Eric M. Smolenski
Vice President - Human Resources
Worthington Industries, Inc.
Eric M. Smolenski was named vice president of human resources of Worthington Industries in December of 2005. Smolenski oversees the human resources efforts across the entire company.
Smolenski joined Worthington in 1994 in the company's treasury department responsible for daily cash management activities. Later that year he assisted with an ERP and accounting software implementation at the Worthington Precision Metals facilities in Mentor, Ohio and Franklin, Tennessee. In 1995, Smolenski joined the human resources team as a generalist aiding in many HR functions from compensation to personnel practice. In 1998, he joined the company's cylinders division as a financial analyst focusing on international projects. In 2001, he returned to the corporate human resources department with split duties between the cylinders division and corporate.
In January of 2004, Smolenski was promoted to director of human resources. In that capacity he was responsible for a number of areas including personnel practice and labor relations. In addition, he served as the project lead of the Oracle HR/Payroll implementation.
Smolenski is a graduate of The Ohio State University, with a bachelor's degree in accounting. He received his MBA in 2004 from Otterbein College in Columbus, Ohio.
He is a member of United Way's Young Leadership Group and resides in Lewis Center, Ohio, with his wife Julie.
Worthington Industries is the country's leading intermediate steel processor and a leading manufacturer of metals related products, with annualized sales of approximately $3 billion. Worthington employs over 8,000 people and operates 68 facilities in 10 countries.
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