Amanda Woods Email & Phone Number

Mahwah, Nj, Us

Continuously evaluate and enhance talent management and development frameworks that drive performance, strengthen the talent pipeline, and foster an inclusive and engaging culture. Collaborate with key stakeholders to align talent strategies to business goals and pave the way for leaders to accelerate the performance, development and engagement of diverse teams while driving key talent outcomes.

Mahwah, Nj, Us

Drive onboarding and training initiatives across various media to ensure we are supporting performance management, retention strategies, and engagement initiatives within the field organization. I lead talent management to design and deliver relevant, competency-based learning to field leaders and store associates across vast geographic regions. To facilitate this, we source, select, and implement the best technical learning platforms for effectiveness and efficacy. As a result, we have been able to improve overall employee engagement scores as they relate to learning and growth.During my tenure in this role, I have redesigned our onboarding program to increase retention, thereby saving tens of thousands of dollars in training costs and turnover while enhancing employee learning by restructuring HR and Learning intranet pages.

Mahwah, Nj, Us

In this earlier role, I led my team to support and execute effective approaches to development and retention. I authored learning content for the organization’s core competencies and coordinated delivery to both field and home office associates, while creating a consistent performance language and cultural approach to work. Additionally, we developed a social learning community for executive top talent in order to encourage collaboration and sharing of knowledge and leadership behaviors. In my one year in this position, I defined and instituted cultural and leadership principles across a multi-brand organization of +20k employees, and created and implemented an enterprise-wide, consistent onboarding process to ensure successful assimilation into the company and its culture.

Mahwah, Nj, Us

In my inaugural role with ascena, I cultivated a pipeline of early career talent so we could fuel areas of robust growth across the organization. This initiative led to me directing the successful execution of our 2017 Summer Internship Program and gave me the opportunity to add two new internship programs based on business need. In my short time working on the Early Career side, I was thrilled that we placed 83% of our graduating interns into permanent home office roles and expanded our Global Design Fellowship from two London colleges to eight universities around the world.

New York, Ny, Us

In my final job with ANN INC., I offered comprehensive HR guidance and support to staff of different regions, each comprised of +100 stores, multiple DMs, and up to 3,000 associates across multiple states. My team partnered with field leaders to create and update succession plans and identify training needs, as well as execute change management strategies to enhance employee engagement. I investigated employee claims and assisted in conflict resolution and partnered with our legal team to ensure compliance with all federal and state employment regulations. In my time in this role, I increased field leadership top talent retention and internal fill rates and decreased overall staff turnover rates.

New York, Ny, Us

In my second role with ANN INC., I advised and supported several client groups throughout the LOFT organization. I coached people leaders to improve leadership skills and helped them with policy interpretation and administration. Concurrently, I investigated internal claims and led talent assessment and employee engagement initiatives. During my short time in this role, I authored the “How We Hire” guide for leaders to make more effective and brand-right hiring decisions, leading to an increased talent distribution and higher retention rates.

New York, Ny, Us

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