True Value Company

Vice President, Human Resources (CHRO) Retired

Reporting to the General Counsel & Chief Human Resources Officer, responsible to consult with leadership in the development and execution of human resources strategies that support business and functional needs.

Works closely with functional leadership in the development of people strategies inclusive of workforce planning and recruitment , talent management, organizational design and associate relations.

Serves  as the senior level HR leader over True Value's Retail Support Center (Corporate Functions) Regional Distribution Centers within Illinois, Ohio, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Georgia, Texas Kansas, Arizona, Oregon, California and our True Value Paint Manufacturing Center in Cary, Illinois.

Senior Director, Human Resources - Retail Support Center & Field Human Resources

Essendant

Senior level HR role with three distinctive areas of accountability; HR Strategic Business Partner and leadership team member Essendant's largest business unit - Office Products, Company-wide responsibility for Talent Recruitment & Staffing and centralized HR services.

•	Created a centralized Talent Acquisition model in early 2011 shifting accountability from the HR generalist to a HR specialist model of dedicated recruitment professionals achieving 1500-1700 hires annually
•	Developed and executed service level standards; enhanced transparency of service levels and time to fill performance
•	Provided primary HR leadership support for the Office Products and Janitorial / Sanitation sales transformation and reorganization during 2013 and 2014 including customer segmentation, competency model newly defined roles and alignment of sales incentives. 
•	Created and implemented HR Services; centralized administration of payroll, benefits and  FMLA/LOA administration; developed and implemented service level standards, metrics and reporting including % of first call resolution, one and two day turnaround performance and quality ratings on associate service levels.

Vice President, Human Resources & HR Shared Services

Senior level HR role with accountability as the HR Strategic Business Partner supporting Corporate Functions, leadership of Total Rewards (Compensation & Benefits) and Talent Acquisition and Staffing
- Responsible for the development of people implications, strategies and HR operating plans that support the attainment of assigned functional strategies
- Successful implementation of career banding initiative moving from a standard grade system to 5 broad based career bands for exempt and non-exempt roles
- Effectively drove our "high performance team" strategic pillar through the execution of performance calibration sessions for performance management and succession planning processes
- Responsible for the identification, selection and implementation of a new recruitment technology platform
- Key sponsor and leader of two process improvement Kaizan events focused on the consistency of recruiting practices and processes

VP, Corporate Human Resources, Total Rewards and Talent Acquisition

Primary HR leadership role supporting the field organization including operations, transportation, supply chain, sales and customer care functions.
- Selected to lead in the development and execution of an enterprise-wide, Field HR Shared Services model supporting three independent business units, 61 distribution and customer care facilities and 6000+ associates organized through a market based approach to human resources support
- Responsible for the development and implementation of a company-wide proactive strategy to monitor and track facility health and associate engagement
- Effectively developed and executed HR process standardization including recruitment and hiring, termination, leave of absence, reduction in force, LOA/FMLA and ADA processes to ensure consistency of practice and process

VP, Field Human Resources & Corporate Talent Acquisition

Director, Corporate Human Resources & Talent Recruitment

Gap Inc.

Established strategies, processes and programs that enabled the timely attraction and hiring of high caliber talent for Gap Inc. Developed and implemented Gap Inc.’s employment branding,  standards and processes, disciplined workforce planning practices and performance metrics that measured internal client satisfaction levels.
- Accountability for professional and executive level and college level recruitment and staffing functions supporting Gap Inc. businesses including Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Outlet and International Divisions.
- Directed and managed the recruitment functions with locations in San Francisco, San Bruno, New York and decentralized locations within the U.S. and Canada
- Team efforts were responsible for for the hiring of 1,822 salaried hires within Corporate Functions within Field Management ranks
- Developed recruiting scorecard, performance metrics, service level standards and delivered formalized quarterly reporting to Executive Leadership Team and Senior HR Business Partners
- Developed methodology, processes and tools to support disciplined workforce planning practices

VP, Talent Attraction & Staffing

Sears, Roebuck and Co. (Sears Holdings)

Established the strategic direction of recruitment initiatives that enabled the enterprise to achieve its business goals.  As the Company’s top recruitment executive, developed and sustained a department that provided  high quality, cost effective recruitment services which delivered talent to support the people strategies of the business.

VP / Director, Recruitment and Staffing

Sears Holding

Responsible to develop human resource solutions in support of  business / functional strategies and key operating objectives for Corporate Staff. Responsible, as the primary HR contact in the development of people strategies, creating future leaders, and driving a high performance culture.  Responsible to broker specialized HR services in the delivery of high quality solutions to business needs.

VP/Director Corporate Human Resources

Responsible to develop recruiting strategies, processes and programs to support business needs.  Responsible to direct the external recruiting efforts for Retail, Services, Credit / Financial Services, Online, Information Technology, Corporate Functions and hourly field recruitment strategy.  Responsible for the leadership and direction of entry level college programs in Corporate and Field based management roles.

VP / Director, Recruitment, Staffing & College Relations

Responsible for the development and implementation of HR / Succession Planning processes for the total Full-Line organization.  Development of strategy and direction for Full-Line recruitment efforts for both Corporate Staff and field based management positions.

Director, HR Planning, Development & Recruitment

Manager, Executive Recruitment

Kohl's Department Stores

Regional Manager, Recruitment & Associate Relations

Dayton's, Hudson's & Marshall Fields

Manager, College Relations & Recruitment

Human Resources executive holding multi-disciplinary leadership roles including Senior HR Business Partner/Generalist, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards and HR Operations.  Innovative human resources leader with a strong track record of building a disciplined people strategy and developing HR strategic solutions supporting business and organizational objectives.

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