Lead the organization related to talent acquisition, employee engagement, workforce planning, total rewards approach, employee onboarding and development, diversity, equity & inclusion, and culture and engagement. Report to the CEO and serve as a member of the executive team by designing and executing on strategic organizational plans. Develop and execute the HR workplan and budget. Oversee and direct activities for facilities and safety at the Cooperative.

Partnered with Regional Vice President and leadership team to identify, develop and deliver people strategy to ensure the business is designed for sustained high performance. Consulted with regional leaders to create high performance organization. Owned HR outcomes for the region and take accountability on deploying talent acquisition, change management, culture, and engagement across 33 branch locations and 700+ employees. Collaborated with corporate HR team to ensure HR activities are aligned and prioritized per regional goals. Led change management on regional initiatives and support change management capabilities across the organization. Coached managers and leaders for high performance. Drove internal coaching model and created culture of coaches. Identified high potential employees and ensured focus on development programs and succession plans.

HR Lead for Cargill FoodserviceLed the HR function as a member of the Senior Leadership Team with direct accountability for the HR outcomes in the business. Designed development programs for sales leaders and sales professionals across remote sales organization. Provided talent management, organizational and industry expertise and analysis to enable the business’s strategic plans. Led initiatives for on-boarding, development, succession planning, training, and safety. Created and facilitated leadership training programs for the business. Acted as a coach to leaders to assess and develop their teams. Identified, assessed, calibrated, and developed commercial and sales talent across the foodservice system. Deployed HR processes effectively across the business, including recruitment, annual talent review, base pay, long-term and short-term incentives, performance management, and engagement. Provided change leadership on business reorganizations using Cargill’s strategic change framework. Administered complex Sales Incentive Plan for the business and managed individual plans for each sales manager based on margin and volume goals on behalf of 10 business units.

HR for Cargill Industrial Oils & Lubricants, Biobased Polyurethanes, Emerging Business Accelerator. Provided HR partnership to managers and employees in 3 business units.Administered HR processes across the businesses, including compensation, engagement, performance management, and recognition. Managed annual short- and long-term incentive, and base pay processes. Led engagement survey administration and action planning. Supported manufacturing facilities in Chicago, IL and Eden, NC with hiring, performance, employee relations and terminations. Participated in union negotiation and on-going union grievances and arbitrations. Oversaw people strategy for business restructure, and reorganization. Led BU leadership team on reduction-in-force process, developed communication plan, and supported affected employees through the transition.

Executed recruiting and selection tactics for client groups. Managed staffing process, conducted interviews, provided coaching and recommendations to hiring managers on candidates and interview process. Used behavioral-based interview techniques to screen candidates. Led project around ACE prescreening questions on Taleo. Acted as main point-of-contact and co-facilitator for New Hire Orientation. Ensured legal compliance with all new hire paperwork.

Managed day-to-day operations of 100 temporary employees at the client location. Monitored extension or completion of assignments, addressed problems or concerns of temporary associates, and took corrective action of associates; terminated on-site staff and temporary associates when appropriate. Coordinated timekeeping, orientations, and evaluations of temporary employees. Interviewed and screened applicants. Provided direction and oversaw internal service staff, including 1 full-time and 3 part-time employees. Created and maintained reports as specified by client-company including time and attendance and performance.

Organized interview schedules with candidates and interview teams. Arranged candidate pre-employment drug testing, assisted in pre-employment assessment testing, and checked references of candidates. Created offer letters, welcome letters, and drug test result letters and sent them to the candidates. Maintained relationships with hiring teams and candidates.