Assumed new role leading global people operations and organization development processes to drive a world-class employee experience and engagement. Continued ownership of benefits and payroll functions as well as global total rewards practices, programs, vendors, spend, and communication. • Initiated practices that resulted in best-in-class employee turnover, one-fifth of benchmarks.• Achieved annual engagement metric consistently measuring above 80% favorability.• Established domestic and international total rewards financial visibility, drove down costs, and markedly increased return on investment. • Built long-term financial projections and benefit optimization plan to save tens of millions of dollars.

Business Partner leading company-wide initiatives and HR team supporting corporate and diverse functional groups that encompassed entry-level production employees to world-renowned PhD-level animal science experts. Owned HR support for corporate, plant, and lab locations in Minnesota, Iowa, and Alabama as well as field employees across US and Europe. Led numerous initiatives to serve all global locations. Drove multiple initiatives resulting in multi-million dollar savings.• Supported senior leaders as first point of contact for managing functions including Operations, Supply Chain, Accounting & Finance, Technical Services, Research & Development, Quality, and IT. • Concepted, designed, built, and sustained annual processes across all HR disciplines, including end-to-end leadership of performance management, headcount and budget planning, raises and bonuses, talent review, succession planning, and development planning.• Key projects included first-ever corporate-level career matrix, performance-based pay, improvements to core HR processes, and internal and external total rewards benchmarking.

HR Business Partner for North American business unit, supporting R&D, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Technical Service, Supply Chain, and Quality Assurance groups in multiple locations across North America. Led HRBP activity through Sherwin-Williams’ acquisition of Valspar.• Led HR integration projects to align business unit with new corporate structure within Sherwin-Williams.• Aligned workforce with business strategy on cross-functional leadership team in Integrated Business Planning process.• Proactively identified and addressed long-term workforce needs through strategic hiring and developing pipeline talent.• Coached business leaders to drive high performance, manage conflict, and resolve disputes on their teams.• Reorganized R&D group and established a second shift to overcome capacity constraints and meet sales deadlines.

Directly responsible for employees in Supply Chain group serving four industrial business units, while also providing support for related Sales and Technical Service teams. Simultaneously drove several organizational development projects through conception, development, and ongoing global use.• Designed and launched company-wide, global 360 feedback program and tool to measure key behavioral competencies.• Created company-wide onboarding process and tools to support new employees through first year.• Developed and delivered comprehensive training program for new managers.• Set employee compensation, including sales incentive plan structures to drive sales growth in key market segments.• Led daily HR management activity, including talent acquisition, performance management, and employee relations.

Managed international assignments and employee relocation processes for all business units in a global organization.• Advised dozens of executive and director-level international inpatriate and expatriate employees on immigration, tax, and relocation issues in the US, Canada, Asia, Europe, and South America.• Partnered with external law, accounting, relocation, and human capital firms to support international projects.• Managed budgets averaging $1M per month across global business units.• Supported employee relocation and change processes related to plant closing and flagship research center opening.

• Taught 9th and 11th grade English as a full-time teacher.• Worked as a full-time rotational staff member to understand public schools as functioning systems and address their needs.• Adapted communication and motivational strategies to suit the needs of diverse audiences.• Continued working part-time as substitute teacher while pursuing concurrent graduate degrees• Learned, mastered, and taught varied material on short notice.

• Promoted to program leader and manager of 20 direct reports.• Facilitated hiring and orientation of staff members across departments.• Provided ongoing training, skills assessments, and performance evaluations for citywide staff.

• Hired, trained, and supervised over 60 snowboard instructors as member of management staff.• Designed and instituted structural and training improvements for Midwest's largest ski school.

• Administered Lexile reading assessments and implemented differentiated curricular planning and growth goals.• Collaborated daily with teachers to create curriculum and make interdisciplinary connections.• Taught 7th, 9th, and 11th grade English, Reading, and Academic Advisory courses.