
Vice President, Talent Management at Zep
Greater Atlanta Area

Vice President, Talent Management at Zep
Greater Atlanta Area
Leadership
• Catalyst in aligning the human capital strategy with the business strategy
• Passion for motivating people to “cross the bridge” to the next level in career development
• Clearly defined vision, able to establish direction for organization during difficult transitions
• Personal commitment to role modeling highest standards of ethics and integrity
Strategic
• Demonstrated ability to align people, process and technology with human capital strategy
• Proven ability to create and market outstanding employment brands
• Effective communicator skilled at building productive internal and external relationships
• Gifted at influencing, motivating and engaging leaders to maximize human capital
Talent Management, Organizational Development, Talent Acquisition, Talent Assessment, Workforce Planning, Leadership Development, Succession Planning, ATS Selection, Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO), Metrics and Measurements, Recruiter Training, Interviewer Training, HR Executive Coaching, Recruiter Training, College and University Relations and Recruiting, Corporate Recruiter Incentive Programs, Sales Coaching.
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; ZEP; Chemicals industry)
March 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Oversee the Zep Talent Strategy
Responsible for Talent Acquisition, Talent Management & Organizational Development
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Human Resources industry)
September 2007 — February 2008 (6 months)
* Sharing 12+ years of corporate recruiting expertise with clients who desire to hire the right people in the right roles at the right time for their businesses
* Provide supplemental leadership as a partner in aiming the recruiting strategy (people, process, technology, cultural focus) and execution in the right direction to achieve significant gains year over year
* Oversee Executive Search practice including new search development and fulfillment with an established niche in HR leadership roles
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HMB; Financial Services industry)
October 2003 — August 2007 (3 years 11 months)
• Directed the overall human capital strategy for the Company
• Developed a robust online assessment platform to measure culture fit, job-specific competency, leadership capacity and learning capability prior to recruiter screening
• Implemented leadership assessment and development, leadership rankings, performance management and leadership inventory
• Managed human capital acquisition and management requirements for all segments of the business which entails workforce planning, succession planning, leadership development and assessment
• Launched an Assimilation Program for Leaders, Sales Rookies and Operations Trainees resulting in increased productivity
• Designed the Compensation Framework for sales, including sales management
• Over the past four years, HomeBanc has won numerous Best Place to Work awards in major metropolitan cities and has been ranked nationally by Fortune Magazine and GPTW as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; WB; Banking industry)
January 2001 — October 2003 (2 years 10 months)
• Achieved RASBIC Best Overall Award for corporate recruiting in 2003
• Lead manager on the HR integration team for the Wachovia-First Union merger
• Established (post merger) the first dedicated recruiting team for CIB supporting 4600 capital markets positions globally in Investment Banking, Fixed Income, Equity Capital Markets, Equity Linked Derivative Products, Credit Capital Markets, Capital Finance, Treasury Services, International Banking and CIB Finance
• Built and managed a succession planning and leadership assessment methodology
• Managed retained and contingency search activity including marketing, negotiations, market pricing, satisfaction surveys and performance management
(Human Resources industry)
2000 — 2000 (less than a year)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; KO; Consumer Goods industry)
May 1997 — March 2000 (2 years 11 months)
* Managed sourcing of multi-functional, professional talent for North America
* Directed a team of 5 Managers, 14 Recruiters, 6 Researchers and 5 support staff
* Directed executive-level talent acquisition, assimilation, orientation and development for the Africa Group, Coca-Cola USA, The Minute Maid Company, Global Marketing, Finance, and The Learning Consortium (HR)
* Chartered and facilitated Talent Development Committees to initiate/execute business plan-based human capital planning, succession planning and executive development
* Created first-ever direct sourcing strategy and rebuilt sourcing and staffing processes
* Partnered with senior management to develop and align recruitment strategy, resources and process with business strategies
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; BAC; Banking industry)
September 1990 — May 1997 (6 years 9 months)
* Oversaw the succesful hiring of over 7900 new associates into exempt positions in 2 years
* Reengineered the recruiting function from a geographic to a functional expertise based model in the first 90 days
* Oversaw all recruitment for a nine state territory managing a team of 4 team leaders and 65 recruiting professionals
* Launched the first ever assessment and selection tools for hiring commercial bankers, consumer bankers and banking center managers
* Hired, developed and mentored 5 associates who are currently HR executives in public companies
BS, Management , Accounting, Finance, Marketing , 1982 — 1986
Graduated with High Honors in 4 years
Achieved Dean's List grades in 11 of 12 quarters
GPA 3.6/4.0 overall, 4.0/4.0 in major
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