David Loomis, Sphr, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

Grafton, Wisconsin, United States

Recruited to lead cultural turnaround in the Grafton, WI research and manufacturing facility, and to reduce turnover in the West Lafayette, IN analytical and solid form development facility.👉Reduced turnover in Grafton from 32% in 2021 to 8.22% through July 31, 2022, while increasing headcount by nearly 20%. Reduced turnover in West Lafayette from 34% to 5.62% through July 31, 2022.👉Improved employee engagement in Grafton by 9 points and in West Lafayette by 17 points by immediately diagnosing areas of opportunity and implementing actions to improve communication and employee recognition.👉Increased gender diversity among manufacturing operators from 0% to 20% female operators.👉Selected to work with a small team to develop the New Manager Journey online development program currently being rolled out to all new and prospective managers across the R&D business.

Kohler, Wisconsin, United States

Selected to provide counsel and support to the Finance, Communications and Legal Departments on all human resources related topics, inclusive of the SVP-Finance & Chief Financial Officer, VP-Corporate Communications as well as the VP-General Counsel and Corporate Secretary.👉 Chosen to lead a team, within US Finance, tasked with defining, analyzing, and implementing solutions to address market competitiveness, global compensation alignment and excessive turnover. Results: Stabilized workforce and established a common criterion ensuring role clarity, consistency, and fair and equitable compensation, globally.👉 Served as key member of the team chartered with development of a new, globally standardized, and automated process for hiring, promotions, transfers and compensation increases, which empowered leaders and reduced time to approval and implementation. 👉 Identified a critical need to reduce the risk of Intellectual Property (IP) loss by expanding the Legal team, to reduce the risk and costs associated with outside legal counsel.👉 Improved ethnic diversity within Communications Department by working with the department’s ELT to develop a talent strategy and recruitment plan leveraging both a national base of remote workers and partnerships with diverse organizations.

Kohler, Wi

Led and developed a highly skilled and dedicated HR team and provided sound guidance to manage more than 850 finance associates across the globe. 👉 Hand selected to lead a project with the CFO and Global Finance leadership to review and restructure the global finance organization. Identified and prioritized opportunities for process improvement resulting in $9.6M in annual savings, or ~10% of the Global Enterprise total goal.👉 Working with the CFO and Finance ELT, prioritized, and drove engagement and enablement scores, resulting in company-leading engagement, and reduced turnover by 6% in the first year.👉 Improved succession preparedness for critical organizational talent by designing and implementing an innovative tool to evaluate current and future associates’ potential. Aligned Kohler competencies and development process, enabling the identification, selection and development of Top Talent while improving Time-to-Ready by ~35%.👉 Identified, designed, and implemented an Online Finance Academy build out of 8 macro-courses and 25+ micro-courses resulting in: 1) better consistency in training; 2) global accessibility, and 3) alignment to competencies.👉 Led the pandemic response efforts for the US Corporate Finance organization, resulting in the seamless transfer of an onsite workforce to a primarily remote workforce while maintaining effective communication.

Kohler, Wi

Delivered comprehensive HR support to marketing department of KBA with 150 associates while embedding a culture of performance excellence and driving strategic objectives.👉 Recruited as the Key Associate to build out the organization to support the growth strategy for distributor owned North American Kohler showrooms, Signature Stores, and Experience Centers to ensure brand consistency, demographic feasibility, and merchandise execution dramatically improving existing showrooms and enabling the introduction of over 30 new Signature Stores and 2 Kohler Experience Centers (NY & LA).👉 Volunteered to standardize a highly complex global vacation policy for all non-unionized US based associates across all plants and business units, combining 12 unique policies into one to increase market competitiveness, and ability to share talent across the global organization.👉 Working in tandem with the VP-Marketing, reorganized the product and channel marketing organizations to increase support to key brands and product categories as well as streamline the support for our wholesale distributor partners increasing vitality across brands and product categories.👉 Working with the Business Director – Kitchen Products and Industrial Castings, established a team to pursue new product opportunities in kitchen accessories.

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Led all facets of HR management for a market of over 5K hourly associates and 150 management professionals across 20 facilities while maintaining adherence to regulatory policies. Oversaw diverse functions, such as training, auditing and disciplinary actions, while ensuring compliance with corporate policies and procedures.👉 Accelerated associate engagement 22% over 3-years to 76% through action plan execution and fostering a collaborative work environment. 👉 Coached and mentored store management teams on effective performance management conversations, resulting in more impactful and meaningful partnerships among staff and management.👉 Established a culture of fair and consistent treatment of associates while maintaining the store management teams’ ability to lead.👉 Developed relationships with local officials and key diverse organizations to address concerns from underrepresented populations and gained approval for the Green Bay East facility expansion and build-out of the new Marinette and Sturgeon Bay Supercenters.