Derek Walter, Mba Email & Phone Number

Caledon, ON, CA

Borden, Ontario, Canada

• Led strategy for performance appraisal, staffing, labour relations, compensation and benefits, and EDI for the largest training base in the Canadian military.
• Implemented a complex new performance management system across ten departments, including training and communicating to executive teams on methodology and expected use cases. Successfully met national benchmarks for.
• Led internal and external hiring processes that aligned with strategic goals, ensuring the best people to allow optimal program delivery and support.
• Advised executive team on labour relations (including conflict prevention and resolution and strike management) in a unionized government department of over 500 employees.
• Innovated a significant redesign of HR services, including centralizing HR specialists and implementing a digital service portal, reducing wait times for services by one week on average.
• Worked with the national innovation team to develop a new employee retention initiative utilizing design thinking processes and helped prepare the pitch to executive leadership.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Drove marketing and outreach strategy to recruit new talent across five offices in Southern Ontario.
• Accelerated regional recruitment marketing strategy and execution, overhauling social media campaigns and virtual events coordination resulting in significant growth in outreach during the pandemic lockdowns.
• Oversaw a team of 6 local managers on regional operations including financial management, contracting, procurement, and production.
• Senior advisor on staffing, dispute resolution, grievances, and workplace harassment prevention.
• Implemented and managed local flexible workplace arrangements for over 150 staff members allowing for hybrid work arrangements through the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Investigated significant delays in personal claim payouts, working to overhaul processes to avoid future errors and saving the business unit more than 2.5% annually by eliminating late payments.

Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada

Led a significant redesign of internal procurement staffing and process to reduce errors in the procurement process. Streamlined process required 50% less staffing and reduced procurement errors to less than 1%. Drafted and executed annual business plans and operating budgets. Achieved special recognition during a national-level audit for the lowest error.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Conducted trial and evaluation of a novel automated spare parts supply system. Multiple locations across Canada adopted the technology based on these findings.Oversaw multi-million dollar Government of Canada procurement portfolio including validation of capital contract statements of requirement, and investigation of significant contracting.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Management and leadership development period. Training ran in parallel with my undergraduate studies.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Anthropology

Activities and Societies: Peer counselling volunteer, Anthropology Student Association