Kelley Brakstad

KELLEY BRAKSTAD A dynamic, creative and business-focused HR Executive with experience gained in fast paced and creative MNC's. Passion for coaching and developing programs to enable powerful leadership to meet the challenges of business. Hong Kong/UK | -/ - |- Work experience May 2018 - current Principle Consultant CReateHR HR services, Training, Leadership, Management Coaching 2015 - 2018 HR Director - Supply Chain Operations & Talent Development - ASIA VF Hong Kong Ltd VF Corporation is an international lifestyle apparel operating across in Retail, Wholesale and e-commerce channels. Previous roles held in Asia: HRD - Direct to Consumer & Multi-channel Development, and HR Shared Services - Asia; HRD - Timberland, Kipling & Global Business Technology - Asia Strategic Business Partner for VP's of each business unit across ASIA organisation, thought partner for development of HR shared service centre, move to Retail-centric culture and Talent Development to support Business growth. Most recently, as part of the Supply Chain Operations Leadership team, drove and led pro-active Talent Reviews which resulted in identifying development and succession opportunities and enabled a 50% increase of successful internal rotations for personal and career advancement. Through this process, I was able to implement new training programs and further develop Career Lattice to support development. In addition, I was part of a Leadership team to facilitate the in Millennial Plus program which spanned across Asia Sourcing and Business organisations. As part of the Talent Development Team, building and developing coaching and feedback clinics to be implemented across both Sourcing and Business sides of the organisation to support new global strategy and Purpose and Culture alignment for the purpose of creating a High Performance Culture. 2012 - 2015 Senior HR Business Partner Jeanswear - EMEA VF Europe BVBA Strategic Partner to Brand Management teams with EMEA responsibility, supporting Wholesale, Retail Head office (Full Price, Factory Outlet, e-comm) and Supply Chain Operations to achieve efficiency and business strategy goals. Additional responsibility within Supply Chain for manufacturing plant in Turkey. Reporting to the Vice President, Brand HR, dotted line to Brand Presidents and Coalition President. Collaborate with internal partners to design relevant initiatives and projects to support strategic planning. Participate and lead HR initiatives: Talent Acquisition Project, VF Europe Mobility Program Review. Organisational strategic resource planning and talent management across client group addressing structure, job design, talent gaps, development plans, succession plans, retention and recruitment needs. Organisational Development: Engage the line in the development of people through proactive career planning, coaching and leadership competency development. Deliver training/workshop facilitation: skills capabilities, behaviour competencies and leadership. 2007 - 2012 HR Manager Polo Ralph Lauren Europe Polo Ralph Lauren is a globally recognised luxury lifestyle brand with both Retail and Wholesale divisions A Business Partner service approach with responsibility across Wholesale, Retail Head office (Full Price and Factory Outlet) and Shared Service client groups. Reporting to the HR Senior Director. Responsible for Talent Acquisition across a variety of specialist positions: IT, Warehousing, Sartorial specialists, Creative Visual specialists, Marketing & PR and Buying & Planning. Employee Relations: Conducting and coaching Managers through both informal and formal employee management including but not limited to Grievance and Disciplinary policies and procedures, performance management, career development and skills and behaviour coaching Compensation and Benefits: Partner with US and Geneva Team to manage corporate benefits and Expat agreements. Part of larger EU team to produce and deliver benchmarking data and analysis to assist in decision making on salary structures and annual salary increases. Participated in Job Mapping project in anticipation for SAP. Responsible for payroll sign off. Change management: Created and implemented competencies for Head Office Retail, using business data and existing communication to roll out of new competencies and general principles to influence recruitment, provide greater clarity of expectations in roles, and succession planning. Talent Development: Coordinated and managed restructure and ensuring any subsequent redundancies are handled sensitively and in accordance with legislation in liaison with legal advisors. Performance Management training and process management through to preparation of management documents for Review Board meetings 2005 - 2007 HR & Training Adviser Eisai Ltd Eisai Ltd is a Japanese pharmaceutical company, ranked within the top 20 pharmaceuticals globally with a global turnover of£ 2.6 billion Reporting to the Head of HR, my role was to provide a comprehensive Human Resources service to the Eisai Global Clinical Development(EGC) division Restructured recruitment process and coordinated recruitment activity within a team to deliver a 50% growth in headcount. Key member of a team which included Clinical Compliance and the US Training and Development staff, to develop, test and successfully pilot an e-learning initiative. Representative in various working groups including change management and an innovation project to deliver initiatives to increase efficient harmonisation of global study team groups Co-editor of the quarterly newsletter for the global R&D operations Talent Management and Employee Relations 2002 - 2005 HR Manager Added Value (part of the WPP Group) Added Value is a marketing consultancy committed to creating transformational growth through impact branding 2000 - 2002 HR Coordinator Added Value Reporting to the Managing Director, my role was to provide generalist operational and strategic advisory/coaching HR support to deliver the continued growth to meet the needs of the business. Full responsibility for the management of the recruitment process from job analysis through to selection at all levels. Led and managed benefit initiatives to improve overall employee satisfaction and enable competitive packages to attract candidates. Policy development in alignment with Employment Law and parent company (WPP) policies e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, EU working time directive Talent development : Design and facilitate company induction programme as well as responsible for the design, implementation and monitoring of Competency based selection and 360 feedback appraisal system. Education 1997 - 1998 MA Education programme ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY Seattle, Washington Professional Education Certification - Secondary Biology 1992 - 1996 Bachelor of Science (BSc) –Zoology UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Seattle, Washington Certificate of High Scholarship Hughes Undergraduate Research Internship – Biological Oceanography Lab Friday Harbour Laboratories Campus based coursework and research – published paper 1995 Projects May 2018 - HR Board Advisor - Goama Ptd. (Go Games - Singapore & UAE) Providing strategic HR Leadership, mentoring and ESOP program development for an Asia Start up Tech Company: 'Netflix of mobile gaming' provider to SE Asia. Currently in Seed funding phase. Professional certifications MALPAS /BPP PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION - UK (2005) CIPD Flexible Learning programme – CIPD Associate Human Resources DDI Facilitation Skills Certification (2014) Lominger Leadership Architect™ Competency Tools Certification (2017) Performance & Ontological Coaching Workshop (2017) Enrolled in Conversational Intelligence™ Certification course (June 2018) - Judith E. Glaser C-IQ certification will enable me to expand my portfolio of frameworks, tools and techniques to support Organisational, Team and Individual development and transformation