State Farm

Lead and assist independent contract agents in the adoption of State Farm marketing and technology processes to reach their objectives and enhance the customer experience.

Field Implementation Coach

Medtronic

Shape both business and IT strategy by gaining a complete understanding of the business needs and objectives, aligning work to enterprise strategies and capabilities, and prioritizing and assessing business value achievement.

Consult with business stakeholders to understand and evaluate current business processes and identify complex problems and needs. 

- Facilitating the automation of legal contracts for Healthcare Professionals, Patients, and Caregivers, by conducing a thorough analysis of the current manual process, facilitating interviews to gather requirements , and designing future state solution. Coordinate testing and implementation.
- Implemented the pilot Global Onboarding solution in Latin America by leading countries towards standardized processes, reducing process duplication, and providing clear, consistent process for leader, candidates and new hires.
-Led Medtronic Foundation through a request for proposal process to identify a new employee engagement provider, reducing vendor costs by 50%. Navigated a last-minute vendor pullout leveraging well-defined goals, expectations, and a solid timeline that drove towards a quick change to a new vendor.

Sr. Principal Business Relations Analyst - HR & Legal

UNFI

Solution delivery from design, development, test, and installation - managing resources and leading through the project plan.
- Demand Forecast Inventory Planning (DFIO) - 3 weeks into my job, I traced design to business requirements to identify missing requirements. Built an action plan, presented to leaders, and led developers to create a solid solution.
-Code Dating - project managed through 18 designs, Certification, UAT, and developed to production while leveraging my experiences working with a diverse team - knowing when to compromise and when to influence.

Sr. IT Business Systems Analyst

Zeros and Ones

HRIT Functional Consultant working at Wells Fargo.
Functional liaison analyzing business strategy and user needs, document specifications, and translated complex regulatory business objectives into proper system requirement specifications using Systems Development Lifecycle Tracker. 

Responsible for Quality Assurance and provided comprehensive test plans, test cases, performed functional testing and ensured proper user acceptance testing. Partnered with business and downstream stakeholders to ensure a successful implementation and transition.

HRIT Systems Consultant - Wells Fargo

Target

Led strategic planning, development and implementation of HRIT projects, processes and/or systems to support HR priorities. 
o	Identified transformative and innovative processes by leveraging technical solution capabilities, delivering savings through automation and/or implementing best practices. 
o	Directed $7M HR imaging project by prioritizing work and building system requirements and/or process efficiencies through development of strong business need understanding.
o	Established productivity reporting abilities and automated manual processes. 
o	Earned annual HR Operations Recognition Award for achievements.
o	Coordinated external medical provider, phone contractor, internal technical strategies, and security, supporting opening of well-being center in headquarter location.
o	Built security solution for enterprise knowledge/process repository, ensuring common and confidential information was provided to the right people at the right time.
o	Supported system security by maintaining secure and accessible enterprise access to HR vendor and managing quarterly Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) reviews. 
o	Led enterprise testing and remediation for Internet Explorer upgrade that impacted all HR partners and vendors in headquarters, stores, and distribution, ensuring all teams had application and vendor system access without interruption.

Consultant, Human Resource Operations

Created and managed HRIT team to support critical HR solutions. 
o	Developed strategies and solutions for continued development and growth, including global HCM expansion to 3K employees in 26 locations in 18 countries. 
o	Aligned work to enterprise strategies and capabilities by establishing HR intake and prioritization solution.
o	Provided challenging work, inspiring team to excel in delivering results.

Manager, HR Operations Manager

Managed multifaceted projects from conception to implementation and executed short-term initiatives. Developed strong partnerships to maximize resources, drive to issue resolution, and prioritize objectives.
o	Implemented PeopleSoft HCM as HR process lead for 300K employees, providing consistent, seamless processes, system integration, and employee self-service.
o	Delivered on time and on budget consistently while managing multiple project timelines.

Project Manager, Human Resources

Managed multiple teams that supported 350,000 Headquarters, Distribution and Store employees processing transactions into our Human Capital Management systems, maintained all employee personal files, and provided support for inquiries related to HR practices, employment/mortgage verification and health benefits.
o	Developed strategies and solutions for process productivity, process improvement and strengthening our HR/Benefit administration provided to team members and field HR expanding from test center to full service center.
o	Project manager to move from paper to image process and storage solution for 325,000 employees

Manager, Human Resource Shared Service Center

Executive management responsibilities included expense control, sales, productivity, team management and performance management.

Manager, Store Operations

Lead and energize cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments, delivering enterprise initiatives through strategic and operational solutions and influential leadership style. Collaborate across large enterprises, building effective partnerships with senior leaders, business leaders, and technology teams. 
Manage multiple initiatives simultaneously through collaboration, simplicity, and clear and measurable goal identification. Adapt quickly to change with confidence and seek new experiences to continue personal growth. 

Key strengths include Project and Process Management, Execution Leadership, and Solution Identification.

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