Emily Strother Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Or

• Senior business partner and coach to the organization on all relevant HR management issues for global Group Functions (Product Development, SCM, Sourcing, Finance, HR & IT) employees based in the Americas.• Coaching and consulting Executives to achieve optimal organizational health through building cohesive teams, creating clarity around goals, succession planning and communicating accordingly.• Lead a diverse team of HR professionals based in Portland (adidas), Massachusetts (Reebok), and South Carolina (distribution center/corporate shared services) to develop HR strategies to support business objectives and employee development. • Provide feedback and coaching to team of HR Managers to ensure clarity on roles, responsibilities and accountabilities; allocate resources to leverage individual and team strengths.• Global salary round lead for Group Functions employees – In partnership with Rewards, effectively captured and processed annual salary recommendations for 12,000+ employees world wide.• Maintained a high level of communication with senior management and contributed to the decision making process of structuring and developing the team for the organization. Actively supported business initiatives and business needs with effective HR measures.• Key contributor to the design and implementation of the Global Group Functions HR Strategic Business Plan.

• Led team of three HR professionals to support Portland based Group Functions employees comprised of 350+ employees. Remotely supported Sourcing organization based in Latin America with employees based in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Honduras and Panama.• Provided coaching and consulting to senior executives, managers, and employees on various matters including employee relations, performance management and development, employment law compliance, policy interpretation, compensation and benefits, and hiring decisions.• Coached team members to evaluate situations and synthesize information to determine creative and workable solutions within the framework of adidas’ Global and local HR practices.

• Designated HR Partner supporting Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain Management/Operations and Asia Pacific region • Participate at the staff level to provide HR council, employee relations coaching, policy creation, interpretation and enforcement• US Inbound and Outbound Immigration Administrator • Foreign Service Assignment Administrator• Facilitate focal point review process• Experience in various components of Compensation including equity adjustments, merit increases, promotions, new hire offers, down grading etc.• Experience in coordinating departmental reorganizations and reduction in forces

• Full cycle recruitment including resume screening, phone screens, interviewing, reference checking and offer generation • Recruited all level of employees (non-exempt – director level) for all departments • EEO Administrator • Partnered with Staffing team to implement BrassRing, recruiting software • Partnered with HR team in ORACLE HRIS implementation