Candace Barnes, Mba, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Peachtree Corners, GA, US

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Leader of DEI, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Culture and Engagement

Atlanta, Georgia, US

National Harbor, MD, US

CALIBR is a leadership association and professional network dedicated to accelerating the careers of mid-to-senior level African-American executives through specialized training, mentoring, coaching and networking opportunities that give members access to the best practices that drive business success. CALIBR members are sought after for corporate roles.

Milwaukee, WI, US

Responsible for the development of innovative strategies that deliver outcomes in support of the company’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) integrated business objectives. This includes inclusive and diverse talent sourcing, attraction, hiring and development processes and employee experience globally to ensure that our employee population represents.

Milwaukee, WI, US

As a member of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion leadership team I lead a team that owns the strategy development and execution of attracting, retaining, and developing underrepresented talent into our organization. Key highlights include:- Design & implementation of a “Managing Across Difference” training for people leaders globally- Design of an early.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• As a part of our Global Talent Organization, I lead a team that owns the strategy development and execution of attracting, hiring and on boarding underrepresented talent into our organization.Key highlights include:
• Creating and implementing globally an inclusive interview teams’ program to be intentional on how we identify and select interviews to join our interview panels
• Developed a strategy to proactively source and attract mid-career talent
• Designed hiring events and programs to specifically target the technical talent community to the company. Examples include hackathons, open house and customized onsite interview processes.
• Increased national event presence from 5 to 10 diversity conferences to include coverage for all disciplines and career levels resulting in increased candidate interaction 3.8x and extended 5x the offers since Jan 2015

Milwaukee, WI, US

Led the EMEA Talent Acquisition team through initial creation of a TA team within the region. This included several complexities several of which are highlighted below.-Managed team of 9 recruiters and 2 coordinators in EMEA-Successfully managed the recruitment process for and hired our new EMEA TA Manager -Successful in dealing with the complexity of the.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Liaise with stakeholders to develop a diversity and national events program support the hiring of diverse candidates. Continuously build and strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Partner with key stakeholders to continually identify, enhance, maintain and evaluate relationships with current and new diversity organizations and partnerships.
• Serve as the primary point of contact to drive planning, execution and recruiting attendance for national diversity conferences; manage candidate data, reporting and analysis across diversity conferences, events and.
• Ensure effectiveness and consistent execution, analyze progress and results, identify best practices and develop strategic recommendations for improvement at conferences and events.
• Support campus and experienced hire recruiters in developing localized recruiting strategies that strengthen pipeline and relationships while promoting the participation of diverse leadership and staff in the.
• Developed strategy for RA Diversity Recruitment Programs to include recommendations and enhancements to the existing activities

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Create and manage projects to drive Rockwell Automation’s supply chain to world class performance. Develop and execute training.
• Develop a Supply Chain Technology Roadmap to enable process excellence to include a future state assessment, gap analysis and five year deployment plan
• Deployed Zycus iSource (eRFx) and iContract (contract management) tools for 300+ end users globally
• Increased data retention and risk mitigation by 100% by implementing Zycus iSource and iContract tools
• Captured voice of the customer feedback to implement 2 additional features with the Zycus development team
• Build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with internal/external stakeholders at multiple levels

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Collaborates with the internal Sourcing community to expand opportunities for Diversity Suppliers in RFP activities
• Represents Rockwell Automation and interacts with the community and Supplier Diversity organizations both locally and nationally through networking opportunities, trade shows, conferences and meetings
• Supports annual diversity spend goals, supplier portal registration, and spend tracking programs

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Responsible for Global Supplier Management and supplier performance and productivity for $60M in spend and over 300 suppliers globally
• Lead and facilitated a Sourcing Review with resulted in $1.03M in productivity savings
• Completed 2 supplier transitions which will product approx $600K in savings
• Currently developing the sourcing strategy using input from the sourcing team and key global/regional business leaders within the business units

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Managed daily operational issues including staffing, inbound scheduling, and workflow, executed personnel responsibilities for coordinators and associates, and participated in leadership team activities, including.
• Managed resources to ensure 90% requests for resolution or information on receiving issues are completed within 1 business day of receipt, to complete 85% of all CDC repack within 1 week of identification, and to put.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Piloted the Schedule Agreements (SA’s) ordering process to better align our supplier responsiveness with our customer demand
• WALT in Manchester went from 33 days to 24 day in 6 months
• Piloted parts in Monterrey, MX (3), Dominican Republic (45), and Champaign, IL (3) on SA process and managed the roll out SA’s for 1000 repeat spend for the Manchester facilityAchieved buy-in from external suppliers.
• Contacted and scheduled training for 150 suppliers by coordinating 17 training sessions and all follow up activities
• Created and led 5 internal training sessions for buyers and production control analysts.

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Support the motor production line with responsibility for inventory, service, and schedule attainment goals
• Facilitate the engineering services group in the analysis and management of SAP data clean up.
• Drive implementation of purchasing schedule agreements for the Milwaukee plant

Milwaukee, WI, US

• Managed a team of 4 to complete a sourcing review for AT&T Wireless with 22%-35% savings achieved from baseline and a $700K-$900K reduction in recurring costs over the life of the contract
• Managed the vendor relationship between Faison/Corporate Express and Rockwell Automation to determine possible savings opportunities

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Boca Raton, Florida, US

• International Management Trainee – Supply Chain
• Evaluated and consolidated supply chain benchmarking definitions for over 15 distribution centers across Europe.
• Facilitated training of European DC Reporting Database with 12 managers located in the following countries: Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom, and Ireland.International.
• Implemented a new Pan-European IT supplier bidding procedure and approved vendor process to provide the business standardization and internal controls while identifying areas of cost reduction, standard documentation.
• Managed a project team of 12 people to include 4 senior managers, 5 managers, and 3 associates in 11 countries.
• Produced a cost savings of $64,000 over the next five years beginning upon completion of the project.

New York, New York, US

Full time sales representative as a co-op selling Lipitor, Norvasc, Caduet and Viagra

Mba, Supply Chain & Operations

Ba, Business Administration

High School Diploma