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Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Directed and led global reorganization of the HR Operations and HRBP functions to create a single-threaded customer-facing HR team. The initiative improved the ability to serve internal customers and enabled leaders to.
• Created HRBP Academy to upskill HRBPs and all HR VPs in storytelling and data literacy. The program included live courses delivered via Zoom, breakout groups, weekly discussions, and self-paced learning.
• Introduced Quarterly Talent Strategy Reviews (i.e. a QBR for HRBPs) to facilitate communications, accountability, and transparency related to data and pressing issues that need to be addressed.
• Introduced Workforce Planning Pods across all C-Suite functions to increase collaboration between Talent Acquisition, HRBP, Biz Ops, and Finance, ultimately improving headcount, location, and org. shape.

Bentonville, Arkansas, United States

• Defined and implemented policy for remote/flexible work, 30-day work from anywhere, remote worker reimbursements, etc. as a cross-functional effort with representatives from IT, HR, Legal, and Finance.
• Pitched concept and achieved CHRO buy-in for a new working model for HR program management including a defined intake process and prioritization framework.
• Co-created and rolled out ServiceNow’s revamped Early in Career program that included strategy for intern and entry-level hiring. Drove efforts to stand up a new 20-member team and adjust internship interviews and.

Bentonville, AR

• Built and managed a high-performing five-member internal strategy team that advised senior U.S. People leaders and drove initiatives to solve complex problems and improve organizational effectiveness.
• Piloted a community-focused shared value approach to hiring second chance candidates in stores. The project required gaining approvals from CEO, Legal, and Corporate Affairs C-suites.
• Managed a cross-functional working group that solved inconsistent change management processes across all of U.S. People. Reorganized the Field Implementation team to ensure delivery of People programs to stores.
• Defined and implemented a new People Leader diversity metric to increase accountability of leadership to corporate Diversity and Inclusion goals. The metric was later adopted by the Board of Directors.

Bentonville, AR

• Designed and deployed a quarterly strategic planning process and prioritization model that enabled Product teams to deliver the highest value products to associates.
• Guided the creation of organization-wide FY’20 goals that provided all U.S. People associates with clear goals and responsibilities for the upcoming year.
• Developed the Associate Experience Journey that is used by U.S. and Global People to provide the organizations with a clear strategic direction and align stakeholders against a common set of goals.
• Spearheaded continuous improvement initiatives to enable the Associate Experience Team’s success in adopting Agile and the Product mindsets, including: creating and deploying the Agile Coach role, Product Owner and.

Bentonville, AR

• Developed Next Generation Hiring strategy by convening 30+ business partners for a design thinking session, crafting roadmaps, and gaining leadership and business partner alignment.
• Identified desired skills of high-performing entry-level associates to inform job profiles.
• Surfaced key learnings from highly selective stores to inform future hiring best practices at Walmart.

Greater Seattle Area

• Researched/produced a set of entry-level post-hire retention strategies for 100,000 Opportunities Initiative.
• Supported design of a five-year strategy to support the Greater Texas Foundation’s goal of increased access and participation in post-secondary education in Texas.
• Co-authored a series of issue briefs on the current state and future of specialty care access for vulnerable populations in the U.S. for the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation.

Greater Seattle Area

Waltham, MA

Winter Park, FL

• Supported client service teams through research and analysis to solve a wide range of demographic, industry specific, company, and economic development questions.
• Leveraged array of sources to create detailed usable products for client service teams to implement in studies.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), International Relations And Affairs

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, International Relations And Affairs