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Chicago, Illinois, Us

Kalamazoo, Mi, Us

Partner with Area Vice President, Sales-Southeast to drive business results through talent management and engagement. Developed strong relationships throughout the leadership team by building a trusted partnership that has grown through proven strategies to develop talent and align to business needs. Key Accomplishments include, but are not limited to the following: • HR lead for SHiPP (Sales Hi-Potential Program). Worked with HR leads from T&E to develop a curriculum that is focused on building skills for future leaders of leaders. • Created strong partnerships outside of sales including Finance, Sales Compensation and Talent Acquisition to drive business results. This includes gaining understanding of business to manage headcount through financial metrics and to fill talent gaps through weekly meetings with Talent Acquisition.• Supported Southwest Sales leaders while recruiting for new HR leader. Worked closely with new HR leader to help acclimate to Stryker and JR Sales. • Aiding leaders to develop MPS utilization data to ensure efficiency in the field. Building this outside of Mako to ensure all clinical support in field is managed efficiently as well as to identify talent deficiencies both from performance standpoint and talent gaps. • Increased Stryker resource utilization including fostering a culture that is focused on Q12 engagement data/discussions, StrengthsFinder for the individual and the team, and driving a robust talent review process focused on calibrating talent and building a succession plan. • Driving DE&I initiatives including forming a strong partnership with new, female sales leader as well as driving think twice completion.

Cary, Il, Us

Support complex (highly matrixed) organization by partnering with leaders in Operations and Quality Assurance to build employee strategy including talent management, performance management, employee engagement, organizational design, and employee relations (total headcount +600). Demonstrated capability and experience in evaluating current and future leadership profiles against strategic goals and organizational needs. Serve as a positive agent for change.Key Accomplishments include, but are not limited to the following: • As the site HR leader for COVID management, leveraged resources throughout the organization by partnering with COEs and helping to drive commitment to COVID practices in Cary and San Francisco. Recognized as one of five HR Partners globally for our success and focus on employee safety. • Through collaboration with leaders in Cary and throughout the GQO network, built new manufacturing structure which resulted in a more agile team that includes future leaders and fills historical gaps in talent. • Successfully led the closure of the Invuity (San Francisco) site.• Elevated key talent in organization to take on promotional and development roles.• Helped to build cohesive voice between Operations (Stryker GQO) and Division (Stryker Commercial) by working closely with business partners to ensure constant and consistent communication.• Hired key talent in RAQA, Quality, Manufacturing, Engineering and Finance which helped to fill current gaps and build a bench for the future.• Leader at Cary site for the implementation of tHRive (global HR alignment) which included bringing the Workday platform to Sage. Ensured minimal disruption to the business during the implementation of Workday.• Partnered with Talent Management lead in Cary to teach Lead 100, Recruiting Training and Think Twice (bias training).

Cary, Il, Us

Cary, Il, Us

Responsible for managing all aspects of recruiting for Sage Products. Partner with hiring managers to design and drive recruitment strategies while developing and aligning best practices. Establish strategies, processes and programs to build talent acquisition for all functions.

North Chicago, Illinois, Us

Member of a four person team that built internal global sourcing capabilities for AbbVie. Continuing to acquire expertise in pharmaceutical industry while building relationships across the business. Proven ability to work autonomously and exceed expectations. Integral part of building new sourcing technology and helping to streamline the sourcing process. Prompt response to inquiries and high attention to communicating with internal and external customers.

For the last two years have worked extensively with a privately held, holding and investment firm with five businesses. Responsible for guiding strategic recruiting for the holding company and its businesses. Work with senior leadership to identify succession planning and recruit top talent for strategic roles within the organization. Manage a diverse group of roles which includes: general management, legal, commercial, finance, operations and supply chain management. This organization is diverse with businesses in manufacturing, IT and engineering.From 2002 until 2009, worked for DM Smith Associates as lead on all retained executive search projects. Responsible for searches from start to completion which included research, sourcing, identifying and screening potential candidates. Heavy emphasis on identifying passive candidates who were considered top talent in the industry. Primarily worked in the industrial field with an emphasis in Automotive.In addition, worked on special projects for Executive Partners, a consulting firm focused on helping companies and not-for-profit organizations to identify and implement strategies for growth. Participated in strategic planning sessions for not for profit clients. Developed an employee survey for one of the world’s largest insurance brokerage and risk management companies. This included managing the launch of the survey globally. Evaluated data and helped the company to determine a go forward strategy based on employee feedback.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Hired as a member of the Industrial Group with special emphasis in the Automotive industry. The role consisted of managing research through placement of candidates. Worked closely with entire Industrial practice group. Key member of team who was tapped globally for help with Automotive searches.

Member of the Global Industrial team working directly for the Automotive Practice Head. Managed the search process from research though to the interview stage. Specialized in matching Lean Manufacturing expert talent in a broad array of functional areas. In addition, worked on international assignments recruiting expatriates for a major automotive company with operations in Europe, South America and Asia.

Responsible for sourcing, identifying and screening candidates for this retained, research group. Provided clients with top five candidates for further interviewing. Developed strong research and evaluation skills by working with clients in service and manufacturing industries. Recruiting assignments included working for the Big 6 public accounting firms.