Sara Wynn Email & Phone Number

United States

Supporting talent development in a 140-year-old family-owned company with its mission of land stewardship. This stewardship focuses on sustainable management, conservation, and protection of natural resources. By fostering skills that enhance quality work processes and support internal career growth, the company ensures its legacy of preserving ecosystems.

• Manage Learning & Development professionals dedicated to development and delivery of training to a dispersed workforce.
• Lead the development of multiple new hire training programs for over 1200 employees from various working groups.
• Implement a training mapping and development framework supporting employee engagement, retention, career development, and performance excellence
• Strategize with business and HR leaders to ensure training initiatives are aligned with business vision, values, and goals.
• Support FDA Quality assurance partnership via “Case for Quality” program
• Drive benchmarking and performance improvement efforts through the inclusion of behavior and results-based training evaluations

Birmingham, Alabama Area

• Grew customer demand and availability of our clinical education team. Expanding from 10 to 30 resources in less than two years
• Increased revenue contribution by improving resource availability, rebuilding education service solutions, and expanding high margin IP/product offerings
• Managed a nationwide team of Staff Development Managers to ensure contract deliverables and customer expectations were met
• Developed data collection tool establishing KPIs and QA implements
• Facilitated and developed an 18-month manager trainee program which yielded early graduations and 100% job placement
• Co-chaired strategic planning and business development committee

Traveler

• Assessed skill level of staff in sterile processing
• Trained new staff on techniques and best practices in sterile processing
• Developed and implemented education/quality improvement plans
• Provided regular in-servicing to ensure staff skills matched operational needs
• Supported compliance and audit readiness while maintaining the IMS directive "Act As If Your Loved One is On the Table”

Greater Chicago Area

• Assist with daily operations in sterile processing departments (SPD)
• Participate in data collection, planning, and implementation of process improvement projects
• Disseminate standards to facility staff as declared by The Association for the Advancement ofMedical Instrumentation (AAMI) and IMS standard operating procedures.
• Promote Lean initiatives and sustainment
• Maintain the IMS directive "Act As If Your Loved One is On the Table"

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Accomplishments:
• Consistent annual comp sales growth
• Oversee new facility build out and store relocation
• Participate in leading the franchise (300+stores) in growth-ranking #1 for sales growth during the month of September 2012
• Contribute to a 57% comp sales growth for retail's slowest sales month of the year January (2013)Responsibilities:
• Promote daily performance improvement initiatives and customer service

Tuscaloosa, Alabama Area

• Updated and developed the office website
• Participated in the planning and practice of health programs
• Edited program marketing materials

Hoover, Alabama

• Prepared a weekly local events guide
• Assisted guests with itinerary arrangements
• Guided and interacted with a diverse group of guests

Hoover, Alabama

• Daily operations and sales floor maintanence
• Cash management duties
• Inventory organization
• Customer service

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Health Education & Promotion (General Health Studies), 4.0

Activities and Societies: Golden Key

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Communication Studies

minor in general health studies