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Lenexa, Kansas, Us

Responsible for maximizing franchise owners' people, growth (sales and operations), and profitability, while maintaining City Wide brand standards. Focused on enabling franchise owners to drive profitability through the execution of City Wide’s franchise model and sales & marketing strategy. Responsible for leading City Wide's Franchise Business Consultants (FBC) to influence our franchisees to embrace City Wide’s brand and culture through their continued success.

Lenexa, Kansas, Us

In this role, I was responsible for City Wide Maintanance, City Wide Franchise and Oddo Development Human Resources initiatives. General responsibilities include enhancing our culture, improving our employee experience, employee relations, leading a successful talent acquisition department, workforce development, health benefits, and general administration.

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A private multi-unit franchisor offering collision repair services through a network of 400 franchised facilities in the U.S. and Canada. $600M annual revenues. Strategic HR business partner to CARSTAR's CEO and leadership team; aligning HR resources with CARSTARs strategic plan. Directly responsible for the administration and direction of all HR disciplines including: corporate recruiting, workforce development (360-degree feedback, succession planning, and managing individual development plans), retention strategies, compensation, health benefits and 401(k) administration, annual business planning, strategic planning, corporate change initiatives, enhancing CARSTAR’s culture of performance, results and employee relations. Oversight of CARSTAR's Learning & Development team, Learning Management System and content development.

Overland Park, Kansas, Us

The third-largest U.S. mobile-phone carrier (2008), serving 51M customers providing industry-leading mobile data services, comprehensive range of wireless and wireline communications services, and instant national and international push-to-talk capabilities.Supported Sprint enterprise and Nextel public sector business segments; focusing on the development of appropriate training and performance solutions to enable its sales force to position and sell appropriate products and services. Designed, developed and delivered web-based and instructor led courses for Sprint’s state and local governments and public safety business units.

Kansas City, Mo, Us

One of four public University of Missouri (UMKC) campuses serving over 14,000 undergraduate, graduate and professional students.Responsible for leading UMKC’s recruiting and training departments and personnel. Overall responsibilities included workforce planning, people acquisition and providing core training and developmental programs for exempt-level staff and faculty.

A start-up venture, developing the nation’s largest multi-unit chain of independently owned laundry facilities with over 170 stores operating in 17 states, 1K+ employees, $57M revenues.A member of senior management. Responsible for aligning HR with new business initiatives, leading HR and Training departments' personnel and budgets – execution of corporate HR recruiting initiatives, self-insured healthcare plans, broker negotiations, performance reviews, succession plans, workers’ compensation administration, salary planning, corporate training university and safety (OSHA) programs and 401(k) administration.

Largest rental-purchase company in North America operating 1,440 company owned stores under the Rent-A-Center and Remco brand names in the U.S. and Canada. 10Kemployees, $1B revenues. Held multiple positions of increased responsibilities (Corporate Trainer, Manager of Instructional Design and Manager of Management Development). Analyzed, designed and delivered comprehensive management training programs for multi-unit operators, development and implementation of corporate training programs for field level employees and facilitated corporate training programs.

Bachelor Of Science, Management, Hrd, Organizational Psychology, Management Theory

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