Janesville, Wisconsin, United States
As a Global Human Resources Director with over 9 years of progressive HR leadership, I specialize in building high-performing teams, shaping positive workplace cultures, and aligning people strategies with business objectives. I bring a results-driven and servant leadership approach to HR, grounded in global experience across manufacturing, corporate, and matrixed environments. My passion lies in transforming HR from a transactional function to a strategic partner - driving organizational change, enhancing employee engagement, and strengthening leadership capability. I’ve successfully led HR transformations, managed cross-border integrations, and supported executive teams through periods of rapid growth and restructuring. Key strengths include: ✔ Organizational Design & Change Management ✔ Global Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning ✔ HR Operations & Compliance ✔ Leadership Development & Succession Planning ✔ Labor Relations & Union Negotiations ✔ Culture & Engagement Initiatives I believe HR has the power to shape business success and leave a lasting impact. I'm always open to connecting with forward-thinking professionals who value collaboration, innovation, and putting people at the heart of strategy.
* Responsible for full life cycle recruiting to support the current and forecasted hiring needs through sourcing, interviewing and maintaining contact with candidates throughout the hire and on-boarding process. Successfully utilizes resources including LinkedIn, LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and referral program * Introduced a behavioral based hiring format for recruiters and hiring managers which has led to a decrease in time to fill and a higher caliber of candidate * Manage six HR generalists to meet their site-specific recruiting goals through bi-weekly 1:1’s, partnering with them during career fairs and hiring events, establish a list of interviewing questions and role play, and utilize different advertising and social media vehicles * Led a team to recruit 90 direct hires within 60 days to staff production site * Saved the organization over $500K moving away from 3rd party recruiting over the last 2.5 years * Established KPI’s for the recruitment team such as time to fill, quality of hire, submittals to interviews, and interviews to offers. * Oversee the social media sites Linked in and Facebook for the organization. Grew the MPC following on Linked In by 90% over the last 3 years. * Partnered with the VP of HR to establish an apprenticeship program for our skilled trade roles. Currently we have three students enrolled at Blackhawk Technical College and three students at Southwest Technical College.
Recruit and train top talent and foster their development through IDP's and maintain networks within the area. Lead sales team to achieve double digit comp increases through a positive increase in key metrics. Acquire new bridal show accounts to establish that we are #1 in the bridal business and to secure future growth.
Lead the team to record breaking sales results, delivered key loyalty metrics consistently, maintained expenses, and ensured the store was customer ready every day. Recruiter and Trainer who hired top talent and fostered their development through IDP's and maintained networks within the area to ensure timely hires. Regional Aerie Champion who helped in the developing and execution of our cross brand stores. Aerie new store opener.