Resources for ZF Group
North American Operations
 German automotive drive train and chassis systems manufacturer with
18 North American locations.
 Director, Human Resources for Valeo Group N.A.
 French automotive components manufacturer with manufacturing
locations in Rochester, New York and Juarez, Mexico
 Director, Administration for Akebono North America
 Japanese automotive brake manufacturer with headquarters/tech center
in Farmington Hills, MI, and three Kentucky manufacturing locations.
 Director, Organizational Development for TI Bundy
 British automotive components manufacture with 15 U.S. manufacturing
locations

3. Education and Certifications
 BA Psychology
 MBA Management and Labor Relations
 GPHR (Global Professional Human
Resources) Certification from SHRM
 Hay Job Evaluation
 DDI Certification: Master Trainer for
Leadership and Teamwork Skills, and
Targeted Selection

4. Significant Accomplishments:
Employee Relations
 Development and implementation of
strategic plan to maintain union-free status
in 16 U.S. manufacturing facilities
 Trained and certified 24 U.S. HR Managers and
Operations Managers in supervisor skills and
union avoidance practices
 Implemented annual climate survey process
 Implemented Communications Policy
 Defeated two union organizing attempts

5. Significant Accomplishments:
Labor Relations
 Developed Labor Relations Strategy for four UAW-
represented manufacturing locations
 Negotiated initial contract at Chicago axle assembly plant
under neutrality agreement
 Successful result with Interest Arbitration saving Company
$5 million in wages over 5 year agreement
 Concessionary agreement avoiding strike reducing all-in
labor rate by $4/hour
 Plant shutdown defeating strike and winning ULP’s
 Negotiated employee lease agreement with UAW Int’l and
OEM Local reducing all-in labor costs by more than 50%

6. Significant Accomplishments:
Organizational Development
 Design and implementation of global management
development program
 Design and implementation of Performance
Management Program
 Implementation of Lean HR Organization through
assessment and selection process
 Development and implementation of Company
Vision and Values through self-directed teams

7. Significant Accomplishments:
Human Resources Management
 Developed human resources policies for 7
decentralized North American divisions
 Established internal audit process for HR policy
compliance.
 Designed and implemented salary structure and
policy based on Hay and linked to Company global
structure.
 Standardized health care benefits and defined
contribution retirement plans across 7 divisions.
 Hired and developed plant location human resource
managers.

8. Testimonials
 “Ken Rose was initially hired by ZF as the Director, Human Resources for our North American Operations
(NAO) in 2001. He was promoted to Vice President, Human Resources for NAO in 2004. During his entire
tenure at ZF he has functionally reported to me. Ken truly developed our Corporate Human Resources
function, and he made many significant contributions during his employment with ZF including: development
and standardization of the U.S. compensation and benefits programs, development of NAO Human
Resources Policies, and staffing and development of the NAO Headquarters HR Department and NAO
location HR Managers.
“Ken was also charged with managing ZF’s North American Labor Relations Strategy, successfully
maintaining non-union status at ZF’s non-represented plants and overseeing competitive labor agreements
and practices at ZF’s represented facilities. Some of his significant labor relations accomplishments included:
negotiating a labor agreement with the Chrysler UAW allowing ZF to lease traditional UAW-represented
Chrysler workers at market competitive rates, negotiating a concessionary labor agreement with the UAW
without a work interruption at a U.S. ZF plant enabling ZF to have a financially viable commercial agreement
with a key global customer, maintaining our union-free plants’ status as being union-free, overseeing our
preventive employment law practices and the limited employment litigation whch the Company did have.”
“Throughout Ken’s employment with ZF he has performed with professionalism and integrity to protect and
grow ZF’s interests in the U.S.A. I wholeheartedly recommend Ken for any HR position in which he is
interested. He will be a tremendous asset to the company and the management team”.
Uwe Berner, Executive Vice President of ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

