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San Francisco, Ca, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

San Rafael, Ca, Us

As the first Executive Human Resources professional hired in the company's history, I led all aspects of HR for two distinct business units, Lifecore Biomedical and Curation Foods. This included talent acquisitions, diversity and inclusion, performance management, succession planning, and total rewards management. In addition, I directed employee benefits, workers' compensation, leaves of absence, and EEOC claims. Served as a trusted advisor to the CEO, executive peers, and employees in all HR-related matters.IMPACT:Captured $6.1M in annualized SG&A savings through an organizational redesign.Renegotiated health benefits plan that saved $500K annually without increasing employee contributions or adjusting coverage levels. Played a key role in shaping the culture and creating a workplace of purpose and productivity with increased employee engagement.Implemented a formal onboarding program for new employees and spearheaded an automated recruiting process (with ADP) to support growth from 125 to 400 employees for Lifecore Biomedical in 24 months. Automated the performance management process and implemented HR data statistics across both organizations.

Established and built this consulting business that provided HR consulting services for clients that included Silicon Valley Bank, Matthews International Capital Management, LPL Financial, Charles Schwab & Co., Aerohive Networks (public offering team), Krave, Droga Chocolates, and AppNexus.Developed programs and talent management systems for clients, emphasizing talent review, succession planning, change management, DE&I, and cultural initiatives.

Westlake, Texas, Us

Architected the Leadership Development and Talent Management platform that was instrumental to increasing employee development and engagement, improving organizational performance, and promoting a strenghts-based culture throughout the company. Implemented CEO-sponsored projects companywide, which required extensive cross-functional leadership involvement. Coached executive management on improving their individual performance and embracing cultural mindset shifts to promote a growth-oriented environment. Oversaw a total of 72 employees, with 12 direct reports. IMPACT:Mobilized cohort of 12 SVPs across all functional areas to build a leadership profile for evaluating current leaders and assessing future leaders across the organization.Revamped talent review and succession planning process. Implemented formalized change management practice, as well as a talent management strategy and training platform, which helped HR business partners become valued, strategic partners to business leaders. Consistently ranked among the top 10% of employees in the company.

Tapped by the Brand President to lead the multimillion-dollar Retail Merchandising, Food Development, and Test Kitchen Division during a period of tremendous changes in the food industry, brought on by an influx of disruptive market competitors such as Whole Foods. Created the food division strategy and led a team of food buyers, food developers, and test kitchen for 300+ retail stores. IMPACT:Turned around and led the division to achieve the highest-grossing margin in the brand's history. Reestablished the company's position as a leader in specialty foods by developing a solid branding strategy that leveraged global gourmet food authorities.Build partnerships for development, including the creation of branded products, with top-tier chefs including Thomas Keller, Jamie Oliver, and Tom Colicchio

Led all HR initiatives for the Corporate and Field offices, including management of an HR team responsible for talent acquisition and management, employee relations, and training and development.Increased units per transaction from 2.85 to 3.45 by implementing sales training for all field associates.

London, Gb

Designed and implemented the U.S. Human Resource function to align with the South American global corporate objectives.

Established a gourmet food-to-go store from concept to implementation of a gourmet food-to-go store in the Pacific Heights District of San Francisco.

Led all Human Resource functional areas and created and implemented culture assimilation plan after M&A for the combined organizations.

Masters, Psychology/Organizational Development

Executive Coaching Certification