Sophia Granobles brings more than 20 years of HR experience to HR Advantage Advisory. She started her HR career in the U.S. Army as a HR Specialist that included a one-year deployment to Afghanistan. She has worked in generalist and lead HR roles in manufacturing industries (union and non-union) such as gears, steel, and food. Sophia’s areas of expertise include employee recruitment, performance management, labor and employee relation issues, unemployment claims, conflict resolution, harassment & discrimination training, benefits administration, safety, complaint and accident investigations, grievances, change management, wellness, training policy development to ensure compliance in federal/state labor law.

Sophia had proven experience in transforming human resources from an administrative role to a strategic business partner to drive and implement key business initiatives. Sophia has navigated through HRIS and payroll integrations for two organizations including structuring annual workforce training. She has led multiple successful third-party audits – Supplier Workplace Accountability (SWA) program, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) audit, multiple Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) audits and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA).

Sophia spends her spare time with her son and at Orange Theory Fitness.

• Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Development, Northeastern Illinois University
• Master of Science in Human Resources Management and Development, National Louis University
• Certificate in Human Resource Management, Human Resource Certification Institute
• Illinois notary