Kendra Smith Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

Globally leading Talent, Learning & Organizational Development for the company

Houston, TX, US

HR Director for Corporate Functions

Houston, TX, US

• Leading the design and implementation of high-impact and sustainable learning and organizational development programs in support of Company goals and strategic objectives.
• Lead a team responsible for the enterprise-wide learning programs and systems.
• Partner with newly established Learning Council to develop a Learning Strategy.
• Design and deliver virtual leadership development programs, touching 1,400 leaders in 2021.
• Lead an unprecedented Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion learning program, reaching over 9,500 employees in 2021 with instructor led training held in local language.
• Manage company-wide performance management processes impacting over 10,000 employees.

Houston, TX, US

• HR Business Partner leading a global team to provide HR support to ~4,000 employees in the Advanced Polymers Solutions (APS) organization. APS provides specialized plastic solutions to customers and is comprised of.
• Partnered with the commercial business leaders, and responsible for global coordination of both commercial and manufacturing people initiatives and processes.
• Drove harmonization of systems and processes following a significant merger.
• Assessment of footprint and synergies, along with the execution of selection and severance programs.
• Established talent reviews, potential assessments, and succession plans for newly formed organization to proactively identify high potential talent and develop employees.

London, England, GB

• Leading change in Western Hemisphere for a significant corporate HR transformation, modernizing the way 1,800 HR professionals work and implementing new technology.
• Championing communication and engagement plans in support of a global HR organization redesign and Workday system implementation.
• Driving behavioral and mindset shifts across 650 HR staff through hands-on workshops and engagements as BP moves to a stronger self-service and multi-interface HR delivery model.
• Influencing Workday process flow design and validation to meet country and business needs.

London, England, GB

• Led team of 25 HR professionals to deliver HR business partnership to Upstream Procurement & Supply Chain Management, an international business of ~1000 employees.
• Developed robust talent management approach in support of the people agenda, exceeding diversity goals by 20% and excelling nationalization efforts.
• Implemented new strategic workforce planning tool which financialized headcount forecasts globally, setting the foundation for innovative organization design.
• Managed 2 reorganizations and severance programs across geographies to establish a financially viable organization and leverage new enabling technology.HR Leader for Upstream Finance, Upstream IT&S, and Upstream.
• Facilitated detailed talent management and development discussions for global populations with the Leadership Teams, along with succession planning for key roles.
• Ran 4 global organization redesigns, overseeing change management and country severance and regulatory processes.

London, England, GB

• Partnered strategically with the Gulf of Mexico Region Safety & Operational Risk, and Finance HR Leadership Teams to provide consultation and guidance on all people activities and initiatives, including employee.
• Implemented improved data driven assessment for performance management process.

US

• Led a team of 4 HR Advisors responsible for providing HR services and delivering on the people agenda to 3 global business functions, Controllers, Tax, and Treasurers, constituting ~3,500 employees globally.
• Launched leadership and best practices training to 50 U.S. based supervisors. Incorporated training into a broader Supervisor Workshop targeted to address identified skill gaps.

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• Global Human Resources Services, Global Recruiting
• Merged the ExxonMobil and XTO talent acquisition organizations and processes in July 2010
• Assessed and developed proposal and plans to establish a centralized Asia Pacific Recruiting Center of Expertise to consolidate recruiting activity from 5 countries into 1.
• Achieved successful change management surrounding the migration of administrative recruiting / talent acquisition tasks to the Buenos Aires service center.
• Completed wage hiring system risk analysis, implementing risk mitigations.
• Facilitated global recruiting Centers Of Expertise network, published annual Corporation hiring statistics, steward of global recruiting standardized processes, and member of the Global Recruiting HR Leadership Team.

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• Participated on site Leadership Team as the HR Leader at the Mont Belvieu Plastics manufacturing plant of 250 employees and 150 contractors.
• Sustained robust non-union strategy, resolved employee relations issues, conducted wage hiring, ran talent development discussions, interpreted policy, and managed all day to day people matters.

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Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Psychology

Enterprise Leadership Program