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Catoosa, Oklahoma, United States

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Mid-Continent District

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Responsible for learning and organizational development processes that impact individual and corporate performance to Employee-Owned supermarkets focused in the Oklahoma area.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Oversaw leadership development process, including formal training, coaching, assessment, and individual development planning; leadership target audience included 700 individuals. Performed needs analysis, design, development, facilitation, and follow-up processes. Researched, selected, and managed outside resources to deliver specialty topics to company leadership. Selected and coordinated activities of external trainers, facilitators, and executive coaches. Managed learning and organizational development budget of $7,400,000, plus salary and benefits. Supervised two- to eight-person staff. Created employee presentations covering HR-related topics. • Designed and delivered six-part, level-specific leadership development curriculum. Facilitated 105 classroom days per year that reached 936 participants, including high potentials, front-line leaders, middle managers, junior executives, and senior executives.• Led executive team to create company-wide competency model used for assessment, performance management, development, and culture reinforcement.• Coached leaders, both within formal programs and ad hoc.• Coordinated companywide leadership summits; worked with executives to develop content, coordinating venues, logistics, and outside resources prior to events. Facilitated summits involving 600 leaders, typically manager level and above.• Created performance management systems, designing measurement areas, scales, tools, and standards.• Established company’s first organized learning function, defining scope, processes, and content organized by level and subject area.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Established the practice for company chaplain, providing spiritual guidance and support for employees

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Supervised staff of six trainers and administrators to provide employee development experiences for corporate office as well as 35 distribution centers nationwide. Designed and facilitated multi-day leadership programs. Designed and facilitated company change initiatives. Coached and delivered 360 feedback to leadership community.• Designed role-based academies for sales force and distribution center leadership.• Created performance management processes.• Designed and delivered training activities and communications associated with organization-wide reengineering effort, with topics that included marketing plans, organizational alignment, supply chain, and systems.• Created training and communications to support changes in company financial statements.• Coordinated safety training protocols used in all distribution centers.• Established and maintained compliance-oriented training across company.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Area

Began as a Buyer, promoted to Facilities Supervisor (print shop, mailroom, records center, warehouse); promoted to Corporate Training Specialist as I was part of the implementation team for automating rental counters, building the beta and on-going computer based training used to train counter sales rental operations

Master Of Arts (M.A.),, Organizational Development, 4.0 Average

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi OmegaEarned degree while managing full time career

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing Education

Activities and Societies: Distributive Education Clubs of AmericaCombination Degree included work in Marketing and Education; housed.