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Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Providing strategic and tactical leadership and consulting expertise on HR projects for firms on a contract basis, including: -- Liberty Diversified International (LDI)

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided strategic and tactical leadership and consulting expertise on HR projects for firms on a contract basis, including: -- Andersen Corporation -- Jack Link's -- Mosaic Corporation

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Provided Compensation management and expertise, consultation, coaching and training to build compensation knowledge and capabilities of managers and HR generalists in assigned business area.• Developed novel 3 module training approach to deliver “Compensation 101” training for new managers; conducted interactive monthly webinars. Scores on course evaluations were the highest ever attained by an HR course.• Established analytics dashboard and communication templates that summarized annual merit and incentive spending. Resulted in effective use of labor budgets, shortened cycle time and connected pay with performance.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Managed comprehensive review of pay structures, policies, and programs; built unified structures; created and delivered training for HR generalists and managers; and created administrative guidelines.• Built consistent pay structures for non-exempt jobs nationwide using geographic differentials; developed and delivered related communication and training for HR generalists, client management and employees.• Developed four hour “Compensation 101” classroom training and partnered with HR generalists to train 900+ supervisors and managers. Resulted in consistent, calibrated merit and incentive awards across the enterprise.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Key strategic adviser to client group leaders and managers responsible for HR service delivery including compensation, talent recruiting, succession planning, performance management, leadership training and development, and policies and procedures. Managed team of 6 geographically dispersed HR generalists.• Established and provided oversight of cross functional team to integrate HR and payroll processes, services and systems for merged nuclear power plants. Built and executed change management plan. Delivered on-time and on-budget.• Established strategic recruiting plan and partnered with Talent Recruiting to implement. Resulted in several successful programs targeted at critical technical and entry level positions. • Partnered with client organization and talent management function to establish leadership development programs. Resulted in shortened recruitment and transition times for supervisor, manager and director-level positions.

Becker, Mn

Developed and executed tactical HR plans that achieved strategic business objectives. Site contact for employee relations and other HR issues. Managed 9 records management, payroll and general administrative staff.• Established and facilitated cross-departmental team to develop site access policies, processes and procedures. Resulted in employee ownership, effective control measures and consistent enforcement of policies/procedures. • Initiated communication process improvement project; developed three part strategic plan to establish new tools and processes. Resulted in timely communication that increased employees’ business acumen and engagement.• Used proprietary continuous improvement methodology to coach teams on project design, documentation and results tracking. Projects resulted in cost savings, increased productivity and improved employee safety and engagement.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Job Titles include HR Business Partner, Strategic Recruiting Leader, Compensation Strategy Leader, Compensation Consultant, Sr. Benefits Administrator, Sr. Compensation Analyst, and Benefits Administrator/Compensation Analyst.

Executive Education, Human Resources

Human Resources Executive Program

Executive Education, Finance

Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Master Of Arts (Ma), Industrial Relations, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Society for Human Resource Management || World at Work

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Sorority || Concert Choir