Martin Taylor

Martin is Senior Partner and VP HR Services for HCI and provides our clients with Fortune 50 insights and expertise from his 30 year career. Martin brings to HCI the benefits of his major accomplishments at UPS during periods of rapid growth, restructuring, and acquisitions over three decades.

His knowledge comes from making consistent bottom line contributions by leading and supporting key initiatives at the field, division, subsidiary, business unit and corporate headquarter levels. Known as a true partner and internal consultant, Martin provided trusted advice from the boardroom to the individual drivers to community leaders. His specific value added HR Generalist expertise includes all phases of the employment process, turnover analysis and retention solutions, as well as HR regulatory compliance.

A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Martin attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte and now resides in Alpharetta, Georgia. His professional certifications include the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) lifetime achievement as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and certification as a Birkman Method Assessment Coach. His professional affiliations have included SHRM National and Atlanta Chapters, the National Association of Student Employment Administrators (NSEA), The Southeastern Association of Colleges and Employers (SACE), the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers (GACE) and the Atlanta Industry Liaison Group (ILG).

Martin Taylor has an extensive accomplishment record delivering Human Resources Solutions, advice, consultations, and key projects that enhance the bottom line. His HR career spanned almost 30 years with UPS and several subsidiary business units including World Headquarters as Corporate Workforce Planning manager. He coordinated companywide employment programs, including Earn and Learn, an education assistance program for part-time employees aimed at recruiting and retention initiatives. In addition, Martin managed the certification workshop for District Workforce Planning Managers. He also directed vendor management for unemployment compensation, WOTC/WtW tax credit programs, recruitment advertising and upsjobs.com, the Corporate employment website. Previously Martin had corporate oversight responsibility for UPS’s participation in various school and welfare to work programs. After returning from his special assignment on the HR Integration Team for the Menlo Worldwide Forwarding acquisition, he assumed responsibility for workforce data analysis and demographics for internal as well as external customers and overseeing the management of employment compliance for DOT, TSA, and work authorizations including I-9’s and H-1B visas.

While his HR Generalist achievements are extensive, value added expertise includes:

• Employment Processes (recruitment, selection, onboarding).
• Talent Management (training, OD, succession planning, Performance Management, retention).
• Merger/Acquisition integration.
• Community & Media Relations (inclusion and diversity initiatives, board member).
• Employee Relations (union/nonunion, win/win, strategy/tactics).
• Training Programs Creation and Delivery (supervisory, behavioral interviewing-DDI, employee retention, presentation skills).
• Academia (speaker, author, board executive).
• Compliance (EEO, AAP, OSHA, DOT, SOX, FLSA, FMLA, TSA).

A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Martin attended the University of North Carolina Charlotte and now resides in Alpharetta, Georgia. His professional affiliations have included SHRM (SPHR Lifetime Certification), the National Association of Student Employment Administrators (NSEA), The Southeastern Association of Colleges and Employers (SACE) and the Georgia Association of Colleges and Employers (GACE) and the Atlanta Industry Liaison Group (ILG).