Strategic, collaborative, results-oriented, HR Business Partner with a business mindset utilizing skills in change management, talent and performance development, employee relations and engagement, and process improvement. Following the theory of servant leadership, I partner with leaders and shared services teams to understand business goals and use influencing abilities to share the vision in order to maximize performance of teams. Utilize roundtable and survey feedback used to create action plans to drive positive impact on team, leaders, and business results. Project/Career Highlights🔹 Strategic partner with operations business leadership on successful closure of one facility with relocation of business units into 3 other facilities and other organization restructures. Developed communication project plan, talking points, and assisted with delivery.🔹Collaborated with business leaders in order to implement first plant-based Diversity Council at Hershey. Served as active member of Ralph Lauren Diversity Council providing ideas, support, and education.🔹Successfully implemented a process for an urgent meeting requirement on behalf of operations leaders on travel. Coordinated new space and video capability and provided coaching to managers. Established best practice that was repeated in other facilities in North Carolina.🔹North Carolina campus representative on global project team charged with building an internal career pathing process. I identified external resource contracted to provide global training of internal career coaches and collaborated in development of roles and responsibilities for career coach program. Manage the program on the North Carolina campus, facilitate workshop, and serve as career coach. 🔹Served as representative for North Carolina campus on global recognition project team. Collaborated on development and implementation of program across NC campus, implemented in Q1 2018. 🔹Served as a DMAIC team sponsor for two teams whose work resulted in combined savings of $60K🔹Terminated a $1M contract with one of the nation's largest temporary labor suppliers that failed to meet terms of a process improvement plan and selected another agency which delivered 8% cost savings.🔹Served as HR leader in both a greenfield startup and a facility closure. 🔹In new role, challenged to re-examine utilization of cafeteria service provider whose costs were 62% higher than budget. Successfully negotiated a fixed price contract for service for 2 years with new vendor which achieved reduced costs to expected budget rate.