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Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Led HR for Strategy & Commercial functions (Sales, Pricing, Marketing, Channel, Offering Management) of the Industrial Automation (IA) business group; approx. $12B revenue.
• Accelerated organic growth and evolution to a best-in-class commercial org. through hiring standards and manager training, skills assessment, proficiency mapping & calibration, learning/development resources, talent.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Led HR team for Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) functions of the Safety & Productivity Solutions (SPS) business group; approximately $7B revenue, ~11k employees (7k direct, 4k indirect), 25+ manufacturing sites across.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

Led HR for Customer Experience and Analytics functions with ~1,600 salaried employees based at hubs in Mexico, Romania, Poland, India, and Malaysia.

Charlotte, North Carolina, US

• Led HR for ~800 employees at the Urbana, OH and Norcross, GA manufacturing sites that generate a combined revenue of over $350M.
• Developed and executed a transition recovery plan for staffing that reduced time to fill from 43 to 27 days and effectively hired 80+ machinists within 3 months.
• Partnered with local technical college to establish an on-site machinist training program approved for State grant funding valued at $100k per year for upskilling workforce.
• Reduced employee relations investigations YoY by 30% due to improved employee experience, also reduced outcome of no finding in investigations by 65% ensuring time spent on correct issues.
• Developed content for and facilitated a business wide manager training session that recorded the most attendance (600+ attendees) and highest net promoter score (+56) in the virtual training series to date.

Arlington, VA, US

• Led team in comprehensive review of enterprise Comp/Ben practices across Saudi Arabia; identified gaps to labor law and market, analysis of costs associated with changes, and achieved stakeholder alignment on path.
• Supported set up of new wholly owned foreign subsidiary, transfer/onboarding of new hires, transition to split-monthly payroll for expats, development of work organization regulations and HR processes
• Chaired a cross-functional team in the realignment of cost center/departments to better support global growth via increased responsibility for organizational talent and costs
• Led the automation and enterprise roll-out of a repatriation program and its training resources

Arlington, VA, US

• 2 year expat assignment in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• Led HR team in support of ~300 employees for three major programs with combined revenue over $2B.
• Effectively resolved employee relations issues requiring investigation, legal counsel, and disciplinary action.
• Collaborated with local HR, government relations, and expat services to decrease average time for expats to receive Saudi residency by 3 weeks ensuring compliance with Saudi Labor Law and Wage Protection System.

Arlington, VA, US

• Supported Undersea Systems portfolio as well as Engineering.
• Program team review member for a capture transition study.
• Facilitated team effectiveness 360’s included in program execution & profit diagnostics.
• Table team member during 2016 IAM Rhode Island negotiations, contract successfully ratified.

Arlington, VA, US

• Developed a methodology for identifying and developing early career program managers; system was adopted by the enterprise.
• Raytheon 6 Sigma Specialist (Green Belt)Education leave Sept 2014-May 2015

Falls Church, VA, US

• (formerly ATK Propulsion Systems)
• Led a Workforce Planning Initiative that developed a tool and process to help leaders evaluate talent risks, form talent strategies, and prioritize staffing needs over the next 6-12 months
• Operated as HR point of contact for Finance Organization, approx. 90 employees
• Assisted in the annual promotion planning and equity adjustment process
• Created orientation manual for participants & leaders of the High Potential Job Rotation Program
• Developed an HR SharePoint Site to provide a one-stop resource for leaders and employees

• Prepared monthly financial statements, 12 different business plans, and administered multiple micro loans ranging from $5k-$15k.
• Taught business classes in Spanish and consulted entrepreneurs on efficient business practices
• Revised teaching curriculum to be culturally sound and translated material from English to Spanish
• Contributed to the program winning 1st place from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development

• Directed compliance with The Affordable Health Care for America Act by researching legal requirements and creating a Summary of Benefits and Coverage to be distributed to all employees.
• Spearheaded project to calculate employee turnover rate throughout the last 5 years, compared with industry and mitigated regrettable loss.
• Conducted 401(k) survey for ~80 employees, analyzed data and presented results to executive management concerning benefits of a company sponsored retirement program.

• Led and was accountable for activity of 14 volunteers with responsibility for motivating, setting goals, evaluating performance, solving problems, and reporting
• On-boarded over 100 new volunteers and coordinated with local leaders on large scale service projects

Master Of Human Resources (Mhr)

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Specializing In Business Analytics