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Executive HR expert positioned to support small to mid-size corporations looking to increase human capital effectiveness. International Talent Solutions is your HR Partner specializing in international or domestic human resource strategy, new business start-up, business process improvement and support for business turnarounds. Consulting for mergers and acquisitions, employee engagement, employee and labor relations, total reward program design, and leadership/management coaching. Expertise in talent acquistion, workforce planning, succession and team effectiveness.

Provided strategic leadership in the Human Resource business operations and project divisions. Served as the executive leader for the human resource business operations and project development support teams. Designed and implemented strategic workforce planning program, M&A integration model, and international HR infrastructure and project team assimilation. Design and assimilation of a centralized HR shared service. Workforce transformation and integration program. Served as the business leader for the design and construction of a $23M Headquarter capital project.

Accountable for executive compensation and rewards, Board of Director compensation and rewards, international total rewards, expatriate affairs, and employee relations. Interface with C-Suite Leaders and Board of Directors; responsible for supporting the Compensation Committee. Design and implemented a centralized executive compensation system. Designed and implemented a standardized expatriate program that covered short-term business travelers and standard expatriates. The program delivered a 10% improvement on expatriate retention rate within six months after redesigning the Enterprise international assignment guidelines to ensure global consistency. The program addressed standard work schedules, benefits, and international rewards that impacted 250 global expatriate. Lead the design, board approval, and implementation of an executive compensation structure and reward system. Effectively addressed the multicultural HR total reward challenge in nine countries by establishing collaborative visions and strategies. Employed a rapid issue escalation and resolution model to target key challenges for the global workforce.

Led the development and execution of headquarter compensation structures, guidelines and salary administration. Recommended strategic changes to ensure competitiveness of the enterprise compensation and reward programs and focused on changes designed to retain key talent. Led the transition of business processes and HR systems into compliance with SOX legislation. Interfaced with the members of the C-Suite Leaders and Board of Directors. Leadership for the labor standards and strategy for unionized business units’ labor teams. Led a cross-functional, multicultural team representing, at that time, nine countries (U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Indonesia, Bolivia, Uzbekistan, and Chili) and 15,000 employees in the design and implementation of a global compensation philosophy and single structured framework. Designed and established a global alternate dispute program. Led the Talent Acquisition team at headquarters with responsibility for global executive roles and headquarter staffing.

Responsible for conducting market analysis and providing daily direct support for the corporate center and international site compensation managers. Provided the analysis and presentations for compensation meetings with international business unit leadership teams, and C-Suite leaders. Lead the annual compensation cycles, bonus, merit, promotions, and managed the global salary review cycle. Launched a standardized job evaluation system and job description model designed to streamline the compensation cycle. Developed and launched a multicultural grade structure and developed an intensive training program designed exclusively for the professional development of the global compensation staff.

Head of Human Resources for North American business unit, lead the HR team supporting union and nonunion operating sites and four closure and maintenance sites with a combined 3700-member workforce. Designed and implemented a leadership development program focused on union avoidance, employee coaching and safety. I worked with business unit leadership and frontline supervision to accelerate the introduction of a new safety awareness program that decreased lost-time accidents. Lead the negotiation strategy team and delivered successful negotiation of three labor contracts with Operating Engineers Local 3; and successfully maintained union–free operating sites within the same geographical area. Addressed the decentralized recruitment and staffing model for this business unit by streamlining the recruitment, selection and induction process.

Managed regional employment, compensation, benefits, labor and employee relational for North American business unit.

Developing training programs focused on addressing employee engagement and business operations.