Ashley Schultz Email & Phone Number

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Lead a global team of 20+ professionals (direct and indirect reports) in areas of compensation process design and execution, data analysis, technology solutions, and global job architecture and classification.• Provide strategic leadership for developing foundational compensation programs for front-line production employees, including a global job catalog, market data insights and base pay structures.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

In addition to the Total Rewards Process, Data & Technology leadership role, led the North America regional compensation consulting team and created the roadmap for developing foundational compensation programs for front-line production employees.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Led a global team of professionals to design and deliver total rewards processes, data, and technology for 155,000 employees in 70 countries.• Championed innovation and agility across Total Rewards to strategically prioritize investments in a strong total rewards foundation with future focused next practices.• Recognized as Breakthrough Award finalist for driving the connection between performance results and incentives on a global scale (2022).

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Led the design, implementation and execution of global total rewards processes and technology to build an experience that is modernized, simplified and customer centric. • Planned, coordinated and led the Annual Compensation Process including planning, technology development, process execution, communication, education, metrics and reporting. • Strategic compensation consultant and business partner to Global IT and Data functions. • Recognized as Breakthrough Award nominee for simplifying compensation processes and pay equity achievements (HR top 5 nominee - 2021).

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Led the Annual Pay Process to enable managers to make base pay, STI and LTI investments for over 275,000 team members.• Implemented Workday for the Annual Pay Process, including system design, testing, report development, process design and administration, training, resources and communication.• Developed total compensation market benchmarking strategy to create competitive base pay, STI and LTI programs; led the market review process, spanning across all countries and pay levers.• Managed global base pay and performance award programs; designed compensation programs, developed policies, eligibility, guidelines, budgets, processes, and system requirements. • Led cross-functional teams through project Prime to develop new global pay structures aligned to our new levels; created new pay policies, practices and programs that align with our new compensation framework. • Recognized with Pay & Benefits team awards awards for streamlining and simplifying the Midyear Pay Process (July 2015), project Prime implementation during the Annual Pay Process (June 2016), creating the strategy and executing our first total compensation market review process (December 2016), and for leading the Pay & Benefits professional development series (August 2017)

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Led a team of direct reports to develop and execute domestic and global cyclical processes including annual merit process, short-term incentive design and execution, market review process, survey participation and administration.• Developed process and communications to successfully implement new pay minimums for store non-exempt employees.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Developed compensation strategy, base pay structures, and incentive plans for acquired businesses.• Analyzed and evaluated all positions in acquired companies for external market competitiveness and internal consistency.• Designed and executed compensation processes such as annual merit, market review and FLSA audits.• Provided compensation consultation to HR in acquired businesses.• Developed compensation strategy for omni-channel organization based on market data analysis and internal talent data.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Provided consultation to HR Business Partners regarding market trends and application of compensation programs, policies and guidelines.• Designed compensation processes such as annual merit, college hire rate setting and market review to be simple, flexible, transparent and effective across an organization of 350,000+ diverse employees.• Analyzed and evaluated positions in Merchandising, Target.com, and Human Resources for external market competitiveness and internal consistency.• Developed strategy and content for Pay Communication Toolkit resulting in greater transparency and understanding of pay programs by leaders and employees - Best Team Nominee at 2011 Fall National Meeting.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Provided consultation to Store HR Business Partners regarding market trends and application of compensation programs, policies and guidelines.• Led cross-functional analysis to reduce shift differential amounts across the company and save $63 million over five years – Best Team Award at 2011 Spring National Meeting.• Introduced framework for establishing a competitive pay structure at each Target store (1,700 stores) using metrics and analytics which resulted in 600 hours of workload savings and a $6 million reduction in spending.• Designed, communicated, and forecasted expense for the short-term disability policy exception for H1N1 pandemic response - Best Team Award at 2010 Spring National Meeting.• Measured and documented how Target achieves pay differentiation for top performing employees.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

Compensation and Human Resources• Managed HRMS, payroll, and benefits for department of 200 diverse employees, ensuring accuracy for management reporting.• Conducted annual salary survey and respond to survey inquiries throughout the year; audit merit salary recommendations for faculty and professional/administrative staff.• Facilitated the transition to a new human resources job posting and applicant tracking system, which streamlined application processing and improved time-to-hire rates.• Initiated the hiring process for all 30-35 undergraduate student positions within department; labor relations contact for civil service and bargaining unit employees.Project Management and Analysis• Developed and analyzed $6 million budget to fully utilize available resources to meet strategic priorities.• Created an internal budget monitoring system for non-financial staff resulting in improved financial management in program development.• Projected future endowment revenues with the goal of ensuring sufficient future resources and substantiating our annual budget request to the college.

Minneapolis And St. Paul, Minnesota, Us

• Managed HRMS, payroll, and benefits for department of 200 diverse employees, ensuring accuracy for management reporting.• Maintained expense records and reconciled all department accounts each month.

Summer study abroad and internship in London.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources & Industrial Relations

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics