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Rutland, Vt, Us

Continually assess the competitive environment and set the strategic direction for the overall Human Resources service line including Human Resources, Employee Health, Training & Education, Service Excellence, and Volunteer Services encompassing 1,750 employees, 242 providers, and 300 Volunteers. Set operational goals and manage accountability for results. Enhance the organization’s Employment Value Proposition in order to be an employer of choice and attract and retain the best talent. Partner with the senior leadership team to establish a culture of engagement and achieve the strategic goals of the organization. Notable accomplishments include:● Lead the talent management pandemic recovery effort by implementing a continual workforce rightsizing program, modernizing recruitment, responding to the retained employee voice, and redefining healthcare staff engagement.● Effectively responded to the COVID-19 pandemic from an employee health, safety, and support standpoint through policies and programs. This was the second highest scoring area in the most recent engagement survey.● Increased Employee Engagement from the 50th to the 86th percentile; achieving national Workplace Transformation and Workplace of the Year Awards.● Created an Employee Health and Urgent Care center addressing a wide range of employees’ health and welfare needs.● Lead the diversity and belonging body of work increasing workforce diversity and overall sense of inclusion. This was the highest scoring area in the most recent engagement survey.● Develop and implement succession planning programs for executive and key leader positions resulting in a 75% internal fill rate.● De-risk and annuitize a Defined Benefit Pension Plan.

Rutland, Vt, Us

Manage the daily operations of employee and labor relations, performance management, recruitment, HRIS, compensation, recognition, benefits, leave management, and budgeting. Recommend process improvements and customer service enhancements, and participate in the strategic and tactical planning process. Implement HR Generalist model and instill just employee relations culture. Notable accomplishments include: ● Establish and maintain an effective just and corrective action culture resulting in positive employee and labor relations and union avoidance.● Lead HRIS implementations, adoptions, and optimizations enhancing HR customer service as reflected in internal customer satisfaction surveys.● Increased domestic steerage of health plan utilization from 55% to 75%.● Establish grow-our-own internal career tracks and educational institution partnerships for Nursing, Allied Health, and Service & Trade opportunities promoting 50 employees internally.

Rutland, Vt, Us

Manage the daily operations of the Benefits, Compensation and HRIS functions. Create programs to support the organization's strategic total rewards direction and implement a new compensation structure. Provide HR data and metrics for performance management, planning and process improvement uses across the organization. Notable accomplishments include: ● Achieve voluntary retirement plan contribution rate of 97% and average account balance of $100,000. Plan has been presented as a high-performing model by record-keeper at national conferences.

Rutland, Vt, Us

Develop, implement, and administer Total Rewards programs for the organization’s employees including executives and collectively bargained employees. Conduct competitive pay and benefit surveys, recommend compensation and benefit actions and program changes. Develop and improve performance management systems. Transition the organization from a Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution Pension Plan. Perform regulatory and compliance reporting. Notable accomplishments include: ● Created base and premium pay compensation structures, programs, and policies clarifying practices and eliminating $2M annually in salary expense.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Design, implement and manage Total Rewards program for 35,000 domestic employees in 1,300 locations including executives. Perform market analyses to establish Company’s competitive pay-line and structures. Lead salary and merit budget planning processes. Assist business owners with writing job descriptions and conduct job evaluations. Create variable pay incentive programs including business case development, design, roll-out, and ROI analysis. Complete market surveys, provide counsel for department reorganizations and realignments, and interpret changes in labor laws.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Manage two Human Resources Generalists supporting the Finance, Merchandising, Marketing and Supply Chain divisions serving 450 exempt and non-exempt employees. Recruit top talent, train managers on human resources topics, implement customized incentive plans and facilitate departmental reorganizations.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Partner with Finance division business owners in delivering human resources support to 150 exempt and non-exempt employees. Create human resources programs that facilitate the successful hiring, training, and retention of high-performing employees. Assist division in achieving record levels of productivity and employee retention through delivering outstanding human resources customer service.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Develop and conduct operational and financial audits for national distribution centers and the home office.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Develop and conduct operational and financial audits for a region of retail stores and distribution centers.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Develop and conduct operational audits for a region of retail stores.

Framingham, Ma, Us

Manage a retail store department delivering customer service and driving engagement and retention of minimum wage employees.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

Operate a retail drug store delivering customer service and driving engagement and retention of minimum wage employees.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Sociology And English Literature

Master'S In Administration