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St. Louis, Mo, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Chesterfield, Mo, Us

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

I lead talent management teams that align human capital and talent management strategies to advance people, processes, and technology. I have led teams including HR, Talent Acquisition, Organizational Design and Development professionals, servicing C-suite, solution leaders, and day-to-day for matrixed workforce of employees and contingent workers. - Implemented crisis management plan during pandemic, moving workforce to remote capacity and conducting engagement surveys promoting employee wellness, collaboration tools, and resources for virtual environment to accelerate transition.- Guided leaders through rapid workforce assessment, devised furlough methodology and financial plan, and framed crisis communication in measured stance resulting in no legal implications.- Steered leaders through recovery and initiated retention strategies to guide high-impact employees at risk, to minimize losing high-performance talent.- Championed executive talent succession program to affirm bench and gaps leveraging and developing skills through rotational assignments and/or increased responsibility, boosting female and diverse leadership.- Implemented Workday and capitalized on aligning talent cycle from anniversary based to fiscal year end, balancing alignment for pay strategy to business performance and steering rewards to top tier.- Directed global office closure remotely through divesture, liaising with global leaders and counsel through government regulatory redundancy activities without legal implication.- Served as corporate liaison between corporate community affairs and civic partners, focusing on tech advancement, STEM, diversity veterans..

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Aligned talent development with organizational performance strategy to support global expansion.- Collaborated with leaders on IT redesign, creating synergies with business for technology needs and capabilities.- Orchestrated 3rd party training of leaders on change management tools, facilitating employee engagement and transformation preparation.- Increased capabilities by introducing self-directed e-learning platforms to rapidly build skills, and leadership program for newly promoted and hired to accelerate assimilation into culture, philosophies, and practices.- Optimized outcomes in support of aggressive growth and technology advances through leading talent search for CISO and multiple executive searches.- Launched executive assimilation program for new leaders, accelerating culture, philosophies, and practices.- Maximized resources by launching entry level program, liaising with regional colleges, universities, and non-traditional civic partners to increase cohort female and diverse candidates through to conversion.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Rebuilt acquisition framework and approach post-recession for blended workforce to meet demand and create ability to ramp up/down with project portfolio.- Developed strategy and implemented framework for contingent workforce (CWP), including contractor lifecycle for onboarding, assessment process for return on investment (ROI), management policies, statement of work (SOW), and managed services.- Facilitated CIO workforce advisory group and maximized talent pool by selecting 3rd party staffing suppliers as extension of acquisition team, shifting talent mix from all employee to include contingent workforce and achieving maximized growth within first two years.- Built talent pipeline and reduced days to fill by partnering with staffing firms on innovative solutions.- Introduced talent dashboard aligning people analytics and performance indicators, driving leader accountability for talent optimization and setting of team performance goals.

St. Louis, Missouri, Us

Championed organization design and change management plan to align IT to support business's first-time acquisition that expanded global market share with multiple brands and franchise partners.- Introduced business partner role as liaison to IT staff and technical leaders, driving management and team effectiveness, improving talent depth and skill alignment.- Designed global IT talent program still utilized today to advance workforce, optimizing talent by utilizing competencies and proactive development, and influencing C-suite to facilitate bi-annual calibrations for employees.- Guided executive team on conducting first reduction during recession, avoiding legal compliance issues.- Enhanced customer experience by transforming learning practice from instructional design to delivery model, supporting employee development agility with technology using variety of blended learning modalities.

Led the HR practice reporting to SVP HR for 800-employee corporate central merchandising/product development division including all product lines, including talent management, engagement strategies, and HR operations. Directed HR executives, including HR oversight of shared services and design teams in St. Louis, MO and New York, NY.- Enabled import product growth to 20% of total sales via organization transformation, guiding new brand initiative through change management strategy for 80% employees, including constructing job descriptions, behavioral-based competencies, performance measurements, and education.- Supported growth by orchestrating sourcing campaign for 3 expansion proprietary brand design teams and C-Suite role and facilitating relocation and onboarding plan for office opening.- Selected for proprietary brand development key initiative, launching Six-Sigma methodology, boosting team engagement and improving efficiencies in product development cycle.- Launched entry-level program to close talent gap, securing talent by partnering with 6 nationally recognized fashion design institutions.