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Senior HR leader providing strategic leadership, vision and direction tied to all facets of talent management within the Association. Develops and leads strategies to maximize all functional areas of Human Resources (employee relations and policy interpretation, compliance, compensation, benefits, sourcing and recruiting); provides oversight to Learning and Leadership as well as Diversity and Inclusion team that leads initiatives to strengthen individuals while maximizing organizational performance.

Top HR professional for multi-state, e-commerce and catalog enterprise specializing in soccer, lacrosse and rugby. Partners with senior leaders to provide strategic direction and alignment of the full scope of HR functions with the core areas of our business.Co-executive sponsor of a large scale SAP retail implementation.Side by side involvement with senior leadership team to establish organizational direction, positively affect employer brand, maintain strong family like culture and community involvement while keeping business initiatives top of mind.Involvement in all phases of employee relations, employee engagement, succession planning, talent management, and change management.Leads design of a suite of benefits and compensation strategies that appeal to multi-generational workforce.Spearheads efforts to drive talent acquisition strategy supporting growth and expansion, with particular emphasis on recruiting 500+ seasonal employees per year.

Top Human Resources and Loss Prevention professional for logistics and customer service support divisions of Eddie Bauer and Spiegel Group operations (Spiegel Catalog and Newport News, Inc.) in the USA and Canada. Lead strategic alignment of HR functions with all operating divisions, across all brands. Responsibilities spanned 6 call centers as well as 3 distribution centers.

HR business partner responsible for Compensation, Benefits, Workers' Compensation, Training and Development, full cycle Employment as well as Communications functions.

Team lead for design and delivery of all training programs related to start up of new distribution facilities in Columbus, OH, merging Eddie Bauer and Spiegel Inc businesses.