Kara Mckellar Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Acting in a Chief of Staff capacity to the Chief HR Officer, I provide strategic and operational guidance to the executive HR leadership team to plan and deliver large-scale strategic, change and transformation initiatives.

A successful Executive Partner to the Chief Administrative Officer and Assistant Deputy Minister providing strategic support, managing relationships with key stakeholders and ensuring efficient operations of all corporate and customer-facing portfolios including Finance, Human Resources, Facilities and Corporate Strategy & Innovation.

Leveraged strategic planning, project management and stakeholder engagement experience to build strong relationships with divisional executives and political staff to manage cross-functional projects and initiatives on behalf of the Chief Administrative Officer.

St Catharines, Ontario

Provided strategic guidance on talent management, employee engagement, workforce planning and organization development initiatives while acting as a trusted partner to the Director in managing strategic and operational issues.

St Catharines, Ontario

St Catharines, Ontario

Drove process improvements to optimize business operations, improve client experience and modernize technology solutions.

Tiverton, Ontario

• Managed stakeholder interests and executed a new software implementation program to improve business planning strategies and strengthen business performance
• Improved quarterly trending assessments through the regular completion of trending meetings with executive leadership, training of all support organizations, and frequent data review and analysis
• Updated operating experience briefings, as per procedural requirements, to better implement lessons learned and improve safety and performance records

Tiverton, ON

• Provided guidance, recommendations, and assistance within workgroups to reinforce and build a strong commitment to corporate standards within the Visual Management Board process
• Produced and implemented a new observation and coaching strategy based on the input of key stakeholders and benchmarking data from top industry performers
• Developed and delivered various training and reports to senior leadership using key written and verbal communication skills

Tiverton, Ontario

• Improved overall operability of the Outage and Maintenance Service Division by developing, updating, and linking Microsoft Excel metric scorecards and creating an ‘Expired Qualification’ database for all sub-departments.
• Produced extensive documentation, delivered multiple presentations employing key interpersonal communication skills, and was an integral participant in the advancement of the confidential Outage Initiative program
• Assisted in financial business planning and used strong organizational skills to create department costing summaries and overtime reports using SAP and Microsoft Excel

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba

Honours Bachelor Of Business Administration - Co-Op