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Fort Worth, Tx

Led multi-year project to integrate health and welfare benefits for 70 worldwide locations upon acquisition by Novartis- Integrated efforts of HR management, operational management and outside consultants to harmonize Alcon benefits with other Novartis divisions in the most cost effective manner while maintaining desired market position - Transitioned Defined Benefit to Defined Contribution retirement plans and froze final pay severance plans in support of Novartis benefits philosophyTransitioned US benefits, executive benefits and expatriate benefits administration to centralized call center and Centers of Expertise Represented international and US Benefits on the divisional legal entity integration committee Supervised two staff members supporting international and domestic benefits integration activities

Fort Worth, Tx

Evaluated international health and welfare benefits to prepare competitive, cost effective recommendations for management approvalManaged vendor relationships to obtain desired contractual design and resolve service issues Implemented year over year cost savings through the introduction of pooled benefitsLed project team in the transition from defined benefit to defined contribution plan for executive pension plan Streamlined the production of retirement statements and international long term disability enrollment to enhance workflow processesRevised and published plan documents and summaries to accurately reflect plan amendmentsCoordinated provision of expatriate benefits through outsourced health care provider- Liaison between employee, area management, Human Resource management and relocation vendor

Fort Worth, Tx

Served as US Compensation subject matter expert and project coordinator during the transition of compensation processes to a third party vendorFacilitated development of Goal Sharing initiatives to develop metrics for variable compensation through union and management collaborationConducted market pricing and survey analysis to develop pay structures that ensured internal equity and external market competivenessConsulted with operating partners to proactively design integrated compensation and organizational solutions to meet business challengesLed cross-functional team in the comparability analysis of total rewards package for unionized and non-unionized workforce to validate pay and benefit programsDesigned and delivered presentations to facilitate employee understanding of pay plan processes, broad based stock options and major corporate policiesDeveloped cost effective means to contain expatriate plan expenses through plan design innovations to meet corporate expense reduction objectives

Fort Worth, Tx

Managed staff of 9 in the interpretation and administration of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans for 100,000 domestic employees and 4,000 international employees in 30 countriesDesigned and communicated Cash Balance plan as a replacement for the Defined Benefit Plan to attain corporate objectivesResolved discrepancies in administration of Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution plans to ensure document integrity and regulatory compliance

Fort Worth, Tx

Benchmarked health and welfare plans to recommend market competitive plan design, including use of multi-national pools to provide cost effective benefit offeringsNegotiated service provider contracts with ongoing responsibility to ensure corporate and local requirements were metServed as subject matter expert in union negotiations regarding benefits and compensation issues in support of the Company's positionServed as Trustee for United kingdom and Irish pension plans to ensure continuity and congruence with corporate headquarters perspectiveAnalyzed organizational design and recommended compensation structures, job levels and incumbent salaries for international locations in support of global equityFacilitated transfer of international assignee compensation and benefits data to vendorSupported international locations from an employee relations perspective following 9/11

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Ms, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General