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Scottsdale, Az, Us

Scottsdale, Az, Us

-Facilitates planning and resource deployment for talent management to include learning anddevelopment, talent management reviews, succession planning team and initiatives.-Selects and implements high impact solutions for leadership and professional workforcedevelopment-Identifies strong external vendors in the marketplace, establishes relationships with them, anddeploys them as needed-Conducts Development Needs Analysis to identify and prioritize company learning needs-Establishes and executes talent management strategy that supports business and talentmanagement priorities - from learning needs assessments through new program development,including contributions to program evaluation, and program sustainment or enhancement-Effectively balances decisions based on critical factors (e.g., current workloads, budgets,capabilities)-Leverages best learning practices, standards, and processes to ensure that value is createdthrough development and deployment of L&D products

Spartanburg, South Carolina, Us

-Develop detailed strategies and execution plans for key organization growth catalysts including onboarding improvements, increased communication flow, and career development pathways-Improve diversity sourcing for manufacturing management talent acquisition-Improve manager soft skills, including the awareness, ability, and accountability for building an inclusive associate community-Build a working partnership with the Milliken Performance System office to align the program, and action plans to the “Engagement, Empowerment, Leadership” components of the MPS program-Partner with the D&I program to ensure inclusion is a core to all strategies- Develop measurement systems for regular pulse checks for leadership. Ensure the organization has leading indicators on improvements well before the next organizational health survey.-Manage roadmap, resources, and program budget. Ensure all roadmap items are delivered on-time, on-budget and within requirements-Partner with marketing on messaging, branding, communications, etc. that will resonate with a global audience

Cincinnati, Oh, Us

-Lead training development/deployment to drive sustainability of the site's self-directed workforce of 200+ employees -HR support for hourly and salaried employee groups - Mediate employee concerns and identify appropriate conflict resolution steps to drive dispute settlements-Support coaching and mentoring for site employees regarding engagement with hourly workforce-Conduct investigations for integrity and compliance concerns and develop corrective action plan and employee communication-Identify talent pipeline for key site talent positions and engage in career growth dialogues with site employee

Program Manager for GE Aviation's Operation Management Leadership Program. OMLP is a leadership program focused on developing supply chain talent in rotational assignments across a two year experience. The program manager is responsible for developing robust assignments, identifying enriching growth opportunities and training, compensation and workforce plan modeling, and supporting human resource key deliverables for the program. -Managed the overall strategy, organizational structure, training plan, and overall career growth development for 100+ leadership program employees-Maintained a balanced budget of $1MM for global leadership program employees and program execution-Identified and owned 150 assignment opportunities for leadership program participants that best supported development in key supply chain competencies -Executed key metric analysis for compensation, diversity, recruitment and retention strategies to drive strategic business actions to meet organizational goals

-Served as Quality Systems focal for Turbine Airfoils Value Stream in leading the scheduling and preparation for internal and external audits (including AS9100), policy and procedure updates, training of Value Stream members, and interface for all quality systems correlated activities-Developed simplification DNV Playbook for quality systems teams and shops to utilize for leading DNV and other audits annually to support 0 major findings-Developed new Multi-Site Procedure policy group to support new consolidated documentation for Turbine Airfoils Value Stream on procedures

-Delivered strategic improvement strategies to senior leadership with resiliency to iterate strategies as needed based on feedback-Drove professional development series for materials value stream including executive presence and skill development-Facilitated initiative to coordinate key stakeholders in driving six sigma rigor resulting in 33% reduction of out of process hardware -Led multi team standardization of planning for OV hardware and supported 100% completed review of OV prime hardware

-Served as leadership mentor to team meeting facilitator as GEnx program developed in teaming environment-Trained operators in quality disposition functions, reducing scrap hardware queue time by 65%-Engaged team members in identifying and reworking to conformance over 72 GENx parts resulting in $72K savings in scrap hardware

Sourcing CA (4th rotation) Cincinnati, OHo Supported Albuquerque offload and successful transition of fan case to supplier o Developed additional offload plan with successful implementation with other vendors, sourcing staff, and programming teamTechnical Leader (3rd rotation) Durham, NCo Promoted the implementation of the Teamcenter software into the GEnx 2B program in an aggressive scheduleo Planning updates ensured an environment that keeps safety and quality at highest priorityLean Leader (2nd rotation) Durham, NCo Directed and facilitated site lean events resulting in direct cost savings for siteo Worked to promote self-directed technicians in leading events, maintaining scheduling, and leading dual action workout eventsEMO Supervisor (1st rotation) Cincinnati, OHo Served as IPE/Nozzle supervisor leading UAW team utilizing initiatives in production, safety, and quality o Enhanced team environment and formed significant relationships with operators as a team

Masters, Supply Chain Management

Bs, Aerospace Engineering