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Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

• Develops, implements, and maintains HR compliance metrics, ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local employment regulations across all HR programs. Communicates audit results and compliance updates to the CHRO to support proactive risk management and regulatory alignment.• Leads cross-functional coordination for internal and external audits related to employment practices, benefits administration, and HRIS systems. Prepares comprehensive audit documentation, addresses compliance inquiries, and implements corrective actions to mitigate risks and ensure regulatory compliance.• Manages the preparation and submission of essential HR compliance reports, including Affirmative Action Plans, EEO-1 reports, and other government filings, ensuring timely and accurate reporting across multi-jurisdictional operations.• Regularly reviews and updates the Employee Handbook to reflect current labor laws, workplace policies, and HR best practices. Partners with HR leadership to deliver compliance-related training to employees and managers, enhancing organizational understanding of employment laws and regulatory changes.• Oversees HR vendor management and ensures compliance through SOC audit reviews, addressing control exceptions, and coordinating with HR team members to ensure continuity in payroll, benefits programs, and other critical HR functions in alignment with business continuity plans.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Creative BI Solutions – Utilizing Workday, I effectively engineered multiple solutions to address business requirements, enhancing operational efficiencies to bolster capacity and drive tangible business outcomes. Proficient in the design and development of reports within Workday, encompassing a broad range from straightforward to intricate, encompassing advanced functionalities such as matrix and advanced reports, and calculated fields.• Multi-Channel/Multi-Business Support – Managed multi-channel support across diverse business sectors including Corporate, Retail, Supply Chain, and Services, with additional responsibilities spanning Legal, Compliance, Finance, HR COEs, and Labor Support units.• Issue Resolution: Investigated and resolved report-related issues to ensure the integrity and reliability of reporting for seamless business operations.• Training and User Adoption: Facilitated user adoption and understanding of Workday reporting capabilities through training, education and roundtables while consistently seeking opportunities to enhance reporting functionality to meet evolving business requirements.• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborated with cross-functional teams on various projects and initiatives including an HRBP dashboard, Compensation Analysis and Cost Center/position alignment, promoting teamwork and effective communication to achieve organizational goals.• Documentation and Insights: Developed documentation to support the roll out of Workday reporting processes to deliver insightful recommendations to HR and enterprise business teams based on data analysis.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Data Visualization: Created visual data content and materials for org design and change management working sessions with Business Leaders• Workshops: Coordinated workshops that include organizational changes, program changes & current state processes and provide output from sessions• Change Management: Partnered within the Organizational Effectiveness team to support business functions undergoing change and executes approaches to facilitate organizational design and change management• Orgvue: Accountable for testing, onboarding and tutorials of orgvue as well as the ongoing support of the tool

United States

• Scorecard and Dashboard Solutions – Spearheaded the development of comprehensive scorecards and dynamic dashboards utilizing Excel, streamlining metric visualization and empowering informed business decision-making within the retail, corporate and supply chain businesses.• HRBP Collaboration and Solutions Execution: Collaborated closely with the HRBP Team to identify and address support needs including performance appraisals, talent assessments, employee engagement, goal setting, talent reviews, and succession planning. Successfully executed solutions to enhance HR processes and drive organizational effectiveness.• Data-Driven HR Generalist Support: Partnered with the HR Generalist team to understand data requirements and executed comprehensive reporting on salary, talent reviews, merit, and other HR programs. Provided data-driven recommendations based on a deep understanding of the organization's needs.• Job Creation Process Facilitation: Collaborated with business teams to define job descriptions, establish compensation at role levels, and manage subsequent job code and security setup for job postings, ensuring efficient talent acquisition processes.• Project Management Skills: Ensured project and tactical solutions were completed on time, within the budgetary guidelines, met quality standards and customer expectations.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Implement new Product Taxonomy for the entire Best Buy product catalog including retail and .com• Coordination between FDM (Foundation Data Management), Best Buy.com, Browse, Search, IT, Product Data Governance and Content Providers• Recommend attributes for new product categories using research and competitive analysis• Maintain mappings with content providers both during new implementation and based on opportunities for continuous improvement• Maintain relationship with Search Product team to improve findability and proper use of facets• Maintenance of product data quality, product attributes and values list in content management system

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Responsible for quarterly and annual delivery of E-Commerce business objectives including Conversion, Revenue and Profit across all E-Commerce customer views• Understands E-Commerce competitive set and industry best practices to ensure Best Buy has a clear view into strengths, opportunities, weaknesses and threats within my categories• Responsible for Category Product & Promotional Experiences on BestBuy.com• Ownership of site merchandising and customer experience plus the expanded assortment within all E-Commerce views; including taxonomy, facet navigation and search• Partners with E-Commerce Experience Team and Digital Planning teams to execute promotional plan online ensuring business objectives are achieved and analysis of promotional effectiveness is utilized as part of the feedback loop

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Assists and supports the Category Managers, Web Planners and Account Planners as needed in implementing the online strategy and objectives through execution of retail processes. • Manages daily tasks to accomplish the business and financial goals set forth by executing the key responsibilities of Sku Detail, Sku Launch and Set up and maintenance and various reporting duties.• Teams with other members of the organization to communicate specific SKU issues and then collaborates with the team to deliver the greatest value to the company.• Manages online Upsells/Cross-sells/GSBTP SKU experience.• Responsible for proofing the online weekly Ad.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Responsible for the analysis & management of GNFR inventories, tracking of product shipments, and works closely with internal and external partners including BBY Transportation, 3rd party carriers, fixture warehouse personnel, as well as NSO, Program, and Deployment teams.• Support all workstreams in GNFR Demand Management, such as, New Stores, Remodels, Projects, Lab Stores, and Programs.• Responsible for entering, tracking and verifying fixture orders, map take-offs, PO processing, implementation support and short-term special projects.• Manage and maintain vendor relationships and relationships within our Franklin Distribution Center.• Planning capacity and organization for fixtures within the Franklin DC.• A median for communication flow between the Franklin DC, vendors and our Deployment and Field teams regarding fixture issues and concerns.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Manage customer orders by researching PO status, monitoring inbound product, and creating a database for communication to retail.• Analyze order data and provide prompt communication to retail and business teams regarding order issues and updates.• Develop and facilitate corporate training opportunities across multiple business channels• Ensured all special orders placed nationwide were ordered accurately and on time to ensure a prompt delivery to the customer.

Richfield, Minnesota, United States

• Researched, resolved, and responded to customer and/or store questions and concerns via the telephone and/or e-mail.• Applied de-escalation, negotiation, and problem solving skills to resolve customer concerns.

Bs, Communication Studies

Education record

High School