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 approach, Safe-Guard Products has become the leading provider of F&I products in the aftermarket industry. For more information, visit www.safe-guardproducts.com.

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 organizational matters relevant to talent, culture and organizational change in support of the business strategy. Interface with Board of Directors, Board Compensation Committee and Private Equity Partners on relevant organizational initiatives. • 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 recruiting operating expense• Implemented benefits strategy that saved over $750K in health and welfare costs while holding employee premiums flat, at a time when competitors experienced increases over 10%• Designed and implemented cultural framework to define and drive new culture• Implemented executive scorecard with integrated KPIs and a leveraged variable pay structure for executive compensation to drive senior leadership alignment and overall financial performance• Designed and implemented New Employee Value Proposition, leveraging total rewards, learning and development, work environment and culture to attract and retain mission critical talent• Introduced Decision Effectiveness Initiative (RAPID) resulting in improved decision effectiveness throughout the organization

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• Introduced Culture Change initiatives to drive sales effectiveness and reduce sales turnover by 30%

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 organization and practices for Asia Pacific operations (Expatriate); led team to implement performance management and development process for newly integrated region.

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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 negotiated several union contracts, defeated two organizing attempts

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