9. Testimonials
 “Ken and I worked together at ZF for approximately 6 years from 2001 until I left the company in late 2007. We
joined ZF a few months apart and found, for the most part, a large organization without the processes and
programs needed for management development, consistent wage & benefit practices and strong
organizational policies. During those years, Ken was instrumental in implementing processes for all three of
these areas across the 23 ZF locations (for approximately 8 autonomous divisions) in North America. Of
further note is Ken's expertise in union prevention and union negotiating. Regarding the former, Ken was key
in staving off an organizing attempt in a key plant in Michigan. For the previously organized plants, Ken had
the lead responsibility for negotiating the contracts at those facilities. All negotiations that I witnessed ended
with the company in a stronger competitive situation and with significant savings over the prior agreement. I
may be contacted regarding Ken if so desired.”
Tom Gorman, President, ZF Lemforder
 “I would like to recommend Ken Rose as a seasoned Human Resources and Labor Relations professional.
Ken was instrumental is streamlining and standardizing our HR policies. He also developed a clear and
concise implementation and communication plan for the roll-out of these policies. Ken led the Union Avoidance
training activity in our non-organized plants and helped negotiate win/win agreements in our organized plants.
He developed standardized HR metrics for all of our locations. Ken has a vast Labor background in a variety of
industries.”
Kurt Mueller, Vice President, ZF Lemforder

10. Testimonials
 “I worked with Ken as labor and employment counsel after he joined ZF NAO. As a labor lawyer for over 30
years, I feel comfortable saying that Ken is truly at the top of the senior managers in the HR field. He is
extremely effective in the union-free setting, developing and implementing strategies to maintain union-free
status and reduce other potential employment law issues, and he is equally effective in dealing with unionized
operations. We worked together on negotiations, organizing activity, an interest arbitration, a strike, the
Company's union-free strategy, and various other HR matters. Ken is comfortable and effective "in the Board
room" and "on the floor," and he has had the responsibility for all aspects of HR during his career. I can
recommend no one more highly than Ken Rose.”
J. Steve Warren, Managing Member, Constangy, Brooks & Smith, LLP
 “It is a pleasure to endorse Ken. As the VP of HR at a large automotive supplier he was able to manage a large
and complex organization, which speaks directly to his ability to operate as the general manager of a function at
the highest level. His strengths also include the ability to work in a cross cultural environment, with minimal
staff, and still get the job done. He has worked on M & A deals that have saved the company millions of dollars.
I believe at the functional level, he has great strengths in the area of organizational development and design. In
sum, he is a consummate professional.”
Robert Chiaravalli, Esq, Owner, Strategic Labor and Human Resources LLC

11. Testimonials
 “I have known Ken Rose for many years and had the good fortune to manage him directly during our time
together at Rockwell. While at Rockwell, and subsequently, he has developed a very broad set of skills in the
Human Resource arena to include labor relations, union free practices, and staffing and development at many
levels in an organization. One project which I recall particularly at Rockwell involved finally bringing to fruition a
global program for our front-line supervisors to help them understand, whether in an organized plant or not,
their obligations and responsibilities to their people, their fellow supervisors and their senior management. Ken
did a fine job of designing and starting the training process. He excels at this type of project in addition to his
other capabilities.”
Roger Jackson, Vice President, Human Resources, Rockwell International
 “I had the pleasure of working for Ken for over 6 years. I found Ken to be an exceptional leader and mentor.
Ken was able to achieve great results, in a matrix organization, in commonizing benefit plans, compensation
philosophy and streamlining the H.R. function while upgrading the performance of the group. I saw Ken deliver
key victories for the company in regards to Contract negotiations with the unions that the organization had to
work with. I would highly recommend Ken Rose to any organization that is looking for a leader in Human
Resources.” Jim DeMoisey, Regional HR Manager, ZF Group North American Operations

12. Testimonials
 “I worked with Ken for more than six years. I would recommend him to anyone who is serious about
improving their Human Resources function and make it a true business partner with the organization. Ken is
an advocate of people, while at the same time having a true understanding of the business needs of the
organization. He has the ability to maximize both. His structured approach to continuously improve and
strengthen the Human Resources function, will create added value to an organization.”
Mike Edmonds, Regional HR Manager, ZF Group North American Operations
 Ken Rose is simply one of the best Employee Relations/Labor Relations professionals I have met in my 30+
year career. I worked as a provider for Ken and the corporation for nearly 10 years. Ken is a strategic thinker
who can effectively balance the business needs and the employee needs. He has excellent communication
and presentation skills and focuses on developing others to be the absolute best that they can be. Ken was
always comfortable whether talking at the Board of Directors level or on the shop floor. Very few
professionals can meet Ken's talent and effectiveness in the Employee Relations arena.”
Steve Hance, Owner, Training and Consulting