Katherine Loranger Sphr Email & Phone Number

Austin, Texas, Us

(Promotion from VP Global HR at Safeguard World International, continuous employment)• Participated alongside executive peers in the solicitation and achievement of investment with AKKR, presenting HR strategy and metrics in board and investor level meetings.• Led a successful Workday implementation with existing HR team, on time and on budget, proving out ROI and leveraging the external alliance partnership with Workday to decrease licensing fees and increase sales revenue. Workday adoption at over 97%. • Scaled the business via both organic growth and acquisition from 300 employees in 5 countries to over 1950 employees in 37 countries with historic revenue growth rates exceeding 30%.• Led integration for three global acquisitions. Includes most recently aligning 450 India employees and 75 US employees into Workday, payroll, and benefits structures; harmonizing multiple global entities, designing and corporate retention schemes with 100% targeted retention; and championing company culture. • Shifting from an agency driven recruitment model to an internal agency model, built out the global talent acquisition function to reduce agency fees by 90% in the first year, decreasing time to fill by 10 days, and exceeding prior year hiring targets. Open reqs averaging 175 with over 800 hires in 2022. • Increased company exposure in competitive markets through targeted employer branding efforts utilizing marketing campaigns through LinkedIn and Facebook, driving job advert hits up by 20%. • Created of a metric driven HR dept through establishment and analysis of leading KPIs to measure success and drive initiatives• Led the company through Covid with a values-driven task force to ensure employee safety while embracing a future of work / Work In Any Way model which resulted in a high productivity, hybrid working model across the globe. Partnered with facilities on an office and working redesign including office consolidation and savings.

• As a member of the senior leadership team, participate in setting the strategic direction for a fast growing global payroll services organization and serve as the executive HR business partner.• Responsible for raising, directing, and implementing organizational development initiatives that drive excellence, support culture, and align with the company objectives of market valuation growth, service and technology enhancement, and people engagement.• Lead the global Human Resource and Training functions, made up of a team of experienced HR Business Partners, Recruiters, and other HR/Payroll and Training personnel throughout EMEA, APAC, and LATAM.• Interact and engage with Board of Directors, including regularly providing and presenting Human Capital board updates, metrics, and initiatives.• Influence, negotiate, and manage difficult and high risk employee relations and legal issues globally.• Collaborate with finance and business leaders to create and manage HR and training budget, headcount budget, and appropriate staffing levels to support growth. • Drive initiatives to support a consistent culture across continents, including OKR implementation, modernization of performance management systems, providing development opportunities for leadership, designing incentive compensation programs, and partnering with software development for organizational readiness.

Austin, Tx, Us

• Promoted to Director following the acquisition of DMX, Inc. by publicly held Mood Media (continuous employment) with primary responsibilities of leading departmental improvements related to the integration of DMX and former competitors Muzak, LLC and Trusonic. Integration focused on compliance and synergies including payroll and benefits, staffing budgets, policy, and aligning corporate culture. • Managed corporate restructuring to find efficiencies and savings in the newly combined organization. • Led payroll integration of Muzak to ADP from Ceridian to the upgraded platform to create a single combined payroll that included HRIS functionality and reporting across entities. • Aligned and combined separate Muzak and DMX self-funded benefit plans into a single corporate plan that supported the strategy of the business and ultimately achieving savings while remaining competitive. • Merged three 401(k) plans into a single compliant plan following significant cleanup of predecessor plans to meet ERISA and audit compliance standards. Continued to serve on 401(k) Committee and act as plan signer. • Integration accomplishments also include successfully creating and implementing the first Employee Handbook and organizational charts for the combined entity, winding down of Canadian payroll and benefit plans following a spinoff, and provided training resources through Oracle expansion.• Conducted RFP’s for both 401(k) and Health & Welfare broker/consultants and significantly upgraded service levels. • Implemented Virtual Edge applicant tracking system and fully integrated with ADP HRIS/Payroll improving recruiting functionality and the ability to source candidates, make positive first impressions to improve retention, and comply with government reporting requirements. • Partnered with Finance to effectively manage salary budgets, explain variances, and track staffing patterns; providing regular reports to Executive leadership for decision-making.

• I work in a highly diverse HR position in a progressive and dynamic sensory branding company with employees across the US and Canada.• I manage all aspects of our self-funded health benefits plans from strategic design, to executive approvals, to implementation and enrollment. • I have improved and tightened our 401(k) controls resulting in multiple flawless audits and an improvement in participation. • I manage our staffing budgets and work with managers on their staffing plans and organizational structures. • I have supported management through multiple company reorganizations including budget analysis, WARN communications, logistics planning, severance, employee communications, relocation, and recruiting. • I am regularly responsible for recruiting of key positions and hired 90 people in 90 days during decentralization. • I’ve participated in diligence activities for spin offs and in anticipation of transactions. I am currently working on organizational integration of DMX with Mood Muzak. • I work closely with payroll and have implemented our current HRIS, recruiting, and timekeeping systems. • I manage any training activities within DMX including coordination of training and certification during an Oracle implementation.• I regularly coach managers on risk management, headcount decisions, employee relations, and performance management issues.

Austin, Texas, Us

• Responsible for all human resources functions for a privately-owned confection manufacturer and retailer, including payroll, benefits administration, employee relations, recruitment, policy implementation, training, and organizational development.• Audited, streamlined, and documented department-wide processes including implementing Safety and Loss Prevention Manuals and Emergency Evacuation Plans in compliance with OSHA and WC carrier recommendations.• Spearheaded and participated in a retail task force to improve retail operations, employee retention, and store profitability. Accomplishments include establishing retail sales training and manager incentive programs.

• Promoted to AVP/Human Resources Director within four months of hire. As Human Resources Director, ultimately responsible for all HR functions for a $250M federally regulated bank, including payroll, benefits, employee relations, recruiting, training, process improvement, strategic planning, and management of HR staff. • Reported to President/CEO, regularly presented at Senior Management meetings, and participated in the Bank’s annual three-year strategic planning and budgeting processes.• Recommended, developed, and implemented personnel policies and procedures; advised Senior Management on staffing, discipline, and policy decisions. Trained and assisted managers in dealing with disciplinary and performance management issues; performed investigations when necessary. • Put into place numerous improvements to infrastructure including Affirmative Action Plan, Employee and Board of Directors Codes of Conduct, Injury and Illness Prevention Program, and formal recruiting structure. Managed outsourced compensation review and completed implementation of ADP/eTime systems.

Calabasas, California, Us

Mba, Human Resources

Bachelor Of Science, Biology

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