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United States

Edina, Minnesota, Us

Edina, Minnesota, Us

Edina, Minnesota, Us

Responsible for department leadership, planning and hands-on execution supporting the Company's corporate headquarters and several remote locations in multiple states. Working closely with the organizations leaders, lead the human resources team in support of the Company's vision, values and business goals to include: Building an organization capable of delivering the Company's vision and mission through recruiting, retaining, developing and engaging a highly competent workforce aligned with our values and in compliance with legal, ethical and best-in-clase service standards.

Saint Paul, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Responsible for leading and guiding the HR goals/objectives of the company in partnership with the Executive Chairman of the Board/President and the senior leadership team. Contributed to and lead strategic and tactical management planning from the perspective of the impact on employees. Translated strategic and tactical business plans into HR strategic and operational plans. Established credibility throughout the organizaiton and generated alliances that enabled the HR function to design and deliver appropriate services to employees. Drove process definition, simplication and integration efforts across the company and facilitated the design of organization structures that matched organizational strategies/goals. Built and fostered an atmosphere of trust throughout the organization so that credibility, respect and fairness were foundational to the culture, bringing about pride in work and camaraderie among all employees.Tactically lead the overall HR function with an emphasis on best-in-class programs, processes, procedures and infrastructure. Key deliverables included establishing and maintaining strategic business partnerships with company leaders, consulting on classic organization design models, overseeing all talent acquisition, development and retention efforts, developing a value-added employee relations partnership with management and the employee base, creating standard policies and procedures in support of business objectives, development and delivery of key training initiatives, championing effective performance management systems and oversight of all benefits plans, compensation programs and payroll processes across multiple locations/companies within the US and Canada.

Us

Hired to establish an HR function positioned and tooled to support the company's growth strategy from its initial 175 employee base to a projected 400+ employees as outlined in its 5 year strategic business plan. Tactically developed job descriptions and compensation programs, wrote company policies/procedures and created an employee handbook, defined and implemented a robust recruiting plan including talent assessement, behavioral interviewing and a consistent onboarding process. Subsequently designed and implemented a variety of management and employee training and development programs in support of the company's commitment to internally develop talent and positively contribute to the personal and professional betterment of its employee base.