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School of RockHEAD OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Mar. 2021 - Jul. 2025Canton, Massachusetts, United States
IpsenSENIOR DIRECTOR – PEOPLE | ORGANIZATION | CAPABILITIES
Jan. 2020 - Dec. 2020Cambridge, MASpearheaded two direct reports in partnering with the Global Talent Management Team and external resources to deploy a robust learning curriculum that aligns with critical business goals. Incorporated classroom, virtual, and online learning solutions. Pioneered diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, talent development, and mentoring efforts to continually enhance operational efficiencies and productivity. ✔ Enabled rapid business scaling in North America, while building an outstanding workplace culture, One Ipsen, with mentoring and coaching programs to take advantage of high-growth industry sector. Boosted the in-house succession planning process with new internal assessments to identify top talent in North American leadership team. Promoted 10 successors into critical roles, while enrolling 15 high-potential managers in the company’s global leadership program; also trained and oriented over 150 leaders at each career stage.
Crate and BarrelDIRECTOR – TALENT | ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT
Jan. 2015 - Dec. 2020Northbrook, ILManaged eight direct reports and $750K budget in coaching top-performing teams to meet aggressive goals aligned with corporate strategies. Established comprehensive succession planning platform with collateral tools to bolster long-term talent acquisition and retention capacities. Led talent reviews, gap analysis, and organizational planning. ✔ Set up and directed a new management fundamentals training program that was attended by over 150 managers; also selected vendor for initial engagement survey and new validated competency model. Introduced 360-degree coaching, team effectiveness strategies, and change management through new assessment workshops and goal planning sessions, positively impacting over 300 employees. Fully assessed executive potential of over 100 directors and selected 15 for the high-potential leadership program; also recognized 10 as successors for critical roles.
Kraft HeinzASSOCIATE DIRECTOR – TALENT | ORGANIZATION EFFECTIVENESS
Jan. 2010 - Dec. 2015Northbrook, ILFacilitated leadership training, talent calibration, and employee engagement strategies. Closely analyzed and evaluated intensive data, while applying continuous changes to revise and improve program status. Cultivated positive employee relationships at all stages from initial onboarding to departure. ✔ Formed and led 15-person team of cross-functional professionals in designing and rolling out an integrated business planning and Stage-Gate platform, delivering higher accuracy for demand forecasting and inventory planning. Launched 10 organizational development intervention programs to enhance team effectiveness, as well as trained 15 leadership teams to optimize innovation, performance, and productivity target for respective business units. Served as Interim Associate Director – Talent and Change Management for one year; introduced new systems for payroll processing, performance management and other areas.
The Kraft Heinz CompanySENIOR MANAGER – MANAGEMENT | ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT | EUROPE
Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2010Zurich, SwitzerlandDirected three cross-discipline professionals in organizing and delivering a wide array of programs and platforms to drive sustainable growth and performance. ✔ Instituted change management workstreams across multiple countries that facilitated smooth rollout of a self-service HR platform to enhance manager and employee experience by 30% post-rollout. Championed the design and implementation of an engagement map that provided key insights into status of employee morale and team building, increasing engagement by 2%.
The Kraft Heinz CompanyMANAGER – MANAGEMENT | ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT | LATIN AMERICA
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2007Miami, Florida, United StatesLed three-member team to focus on designing and administering a full range of tools to develop and promote regional talent. Applied learning and organizational development methods to facilitate talent calibration, employee engagement, and new leader transition. ✔ Created new regional talent development program, partnering with leading business schools in multiple countries to attract over 40 high-potential staff; 10 were promoted after first year. EARLIER EXPERIENCE: Kraft Foods, Rye Brook, NY MANAGER – MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT/LATIN AMERICA
ASSISTANT MANAGER – MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT/LATIN AMERICA Philip Morris, New York, NY TRAINING SPECIALIST/TRAINING COORDINATOR
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