Kathy Herndon, Gphr, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Jasper, IN, US

• Lead internal partners and communications agency in developing & delivering KII’s global employee communications strategy.
• Lead HR partners & agencies through merger & acquisition processes to ensure successful integration, programming & employee communications.
• Led development of KII’s first DE&I strategic plan, delivering a multi-year plan & programming from 2020 - 2023.
• Lead KII’s Employee Engagement strategy, partnering with HR team members to deliver annual surveys, action plans, employee communications, executive touch points, & engagement events.
• Sit on KII’s ESG Council, ensuring annual ESG report champions actions & milestones for Talent Acquisition and Development, DE&I, Social, & Community.
• Support all c-level executive messaging development & touchpoint leading partners & agencies in crafting topics & messaging for executive communications, town halls, speeches, etc.

• Led HR & HRIS process of all mergers, acquisitions, & divestitures for company, including the acquisition of Poppin & D’Style.
• Supported eBusiness, IT, Program Management, & Strategy & Insights departments as HR Business Partner.
• Led communications strategy & delivery during COVID-19 as part of COVID-19 Response Team, managing employee policies, expectations, engagement, & support.
• Led project team to develop KII eBusiness digital analytics strategy, positioning the team to measure success.
• Selected to participate in KII’s annual leadership program, Elevate, supporting c-level executives in advancing core company priorities.

• Led talent acquisition & talent development strategy development, partnering with HR teams to deliver programming & initiatives.
• Led HR & HRIS process of all mergers, acquisitions, & divestitures for company across U.S. & global locations.
• Led migration of HRIS infrastructure & employee master-data following divestiture & spin-off of half the corporation into Kimball Electronics, Inc. in 2014.
• Led new HR software implementations & data migrations from sourcing through delivery, including HR, Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, LMS, & FMLA Tracking.
• Facilitated & delivered CI-related process improvements such as Paper to Electronic Personnel Files, Job Seeker/Candidate Experience, & Recruiter Experience.
• Developed quarterly reviews for SOC1 & sensitive data security compliance, & response plans for GDPR-related requests.

• Led implementation of a global applicant tracking system & a manager self-service portal.
• Converted master HR data & custom-developed HR applications from the Oracle database platform to SQL Server.
• Led migration of the employee intranet portal from SAP Portal & IIS to Windows SharePoint Services.
• Led development of defined international standards for core HR data across KII.
• Managed the annual Safe Harbor certification process & Employee Data Privacy initiatives, including designing the annual auditing & recertification process.

• Designed & developed the following HR applications and databases: Training Enrollment, Leadership Curriculum, Total Compensation Worksheets, & Online 360 Feedback.
• Designed, developed, & administered intranet websites including the first internal HR Toolkit.
• Led programming for the Kimball International-Habig Foundation & related community relations activities & programming.
• Led delivery of the Kimball International Scholarship Program, including an extensive process audit & program re-design.
• Initiated & led development of a Corporate Social Responsibility charter, securing executive sponsorship & delivering programming.