Deidre Pipher Email & Phone Number

Brant, ON, CA

Guelph, Ontario, CA

Kitchener, Ontario, CA

As a member of the executive leadership team, I led the People & Culture team through a variety of organizational design changes, and rolled out a People Strategy designed to encourage people to join, stay and grow at RouteThis. The strategy included leadership development of people-leaders, using data to build and track effectiveness of P&C programs, and.

Kitchener, Ontario, CA

• As the first in-house HR leader, creating sustainable programs and processes to engage employees and make the employee experience a sticky one.
• Designing and implementing data-driven HR programs for a scale-up company in the Fin/Tech industry that touch the full employee experience
• Building and telling the culture story to ensure longevity in the market
• Coaching and developing leadership teams

Guelph, Ontario, CA

• Leading the Ontario regional HR team as a member of the HR Leadership team, and reporting to the VP, Human Resources, I was responsible for creating strategic solutions and executing programs to increase employee.
• Successful negotiations with largest union in light of significant legislative changes (Bill 148) at the time
• Created a 360 feedback, and coaching sustainability program for the development of people leaders
• Developed and executed Engagement surveys and impact planning within specific departments
• Forged a new business partnership relationship within all corporate and operational business units
• Creation of new policies and programs for National employees including; communication/knowledge sharing, exit interviews, change management, flexible work arrangements and knowledge sharing programs

Toronto, Ontario, CA

• I built the HR function from scratch for a mid-sized organization going through major change and growth. As a member of the senior leadership team, I sat at the boardroom table and acted as a business partner for all.
• Amalgamating two businesses into one
• Focus on employee well-being with creation of health and wellness programs including Mental Health, improved benefits offering and leading the Joint Health & Safety Committee
• Developing and driving key HR programs that aim at driving compliance and mitigating risks to the organization while driving a sense of clarity of employees (hours of work, time away from work)
• Creating and training out a coaching culture from a command-and-control environment
• Long term planning for the organization including revamping our Vision and Values to strategic people planning, to succession planning and programs designed to engage our top talent

Waterloo, Ontario, CA

Partnered closely with senior business unit leaders to provide operational and strategic HR support and knowledge to areas of engagement, employee relations, organizational development, performance & career management, compensation/rewards, organizational design and change management. Accountable for proactively addressing people implications of the.

Burnaby, British Columbia, CA

Senior business leader responsible for developing and implementing the human resources strategies for Central Canada Region (Ontario). Developed and led team of District HR Managers to provide strategic support to 48 stores in areas including engagement, talent systems, recruitment and selection, on-boarding, performance management, leadership training and.

Burnaby, British Columbia, CA

Managed all HR activities for 11 stores in Southwestern Ontario, liaising with the Management teams in each location and partnering with district operations, loss prevention and sales managers resulting in being the #1 district in FY09, with the lowest turnover and highest rate of management development and engagement in the Central Region.

Milwaukee, WI, US

As a member of the senior leadership team, acted as the sole strategic HR business partner to the GMS (services and solutions) business group of approximately 500 employees nationally. Managed HR activities including recruitment and selection, compensation, change management, employee relations, performance management, training and development and HR.

Responsibilities in all areas of HR including coaching, employee relations, compensation and benefits with a particular focus on training and development, and recruitment and selection. Recognized as customer service oriented to all levels of the organization including Executive level, with strong project management skills and became key liaison with U.S..

CA

Developed and re-implemented HR policies and procedures in a project lead capacity for the newly merged FGI and CHC Working Well organizations. Generalist duties including advisory role to both full-time and part-time on-site and remote staff and managers across Canada.

Bachelor Of Arts, Visual Arts

Human Resources Management, Post Graduate Diploma, Hr