Maren Dollwet Waggoner, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Focused on creating good jobs that can turn into great careers and a better life for our 1.3M associates across stores, supply chain, transportation & real estate, and automation

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

People Partner leader for Merchandising, eCommerce, Product, Customer, and Revenue organizations focused on driving Walmart US business growth, transformation, and talent strategy

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Led and stood up a new Center of Excellence with pillars of organizational design, workforce planning, market intelligence, M&A, location strategy, and workforce transitions• Served as HR leader and Business Partner for the Global People Organization (~2,000 employees) with a focus on HR development and building HR talent pipeline from early career to executive roles• Set frameworks and built organizational capability to fuel business transformation and HR transformation incl. operating model and ways of working

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Served as HRBP leader and Partner to Walmart US People Team (900 associates across Corporate, Field and Supply Chain) with focus on talent management, change management, HRBP operating model• Led team HR Shared Services team and transformation to enable technology, self-service and agile ways of working

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

• Developed and implemented talent pipeline and development strategy for Walmart US.• Organizational & talent consultant for Walmart US Operations and Merchandising organizations, including advisory around selection methods & assessments, talent management & succession planning, High Potential development, performance management processes, and overall talent strategy.• Leveraged data, analytics, and industry research to continuously enhance organizational programs and processes.

Claremont, Ca, Us

Teaching various graduate-level HR classes for the MA. Human Resources Program at Claremont Graduate University, including HRIS & Data Analytics, Recruiting & Selection, and Training & Development, and HR Strategy

Beverly Hills, California, Us

• Responsible HR lead and business partner for 9 executive leaders including Sales, Marketing, Product/Design, as well as additional revenue generating client groups. Supporting full employee life-cycle and organizational initiatives.• Led Performance Management process for the company (including: strategy, process design, manager & employee training, communication, system implementation).• Led Talent Review process for the company (including: strategy, process design, 9-Box implementation, succession planning, High Potential identification and development actions).• Developed measurement strategy and implement people analytics to measure & assess outcomes for key programs and initiatives.

Dallas, Tx, Us

• Full HRBP ownership (i.e., recruiting, coaching, employee relations, talent development, performance management, compensation, benefits, employee engagement, program management) for Sales & Service organization, including 6 business leaders SVP and VP levels, and overall employee population of approx. 2,000 • Large scale change management• Organizational design and structure work for various business groups (Finance, Sales & Service) including strategic HR consultation with senior business leaders • Development and communication of sales incentive compensation plans• Selected member of the enterprise-wide HR team providing merger-related integration/transition support for blended organizations consisting of AT&T and legacy DTV employees (i.e., employee relations, conflict resolution, HR policy integration) • Led team of direct reports at the HR Business Partner level

El Segundo, Ca, Us

• Strategic partnership with business leaders and employees at all levels on a variety of HR and Talent Development initiatives (performance management, compensation, leadership development, succession planning, talent acquisition, organizational structure & design, employee engagement, employee relations)• HRBP to CFO and ~600 person Finance organization as well as HRBP for Sales & Service organization including hourly call center populations across multiple geographic areas• HR support for HR organization (HR development initiatives, program management for HR Rotation Program)

El Segundo, Ca, Us

• Developed and facilitated of various training and leadership development programs internally and in collaboration with external vendors• Developed and implemented an evaluation strategy for company-wide leadership development programs and initiatives• Talent management (e.g., 9-box, succession plans, facilitating talent review calibration meetings)• Change management• Assessment of career development needs throughout the organization• Implementation of learning content into an LMS, partnering with learning content vendors• Performance management (e.g., designing & delivering training resources, system evaluation, continuous process improvement)• Led executive coaching, 360 feedback program• Developed a reevised onboarding strategy and orientation experience

Claremont, Ca, Us

• Accountable for the delivery of cross-cultural training to over 80 participants from 14 different client organizations (for-profit, non-profit, university). This included recruiting clients, scheduling training, facilitating training sessions, pre- and post-test data analysis, and acting as the lead point-of-contact• Led, published and conducted research in the field of positive organizational psychology (e.g., setting deadlines, data analysis, writing publishable papers and book chapters)

• Conducted needs assessments and job analyses in a variety of different industries (i.e., service, education)• Leader development including the design, pilot-test and implementation of an assessment center for the Center of Applied Psychology• Designed a performance appraisal system based on key competencies • Development of multiple training initiatives (i.e., for the Pensacola Fire Department, supervisor training)

• Conducted job hazard analyses in line with OSHA recommendations using observation and interviews with subject-matter-experts in order to increase organizational safety climate• Developed training content and materials for various different job positions

Ph.D., Organizational Behavior

M.A., Industrial/Organizational Psychology

B.A., Psychology

International Baccalaureate