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An intentional pause to focus on caregiving Continued supporting HR community by speaking at various eventsProject management volunteering - established new ways of working during pandemic and defined operating procedures

Developed and delivered M&A lifecycle best practices training for client’s Human Resources, Corporate Development and Legal teams. Conducted due diligence and integration planning for three active deals. Delivered repeatable M&A playbook to be leveraged by client on future deals.

Seattle, WA, US

• Managed and coached team of 3 Program Managers, 1 Change Manager, and 8 external consultants to collaborate with and influence business units to identify opportunities for business transform current business operating.
• Developed business transformation playbook grounded in process improvement principles (Lean, Design Thinking, Agile) to apply repeatable process, including organizational readiness assessment, baseline current state.
• Optimized multi-year roadmap to strategically sequence business units in identifying opportunities to simplify and standardize processes and technology while building out shared services capabilities, leading with HR.
• Created organizational capacity for growth and innovation, identifying and reducing transactional non-value add work and transforming how work was done by optimizing people, processes, and technology, in one analysis.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led full lifecycle acquisition activities for Human Resources organization to meet overall business objectives for multiple acquisitions, including $600M, 350-plus multi-unit retail company operating in United States.
• Partnered with Corporate Development and business unit leaders throughout all phases of acquisition process, translating high-level strategic objectives into comprehensive integration roadmap for Human Resources.
• Created Human Resources M&A playbook of repeatable processes and integration plans, standardizing and simplifying business policies, processes, and technology, improving assimilation of new employees into company.
• Developed trusting relationships with target company leadership team, C-suite and cross-functional integration team members (Finance, Tax, Legal, Ops, Technology, and Supply Chain), enabling HR to proactively identify.
• Led critical talent acquisition effort to identify, interview, select, and onboard 400-plus manufacturing employees in aggressive 6-week timeline.

Seattle, WA, US

• Led operations team providing thought leadership in development of total rewards strategic and operating plans. Prioritized and managed portfolio of business and technology initiatives from business requirements.
• Led cross-functional matrixed teams in continually enhancing total rewards offerings, including:o Managing one of the largest global stock options buy back exchange programs ever conducted by publicly traded company.
• Received Individual Spirit of Starbucks Award, nominated by peers for program leadership in re-design and implementation of employee equity, 401(k), and management deferred compensation programs.
• Performed industry benchmarking and regulatory research to analyze current Compensation and Benefits offerings, made recommendations for improvement and simplification of programs, including establishing total rewards.

Seattle, WA, US

• Built and / or managed processes, procedures, and technology to administer United States and international Compensation and Benefits programs, including analyzing current state and making recommendations for.
• Led RFI / RFP process, vendor selection, contract negotiation, business requirements definition, system implementation and ongoing vendor management of SaaS PeopleFluent compensation application covering 25K employees.
• Opened new offices in Switzerland, Costa Rica, and Puerto Rico:o Conducted best practice benchmarking surveys and benefit vendor negotiations to set up end-to-end HR programs, attracting and retaining top market.
• Collaborated with regulatory agencies and consultants and established equity award programs in Switzerland and UK, enhancing total rewards offerings for employees.
• Led international data privacy project team establishing first inter-company agreements and employee consents for transferring data between countries, ensuring company compliance with international regulatory laws.
• Facilitated vendor and systems transition of savings 401(k) plan from Hewitt to Fidelity.

Seattle, WA, US

Designed, implemented, communicated, and administrated competitive base and bonus compensation programs for global business operations including multi-unit retail, manufacturing, supply chain, sales, and technology.

Ba, Economics - International

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General