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Seattle, WA, US

Seattle, WA, US

-Serve as the HR Business Partner to two Alexa VPs and ten Directors who lead product, engineering, marketing, and support organizations totaling 1,100 employees across 18 countries.-Responsible for talent management, DEI, succession and change management, culture, and organizational effectiveness strategies across remit. Provide business insights based on.

Seattle, WA, US

-Served as the primary HR Leader for Amazon's Specialty Retail Stores (4-Star, Bookstores, and Pop Ups). Client group spanned 67 stores across the US and included 1,500 employees.-Implemented talent management and succession planning strategies which led to a streamlined field role promotion process which created a bench of ready-now leaders to enable the.

Seattle, WA, US

-Launched the Amazon Hub Counter product across Canada with over 500 partner locations. This required managing business development, delivery carriers (internal and external), technical software and hardware teams, building business requirements and partnering with PR to drive adoption. In the first year of operation, decreased first time delivery defects.

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Leading a team of 200+ team members with fifteen hourly leaders and seven salaried leaders, while overseeing the day-to-day activities relating to business strategy, employee engagement, change management and.
• Oversaw various HR functions, including employee relations (ER) and labor (LR) relations, and managed conflict (analyzing data and transforming analytics into action), led Workday implementation
• Recruitments efforts include hiring 113 new team members, turning three of seven direct reports to new positions and managing recruitment efforts (interviewing & onboarding) for new hires
• Built processes that enabled training, which led to improving KPI responsibilities for hiring, staffing, training & retention of the team at all levels, including supporting nearby stores
• Awarded “Rookie of the Year Store Director” in 2019 by the regional VP

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Oversaw the overall strategies, safety and security, and minimized shortage for 33 stores in WA, OR, ID and MT; recognized by Director & District Team Leaders for support, talent assessment and performance
• Managed and trained a team of thirty-three (33) Assets Protection direct reports, while utilizing HR background to influence and support staffing at all levelso Led the team to score a 91% engagement rating on the Best.
• Led and created the asset protection operations strategies, including investing in, and inspiring, the asset protection and store teamso Created intense succession planning for the territories (South Eastern/Eastern.
• Awarded the “Most Valuable Player” in asset protection for the region by peers

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Served as the interim HR leader for a team of 130 members during an HR peer’s absence; managed HR operations, including talent management (interviewing & candidate selection), processes and employee attendance
• Performed confidential in-store investigations, both loss and policy investigations related to workplace violence, domestic violence and self-harm/suicide
• Recognized by the Executive Vice-President of Human Resources for process and cultural improvement efforts

Minneapolis, MN, US

• Assistant Store Manager and Logistics Leader leading a team of 45 and 3 non-exempt Team Leaderso Recognized for implementing store-wide talent management strategy to increase engagement as measured by annual team.
• As Leader on Duty, managed the store logistics, including replenishment, back room, receiving and in-stock processes, while supervising a Facilities Management and Store Facility Technician
• Recognized as a top contributor out of 40+ peers in nine districts, awarded 2013 Q2 Top Contributor

Minneapolis, MN, US

• As the Assistant Store Manager, oversaw the shortage reduction and safety programs, while managing two direct reports; driver operational shortage indicator metrics and achieved a #2 ranking in a group of 65 storeso.
• Chosen as an Assets Protection (AP) District Resource and served AP leaders among nine stores through mentor relationships and follow-up
• Selected as Market Trainer and facilitated key certification trainings
• Recognized as 2011 Q4 and 2012 Q3 Top Contributor from