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Marshall, Minnesota, Us

Lead team of 27 responsible for the design and delivery of all aspects of total rewards including compensation, executive compensation, employee benefits, retirement, payroll, HR analytics, recognition programs and HR operations for Schwan's, a $4 billion consumer packaged goods manufacturer with more than 9,000 employees. Responsible for updates to executive leadership, Board of Directors and Compensation Committee.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Responsible for the global strategy and design of the base compensation and variable incentive programs for Cargill’s trading businesses, including Cargill Metals, Trade & Capital Markets, Cargill Risk Management, Risk Management Group, and CarVal. • The position requires deep business and total rewards knowledge to provide strategic leadership on total rewards activities and is critical in determining how best to attract, retain, and motivate employees across this complex business segment. • In the role, I also lead the annual management incentive process for these trading businesses, including short-term and long-term incentives.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Responsible for projects across the Total Rewards COE, including Global Mobility, Executive Compensation and Global Benefits.• Created and implemented a new Global Benefits policy and strategy. • Partnered with a cross functional team on the creation of a new LTI approach and program.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Manage a $7 million global mobility (GM) organization responsible for delivering global assignment management, immigration, and relocation services for more than 1,000 employees. Key accountabilities: o Lead a team of more than 40 direct and indirect reports; o Delivering the programs and policies, including the strategy, processes, and people; o Determining appropriate balance of global, regional and local roles and responsibilities; o Manage the team and facilitate training and career development opportunities; o Deployment of a GM structure to help drive business goals and deliver optimal value; and, o Ensuring globally aligned strategies and priorities.• Manage vendors on all points of execution on relocation, international assignment, and immigration matters, ensuring timely, targeted, and cost efficient delivery of services for employees situated in 70+ countries.• Established the business case and led a project implementing a new technology platform to more effectively manage process flows and enhance reporting capabilities of the team. Project also established a new global vendor strategy, reducing from more than 80 to 1. The initiative generated savings of over $2 million per year, an improved business and assignee experience, and a 40% reduction in processing time. • Directed the transition of GM work to Cargill’s business delivery center in Sofia, Bulgaria.• In 2016, awarded “Best Redesign of Global Mobility Strategy” by the Forum for Expatriate Management (FEM) as well as awards in the “Best Vendor Partnership” and “Global Mobility Team of the Year (Large Program)” categories.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Led a team of 10 responsible for activity based costing, customer and product profitability, and the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) data in a business with revenues in excess of $3 billion. • Established a new approach to how costing is used in the business, providing greater transparency and resulting in additional contribution margin in excess of $5 million per year.• Created a set of management reports for the business leadership team highlighting key performance trends and drivers by business segment.• Reports provided leading and lagging indicators of business performance, enabling the commercial and operational teams to focus on the primary issues affecting margin and profitability.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Advised senior management on executive compensation plan designs, market trends, and best practices. • Supported the work process for the Human Resources Committee (HRC) of Cargill’s Board of Directors.• Responsibilities included the development of executive compensation policies and programs, preparing management proposals for the Board, and responding to requests from the Chairman of the HRC and from the Board's outside compensation consultant. • Led compensation projects and initiatives relating to Cargill’s equity programs, including the $24 billion divestiture of Cargill’s Mosaic investment, which had significant equity implications. • Managed Cargill’s leveraged-loan ESOP model and led a project to unitize the ESOP. Collaborated with Benefits, Tax, Law, and Treasury on an optimal structure to maximize benefits to employees as well as Cargill.• Led a cross-functional team to implement a dividend pass-through solution related to Cargill’s ESOP saving Cargill $7.5 million in 2010 and over $5 million per year in 2011 and beyond.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Headed negotiations with multiple banks for Cargill’s Louisiana Sugar Refining (LSR) joint venture (JV) and arrived at a term sheet that provided a structure most favorable to the JV and Cargill.• Led the effort to secure $100 million of tax-exempt bond financing for the project.• Served as the financing lead for the JV, working with the JV partners, lawyers, and commercial leaders to create and review extensive financing related documentation.• Created financial models, metrics and presentations for Cargill’s Treasurer, CFO, and Board of Directors as well as for the external rating agencies (S&P, Moody’s, Fitch). • Developed a leasing program creating a standardized process for the business. Saved over $3 million per year due to improved terms and a competitive process, yielding the project team a 2008 CFO award. • Advisory role in a number of M&A deals, including Degussa, Beef Packers, Feed Management Systems, Spiritwood, and NatureWorks.

Wayzata, Minnesota, Us

• Implemented a new global budgetary process within Cargill IT Services (CITS) to collect and analyze expense and revenue for over 250 products. (Total budget in excess of $100 million)• Led a team in the creation of a new Global Service Catalogue for IT. Catalogue standardized all technology services globally and created a consistent framework to perform cost accounting and analyze service profitability.• Managed a small group that conducted in-depth studies focused on technology costs for the 18 largest business units/functional groups in Cargill. Built business unit support for the project and financial model. • Drafted a business case and provided financial analysis for the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) project which resulted in an approved expenditure of over $40 million by the CLT. Project saved Cargill over $20 million per year.• Led a team of four external consultants in the creation of a future lifecycle process model and the supporting process work flows. This model enables and ensures globally consistent technology support, delivery, configuration, procurement and asset management processes.

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Masters, Mba

Bachelor Of Arts, Political Science