Kate Leming, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

Program Manager to the world-class employees of The Pequot Community of Companies who are putting good government into practice in support of USTRANSCOM in O'Fallon, IL.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

o Implemented Executive Team vision - Collaborated with other functional VPs to deconflict priorities and implement cross-functional plans and projects - Ensured each functional area remains informed, deconflicted, and coordinated - Maintained cross-department relationshipso Lead cross-functional teams and/or individual projects as directed by the C-Suite focused on: - Process improvements - Systems implementations - New policies or initiativeso Supported the Executive team member by - Reporting on trends, progress, and resource requirements. Monitoring performance reports and metrics and elevateing to the C-Suite and other members of the Senior Management Team as necessary. - Ensuring that departmental decisions and project plans were in line with the C-Suite strategic plans and vision. - Representing C-Suite Team in meetings as necessary, ensuring key decisions were captured, consulted on, and/or reported to the C-Suiteo Business Development - Provided support to Business Development color team review process

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

Talent Acquisition• Develop, implement, and assess the strategic vision and recruitment plans for a portfolio of federal contracts.• Identify target markets and create overall strategies for attracting high-caliber talent.• Lead the recruiting team in identifying innovative talent acquisition initiatives.• Ensure the integration of automated and personal communications throughout the applicant process.• Foster relationships with and support from WWC alumni to help recruitment efforts.• Participate in regional, national, and international recruiting events and conferences as needed.• Partner with the Headquarters team and contract leadership to ensure a seamless employee experience from the initial application to interview to onboarding.• Develop relationships with graduate school partners to explore new recruiting opportunities.• Develop training, manuals, and processes to help the recruiting team communicate WWC's value proposition to prospective employees.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

• Provided full-scope human resources staffing support to Office, including position tracking, security clearance tracking, guidance to hiring managers, interview coordination, liaising with Human Resources Division, and reporting, resulting in an increase of onboard staffing by 85 percent.• Managed Civil Service, Pathways, unpaid intern, and PMF hiring process for office. • Successfully drafted position request packet that netted the Office eight new personnel authorizations in a period of austerity, which amounted to a 17 percent increase in staff.• Designed and maintained spreadsheets that tracked the Office’s staffing allocations and on-board strength for a given time period for management’s use. • Maintained contact with Bureau and Office budget analysts and human resources specialists on staffing resource levels allocated to the Office, personnel accessions and attrition, and pending vacancies.• Drafted and shepherded through the classification process, eight position descriptions, including two supervisory GS-14 position descriptions, and redescriptions of two supervisory GS-15 positions.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

Financial Management Support (June 2013 to June 2017)• Used project management and business process re-engineering principles to reorganize a payment process and eliminate a payment backlog. Payment processing times decreased 97 percent. My solution saved 6,000 man-hours by automating payment process with technological solution.• Implemented systems to ensure all payment requests were captured and processed and that all customer inquiries, changes of address, and cancellations were processed within one business day.• Led a working group comprised of both senior-level and working-level staff located in Washington, DC, at locations throughout the country. The group successfully implemented policies that decreased the number of payments by roughly 20 percent.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

• Led team of up to seven management consultants on-site at a Federal Agency; provided performance appraisals, approved leave, on-boarded new analysts.• Liaised with client and program manager to ensure client satisfaction• Relinquished Contract Lead role due to move to Hawaii.

Mashantucket, Connecticut, Us

• Supported Senior Executive-Level principal, a Senior Foreign Service Officer, three GS-15 staff positions and office of 60 staff members and contractors by providing paper planning and drafting guidance. • Developed SharePoint tool to move paper/email-based clearance process online. System went from concept to full adoption in six weeks. System is still in use by office five years later and enables Special Assistant to manage twice as much drafting/clearing volume as was managed in the pre-SharePoint era. • Increased level of positive communication from office to wider bureau audience by 500% by creating a system of positive reinforcement for staff.Managed special projects for the Comptroller;• Supported and coordinated projects with other offices, directorates, and bureaus;• Prepared policy briefings, talking points, presentations and proposals for internal and external meetings;• Scheduled, prepared materials and notes, and ensured follow-up for various leadership and staff meetings;• Drafted and edited various documents including internal/external correspondence;• Conducted and assembled research, tracked other program models, and generated ideas on a variety of topics;• Participated in meetings, task forces and workgroups both internally and externally;• Facilitated the flow of work through the office.

Alexandria, Va, Us

Advised MOAA's President on key military family issues. Represented MOAA at various military family events throughout the DC area.

Managed formal communications between forward deployed US Army Company of 180 Soldiers and their family members via email and telephone. Recruited and managed 15 volunteers to assist in communications. Organized and led monthly meetings that built morale and disseminated information. Referred military families in need to appropriate on-base and community resources. Interfaced with battalion and brigade leadership on regular basis.

Boca Raton, Florida, Us

Worked as an independent contractor managing Newtek’s credit union marketing and training program. Managed relationships with over 200 credit unions. Recruited and trained an additional 50 credit unions on Newtek’s “Referral System” platform.

Managed and developed content for training presentations and complementary training documents. Developed and sourced marketing materials for credit union use. Trained credit union employees in business lending and merchant processing. Represented Newtek at national credit union trade shows including various state credit union league meetings/conferences.