Julie serves as a business partner and collaborator to help her customers increase organizational effectiveness. As a professional with more than 18 years of progressive human resource experience, Julie has worked in the distribution, manufacturing, service, and healthcare environments. Her broad background includes great experiences in talent acquisition and retention, employee relations, training and development, employment law and regulations, performance management, policy development, and compensation and benefits administration.

Key Accomplishments:

Improved employee communication process to increase employee satisfaction and engagement
Developed employee handbooks; managed performance management process; wrote key company policies
Conducted compensation project leading to compensation philosophy, compensation guidelines, a plan to address equity issues and improved employee compensation satisfaction
Recruited and successfully filled technical, professional and leadership positions
Coached and advised managers and senior leaders on complex employee relations issues
Led training and development process for multi-site organization; including succession planning program
Developed and facilitated new employee orientation programs
Led process improvement team to address plant turnover; resulted in improved selection, onboarding and exit interview process
Experienced in organizational change including: merger and acquisitions, expansion and new construction, and culture transformation

Education:

Bachelor’s degree, Communication, St. Norbert College
Master’s degree, Organizational Communication, Northern Illinois University
Certifications as a DDI instructor and Six Sigma Green Belt