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Germantown, Tennessee, United States

Greater New York City Area

Headquartered In The Netherlands

Formulate a strategy aligned to a "turn around", driving operational excellence and a positive culture change.Organizational analysis by country and by business channel.

Boca Raton, Florida

Member of Senior HR Leadership Team of a $16 billion global retailer with more than 55,000 employees worldwide. Responsible for global organizational development and learning architecture and HR lead in support of all Corporate functions. Partner with the Executive Committee and key leadership in providing advice and generalist support in developing and implementing strategies for organization effectiveness, talent acquisition, retention, communications, change management, leadership development, compensation, employee relations and performance management. • Design and implement practices for Performance Management, Succession & Talent Management that improve quality for acquiring, developing and moving talent across the company.• Continuously assess the learning needs of the organization to identify core, professional and leadership competencies. Established a platform of learning for associates at all levels.• Built leadership programs aimed at accelerating readiness and leadership capabilities of high potentials.• Challenge efficiency through consultative support of organization design and change management efforts. • Responsible for development of talent acquisition strategy, processes and programs including centralization of recruitment service delivery model for all lines of business in North America.• Selected as Merger Integration Lead (2013 – 2014) to lead all human capital integration planning and implementation for the Office Depot & OfficeMax merger (FTC approved October 2013). Defined and executed an organization design process to consolidate organizations and maintain business continuity; aimed at selecting the “best of the best” talent across legacy organizations, including compensation/incentive/benefits structures, policies, systems, HR programs (severance, outplacement, performance management, recognition, etc.), and culture development of new organization.

Boca Raton, Florida

• Lead strategic processes that align to the business strategies, support organizational effectiveness, and drive a high performance culture.• Strengthened Talent Management processes to develop talent and create a solid bench of future leaders.• Provide managers and associates with tools and information to differentiate performance and support a culture of continuous feedback. • Created and lead a succession planning approach which enables leaders to identify potential, measure readiness and plan development. • Built and continuously assess a leadership program aimed at accelerating readiness and leadership capabilities of high potentials.• Established a platform of learning for associates at all levels (Office Depot University).• Performed analysis and created robust communication practices to educate and enable leadership to leverage opportunities identified through a global engagement survey.• Created ways to recognize efforts, motivate associates and improve engagement through generating excitement and increasing awareness of global recognition programs. • Hosts a community of practice aimed at deepening HR skill set and comfort of organization and process design methodology.

• Developed and managed succession planning processes. • Created and facilitated Talent Management Reviews with functional leadership. Produced analysis, leadership profiles and organizational development plan for the Board of Directors annually.• Lead continuous design, communication and management improvements of bi-annual performance management process.• Researched, proposed and lead an executive development program designed to drive cross-functional exposure and experience as well as develop critical leadership competencies. • Consulted and partnered with functional partners to improve business processes and facilitate change management. Work includes performing needs assessments, managing process and organization design and implementation, and creating consistent process improvement methodologies and tools. Examples of interventions include:Improved category management process and execution in Merchandising. Researched, proposed and managed change management activities for a Merchandise Planning initiative. Project also included identifying software requirements and vendor selection.

As a member of the management team, evaluated and implemented strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the sales organization. Ensured the timely and accurate transmittal of all information between manufacturers and sales personnel through various mediums.Partnered with manufacturers to develop sales promotions, communicate and motivate sales teams.Prepared and delivered various presentations to customers, potential customers, manufacturers, and sales teams.

Provided strategic direction for all corporate benefits.Lead management of medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), and pension plans for 45,000 employees nationwide valued at over $101.5 million annually.Managed a committee of officers with the objective of continuously providing benefit plans that were competitive, cost effective, and meaningful to a broad demographic employee base. Upheld business relationships with numerous internal and external partners and consultants.Director Communications and Special Projects. Planned, researched, designed, coordinated, and implemented standardized internal communication activities and formats for various company practices.Developed organization change initiatives; planned rollouts of all communication and policy/procedure activities.Lead the effort, and achieved cross-departmental uniformity by implementing practices to ensure all communications contain the spirit and intent of the corporate Vision.Conducted surveys and research studies to analyze factors affecting employee morale and motivation. Assured standardization of messaging and form for corporate publications; negotiated with vendors to arrange bids for layout, print and distribution.ROBYN N. TYLER

Merchandising. Managed all aspects of creating and maintaining a multi-million dollar web-based supply chain project. Defined and managed all facets of a web based vendor management system project.Researched business opportunities by working with many different functional areas and external merchandise vendors; served as the liaison between merchants and suppliers. Instrumental in creating and defining a team based line review process.

Prepared monthly operating forecasts and provided management with timely updates to assist in control of spending and attainment of forecast.Analyzed actual spending and performance to plan and forecast; prepared summary reports to highlight problem areas and provide recommendation to improve profitability.Monitored all manufacturing related reserve accounts and provide recommendation on funding.Responsible for the completion of the annual business plan.Performed applicable cost savings justification for capital expenditures where needed.Determined monthly operating results to include investigating shop order variances, analyzing spending variances from forecast/plan, and calculating plant productivity.Served as Activity Based Management team leader/coordinator.Cost driver analysis and identification for ABC project.Responsible for determining standard costs for pertinent processes.Developed and analyzed pricing strategies for different lines of business.

Executive Education

Activities and Societies: Business Strategy Team

B.B.A, Accounting