Kris Randa Email & Phone Number

Cleveland, Oh, Us

I lead a team of coordinators, specialists, analysts and managers who support the Leave of Absence journey for our roughly 50,000 US-based employees.Each week, we ensure those taking advantage of our generous employee leave benefits are experiencing a smooth and seamless journey while absent from work.

I teach:Individual clients how to get job offers.HRBPs how to best support their client groups.Leadership teams how to best work together for team and business success.Small business owners the ins and outs of maintaining a solid HR practice at their brick & mortars.

Akron, Oh, Us

Developed recruitment, retention and talent development strategies for over 5,000 Auto Service Center positions at 580 locations nationwide, molding future leaders for the Retail Organization.• Proposed and designed an internal talent advancement program for those interested in training to become auto service technicians. Program leverages master techs looking to teach the next generation using closed shops to create hands-on training workshops nationwide. Graduates will be promoted and assigned ongoing mentors.• Created a training and recruiting program to attract automotive technicians to address chronic open positions at retail stores nationwide. Researched and contracted with accredited automotive technical institutes to enable direct recruitment by highlighting Goodyear open positions, access to on-site career fairs, and discussion of in-class company benefits (including tuition reimbursement) resulting in a significant reduction of open roles. • Managed a team of 4 remote recruiters to target high priority recruitment areas nationwide as a test for replacing contract staffing agencies, as well as to ensure ongoing operation of facilities that were understaffed.

Akron, Oh, Us

Provided project management for the Americas HR team consisting of 35 HR professionals supporting 6K associates across North & South America for retail, sales, product development, category, customer service and marketing. • Led a team of 20 HRBP’s through a 3-day workshop to streamline HR processes and drive innovation projects saving over 80 hours/week, creating a dedicated employee relations position and introducing an HR metrics dashboard (e.g., time to fill, diversity, engagement) customized for each business unit. • Proposed, designed and built an enterprise employee engagement dashboard and portal for all associates to access up-to-date data, compare results with other teams and utilize resources to improve engagement. • Using the ADDIE (Analyze, Design, Develop, Implement, and Evaluate) model to develop a current state used to build out a 12-month HR competency development program consisting of classwork, team-based projects, individual homework and presentations.

Akron, Oh, Us

Provided consultative HR leadership for Consumer Product Operations teams totaling about 300 associates nationwide.• Analyzed sales growth numbers, strategic plan objectives and marketing forecasts in partnership with Sales Leadership to identify underperforming areas of business and to explore potential for new market segments. Created a workforce development plan to redeploy talent to new channels, including training, change management and communication plans. Post-implementation conducted focus groups to gather employee feedback resulting in development of targeted employee engagement plans to drive employee retention. • Conducted an organizational redesign for the Category teams (supported Sales) resulting in several high-level position eliminations, transfers, promotions and new positions. • Directed a cross-functional Competency Development Project for 5 business groups within the Americas organization. Facilitated all workstreams, outlined milestones, presented to a leadership governance committee and proposed, organized and implemented change management communication and user-experience (UX) testing for all career development guides, paths and resources.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Supported the Procurement, Engineering, Customer Support, Logistics teams for 600 associates. Managed all HR activities, including employee relations, success planning, talent development, performance management, recruiting, compensation, and employee engagement.• Assisted with the migration from the legacy GEMS HRIS system to Oracle Cloud. Served as the Corporate HR SME for North America to identify key data elements to map to Oracle, provided system testing, developed SOPs, participated in the pilot launch, facilitated training and full implementation support.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Supported the Finance, HR Services, Legal Services and Operations for 500 associates. Trusted advisor to executive management. Managed all HR activities, including employee relations, success planning, talent development, performance management, recruiting, compensation, and employee engagement.• Led integration efforts upon acquisition of Valspar, including workforce planning, job analysis and organizational restructuring, including layoffs. • Created career development track for the Global Legal department, by researching, benchmarking and defining key competencies and behaviors. Launched a career development resource guide which included individual development plan template, activities, mentors and formal studies. • Designed and facilitated new manager onboarding program for Corporate (4K associates), an interactive workshop with case studies following a new hire vs. an inherited hire experience for over 300 newly promoted managers.

Cleveland, Oh, Us

Designed and implemented the transformation of the Leave Administration & Compliance for the HR Shared Service center. Led the 2-person Leave of Absence (LOA) Team responsible for providing counsel and guidance to over 400 HR professionals on federal, state and local FMLA and short- & long-term disability policies supporting 25K associates.• Performed current state needs analysis to develop the future state model. Created business case, project plan, goals and milestones and led the new model implementation including RFP’s for LOA management vendor. Led change management and adoption. • Identified and realized over $25K in unpaid benefit premiums from long-term disability employees.

Bachelor'S, Business Human Resource Management

Human Resources Management And Services