Sylvia Taylor Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, GA, US

Chief Human Resources Officer for Safe-Guard Products International, LLC. Since its founding in 1992, Safe-Guard Products has offered innovative F&I products, program development and customer support. Safe-Guard delivered more than 2 million F&I products in 2012 through over 6,500 retailers. By incorporating extensive industry knowledge and a client-first.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Top human resource officer for organization; reporting to the COO, managing a staff of 15 and providing HR strategy/support for 1,000+ employees across U.S. and U.K. operations. Advise the senior leadership team on.
• Facilitated company-wide restructuring initiative resulting in $8M savings in operating expense
• Designed and implemented sales effectiveness initiatives that resulted in decreased new hire ramp up time, improved retention rate of sales reps and increased sales goal achievement
• Designed and implemented new performance management process resulting in systematically upgrading the bottom 10% and raising the bar on overall company performance
• Led HR activities for two acquisitions, hitting 100% of all target dates
• Implemented talent strategy that resulted in 100% retention of key executives, while acquiring talent for mission critical roles at an average of 33 days to fill (half the industry average) and a savings of over $1M in.

• Top HR executive for autonomous, entrepreneurial high growth division; led an HR organization of 54 and provided HR strategy and leadership as division tripled workforce size to 2,400.
• Designed people strategy that contributed to the five-year growth strategy to achieve 5X revenue growth in five years, double digit OCF and CAGR
• Designed/implemented new onboarding, performance management/employee engagement initiatives to drive alignment and high performance in a high growth, highly dynamic business environment
• Designed and implemented company-wide Paid Time Off (PTO) program that reduced unplanned absenteeism and improved operational efficiency in customer operations by over 20%
• Introduced a company-wide calibration process and “Pay for Performance” philosophy that raised the bar on performance and improved retention of high potential talent
• Facilitated company-wide restructuring initiative (including merger and acquisition) resulting in $20M savings in operating expense

Minneapolis, MN, US

Responsible for managing Human Resources function for 74 Stores across 5 State Region; 80 functional HR associates; 10,000 Regional Associates

Promoted through a series of progressive HR leadership assignments in recruiting and as an HR generalist in the U.S. and Asia-Pacific, supporting Marketing, Refining and Chemical operations. Regional Staffing and Development Manager Asia Pacific, Singapore$2B revenue, 10,000+ employees; member of Exxon and Mobil’s merger team that integrated HR.

US

Human Resources Manager for ExxonMobil Singapore Refinery Operations (International assignment).Provided HR leadership to 1,000-employee complex; Designed labor strategy and negotiated labor-management agreement, including eliminating retirement plan, resulting in significant cost savings.

Held a series of progressive field, Division and Corporate assignments in Human ResourcesDesigned/implemented a restructured recruitment process that resulted in $5M savings in annual operating expense.Provided ongoing advice and counsel to six Regional Directors for the NE Region covering 2,000 company-owned stations over a seven-state area. Successfully.

HR Manager and labor relations representative for 500 employees at a union represented manufacturing facility and a non-union distribution center.

Detroit, Michigan, US

Labor Relations Representative

B.A., Sociology

Mba, Business-Labor Management Relations