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• Oversee leadership pipeline growth, including meeting with Aldevron’s president, strategically aligning with business direction, and collaborating with 6 business and functional funnel owners for continued high growth.• Create and deliver a learning and development roadmap with leadership training offerings that build during the employee and leadership lifecycle.• Launch and execute innovative, scalable, and sustainable processes related to workforce planning and recruitment.• Develop a strategic plan and pipeline to attract and hire critical roles and talent needs, fostering external relationships and leveraging internal talent programs within Danaher, Aldevron's parent company.• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), ensuring a clear focus on representation, equity, and inclusion in all talent planning aspects, collaborating with DEI, talent management, and talent acquisition leaders across the Life Sciences platform.• Own and enhance the candidate experience for new hires, ensuring a positive journey from the interview process through onboarding, developing an enriching onboarding experience for new associates and newly hired or promoted leaders.

• Partnered with the Chief Supply Chain Officer and 7,000+ employees on organizational design, change management, workforce planning, performance management, talent development, succession planning, talent acquisition, culture, and retention and engagement strategies.• Led 3 direct reports who managed HR for global supply chain and partnered with 60+ HR managers in plants worldwide.• Led 1 direct report who oversaw HR for Latin America, with about 45 indirect reports.• Served as a key partner and participant in sourcing and operations transformation projects, creating communication and change management plans, and identifying skill and capability gaps to develop talent for future needs, achieving annualized savings of $50M+ for wave 1 of sourcing transformation and $60M+ for wave 1 of operations transformation.• Oversaw supply and operations leadership development program, ramping up to 50 interns joining the 3-year rotational program.• Developed the company’s first standardized plant leadership team structure across the top 15 plants including clarifying and creating continuity across different job levels, career paths, and job profiles.• Increased retention by creating and implementing a robust career guide for 7,000+ supply chain employees with visual paths for all of supply chain, including operator level through chief supply chain officer, showing employees what skills and experiences are needed to advance.

• Led all aspects of talent management including goal setting, performance management, individual development, talent review, succession management, and talent analytics for 4,500+ employees. • Designed, implemented, and optimized the talent module within Workday, the company’s human resource information system (HRIS), ensuring a great user experience for employees and leaders and improving effectiveness and efficiency among HR business partners. • Coached and consulted 50 HR business partners on team effectiveness, 360s, career mapping, and top talent development.

Global Headquarters In Minneapolis, Mn

• Consulted on core talent management strategies, practices, and brand management, aligning people strategies with enterprise goals.• Partnered with Center of Excellence teams on performance management, talent management, organizational design, change management, recruitment, and more.• Collaborated with a 9-member field business partner team, relaying enterprise strategies and contributing to program design and field operations.• Led annual talent review calibration sessions and succession planning for 400+ employees across top organizational levels.• Played an active role in the integration core team and served on the brand leadership team for Buffalo Wild Wings.

• Collaborated with global senior executives on talent calibration, development plans, and executive leadership programs. • Utilized change management for business transformation during restructuring. • Designed and led a 6-day leadership development program and culture transformation initiatives. • Represented HR in significant acquisitions, globally deploying OD and compensation programs. • Mentored employees on self-assessments and served on global leadership teams. • Managed a global team overseeing Canada operations and technical support.

• Led the development and delivery of a cultural awareness program for leaders, fostering team cohesion. • Established internal career paths for operations, resulting in prompt internal fills for key roles. • Restructured Minneapolis leadership for higher efficiency, contributing to the highest gross margin year. • Instituted new manager assimilation workshops for key leaders.

• Directed HR capabilities for Minnesota region, providing strategic vision, operational guidance, and managing a team of HR generalists. • Aligned regional goals with corporate initiatives in a matrixed environment, overseeing all aspects of HR and ensuring legal compliance. Facilitated role clarification workshop, enhancing collaboration. • Executed engagement survey, led follow-up meetings, and partnered with SkillPath for leadership development.

• Led HR for a newly acquired facility, consolidating two medical device manufacturing sites. • Coached plant leadership on performance management, collaborated with hiring managers to fill key positions, and led talent management and succession planning. • Conducted comprehensive acquisition compensation analysis and developed site guidelines. • Designed and executed compliance training modules, while leading an employee wellness team to achieve multiple awards and recognition, including recognition in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal.

• Led onboarding of 100+ employees in a newly acquired facility, managing HR functions, benefits, and payroll. • Conducted compliance training, reduced turnover, increased morale, and facilitated the merger of two medical device organizations during a name change.

• Assisted with payroll processing, staffing, benefits administration, and various other HR administrative duties.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Human Resources And Change Leadership

Activities and Societies: Consulted with Youth for Understanding in Beijing, China and facilitated a Cultural Intelligence workshop abroad.

Bachelor Of Science, Management And Human Resources