US Executive Sponsor for the employee driven Multicultural Business Resource Group (BRG) which aims to educate Lands' End employees on diverse cultures and topics through group discussion forums, newsletters, and building relationships through planned events and activities.

Membership Director for WI NASPP Chapter until chapter was retired.

In this role, I partner with executives on monthly salary planning and annual bonus programs for 10,000+ US and international team members. I administer private equity plans and compensation programs, including base pay, incentive pay, benchmarking, survey participation, and job descriptions, among others. I also conduct Non-Discrimination Testing for 401k and FSA plans, and participate in annual 401k and Worker's Compensation audits.

In this role, I administered compensation, payroll, and benefits strategies and programs in conjunction with executive leadership teams. I worked with international compensation teams on administration across geographically diverse regions.• Innovated and implemented new HRIS and payroll systems to optimize workflow and accuracy.• Established a formal pay structure and compensation strategies, as well as education programs for cross-functional teams.• Rolled-out company-wide vendor changes in medical, dental, and life insurance plans; completed RFP process and maintained annual cost increases to under 10% through wellness programs and benefit education.

In this role, I worked on company-wide benefit and retirement plan strategies in alignment with company initiatives and regulations. I also maintained medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, and qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, as well as vendor file feeds for both union and non-union employees. I analyzed the impact of proposed changes and provided actionable recommendations on bargaining initiatives. I also administered annual pay planning, as well as employee and executive bonus programs.• Worked with global compensation teams and IT to transition annual pay planning system from spreadsheets to a user-friendly, web-based, and real-time system.• Appointed team member of the Orientation and Onboarding Committee working to shape new hiring process and training in the US, Latin America, and Canada.• Amended and restated 401(k) plan document and filed a VCP amidst a record-keeper conversion.• Migrated vendors for medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plans, and leave administrator.• Launched HIPAA training for all US locations and worked with consultants to develop privacy and security manuals.

Primary contact for 18,000+ employees and human resource personnel at 75 nationwide locations for questions and issues concerning qualified and non-qualified retirement plans. Trained and assisted local human resource personnel with quarterly web-based training sessions and one-on-one phone calls. Designed and distributed communications to employees to help increase participation and knowledge about their retirement plan options.

Acted as the record keeper for employee deferral elections, contributions, loans, eligibility, and indicative data for multiple companies including schools, hospitals, and government entities. Processed contribution and eligibility files for 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), and 457f) retirement plans.