Seasoned compensation consultant with a diverse client portfolio. Completed compensation work for organizations in the public, private and non-profit sectors. Compensation projects include comparator studies, market research, classification studies, pay structure recommendations and equity reviews.

• Managed full benefits portfolio including medical, dental, vision, 401k EAP, FSA, HSA and HRA.• Created and communicated benefits presentations to 500+ employees across the U.S. and Canada, both in person and virtual. • Managed leave and ADA requests, including in-depth communication and resolution with employees and management.• Developed and implemented wage increases, compensation conversations talking points, and long-term compensation goals.• Supported PayScale implementation and managed benefits module implementation.

• Partnered to develop compensation philosophy for non-profit organization with 2,200+ employees with markets in retail, non-profit and education industries.• Worked with VP of HR to create a compensation program for all salary employees that included market analysis, salary ranges and communication plan.• Used several salary benchmarking tools including PayScale, PayFactors, Mercer surveys and ArchBright to analyze and recommend salary ranges for every role (more than 250 unique job titles) in the organization from front line hourly employees to C-Suite executives.• Created Total Rewards mailers in-house for all active employees that included the value of all rewards, including cash compensation, bonuses, PTO, health benefits and other employee benefits.• Managed annual minimum wage increases for both Washington state and City of Seattle employees including compression adjustments for affected employees.• Worked with team responsible for HRMS system transition from Great Plains and PlanSource to Ceridian/DayForce, including benefit setup and carrier feed setup.• Co-managed all benefit and COBRA-related process through COVID-19 shutdown and legislation changes.• Co-managed full benefit plan with medical, dental, EAP and flexible spending offerings for more than 1,800 eligible employees.• Managed FMLA and ADA request processes including testing for eligibility, interactive processes and Washington PFML implementation.• Managed 403b plan with $12 million in assets, including annual audit and plan-year-end processes.

Currently, I manage benefits, compensation, FMLA and ADA accomodations for 1800 employees.

Coordinated benefits and compensation for 1600 employees.

- Responsible for all vendor-supplied and specialty print direct mail for Macy’s Northwest.- Achieved 20% savings in 2007 and 24% in 2006 savings in Specialty Print through reverse auction for Specialty Print projects.- Managed all aspects of vendor add-in program including proofing, shipping and insertion of add-ins and blow-ins; approximately 125 pieces per season.- Sourced and implemented a blow-in pocket stitch-in to accommodate additional exposure opportunities for fragrance blow-ins.- Oversaw projects with a variety of quantities, paper stock and finishing treatments.- Developed and maintained relationships with local printers as well as Seattle Mailing Bureau.

- Assistant to $22 million area of responsibility, including 7 brands and cosmetic accessories. - Responsibilities included sales planning, purchase order creation, logging and tracking, distribution and maintenance, return-to-vendor functions, advertising development and event planning and tracking.- Sourced new vendors to fill product needs in cosmetic accessory division. - Created and distributed in-store signage and collateral.§ Worked with vendors to negotiate salaries, events and product availability.- Organized and hosted vendor and executive meetings.

- Knowledgeable and resourceful assistant to Divisional Vice President of Cosmetics and Fragrances and five buying offices. - Created and maintained weekly, monthly, seasonal and annual recaps for Cosmetics and Fragrances division. Edited and distributed recaps to vendor community.- Streamlined recapping process and created report templates used in all Cosmetic buying offices.- Organized and owned division-wide projects including a weekly newsletter, seasonal department manager guide, and holiday Adopt-a-Family program.- Established strong business relationships with fragrance vendors. Partnered with vendor representatives to maintain CSO fragrance staff, supply ranking information, and assisted in special projects throughout launches and high volume periods. - Analyzed and assigned vendor advertising coop for entire division .