Kevin M. Clarke

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Human Resources leader with 16 years of progressive HR generalist experience that crosses the entire value chain of HR with a

strong emphasis on HR Strategic Planning, Performance Management, Talent Management & Succession Planning,

Organizational Design & Development, Employee Relations, HR Technology, and Project Management.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Enterprise Business Architect (Director), Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 10/20012 - present

High potential employee appointed to the newly created business transformation and alignment organization. Partner with

Executive Committee Members from HR, Marketing, Sales, and Supply Chain to develop strategy roadmaps and capability

models that represent people, financials, and processes. Conduct business transformation efforts to achieve business outcomes

(increased revenue; opportunity creation; cost avoidance; and cost reduction).

• Partnered with Human Resources to implement a future state Hire to Retire process that increased efficiencies by 27% and a

virtual training program that yielded $1.2m savings per annum.

• Partnered with the CFO & VP of HR to redesign the corporate headcount management process that led to transparency and

accurate reporting which increased the CEO’s confidence with the integrity of the headcount reporting data.

• Partnered with Sales, Sales Operations, and Marketing to conduct an analysis of each respective function’s capabilities in

parallel with a current state analysis of sales force enablement composed of strategy, operations, and reporting tools.

• Redesigned the Medical Affairs clinical data dissemination process resulting in the elimination of redundant actions and

increased clarity across the value chain.

• Global team lead accountable for the development of a global business engagement model.

Senior Manager, Human Resources Business Partner, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 7/2012 – 09/2012

Business Partner Lead for Oncology, Hospital, Sales Operations, Supply Chain and Information Technology.

• Developed the Oncology sales force in partnership with the Sales & Marketing organizations.

• Partnered with clients to conduct talent management and succession planning sessions.

• Conducted employee engagement focus groups.

• Co-designed leadership development programs consisting of strength finders, and social styles.

Senior Manager, HR Planning & Program Management, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 04/2010 – 06/2012

Selected by the Vice President of Human Resources as the “chief of staff” for the Human Resources function responsible for

Human Resources strategic planning and program management.

• Selected as one of seven people in the company to become a corporate business planning lead responsible for the annual

business plan submission composed of three phases: situation analysis; strategic evaluation; and tactical planning.

• Co-lead of the Performance Management process design, vendor selection, and the Success Factors Performance & Goals

system implementation resulting in an ROI of $200k per annum.

• Responsible for conducting Human Resources due diligence activities for M&A opportunities inclusive of compensation,

benefits, and severance analyses.

• Created the DSI HR Program Management model to effectively manage HR processes and projects that led to increased

project completion and on time project completion by 30% & 53% respectively.

• Participated in a compensation job rotation responsible for job evaluations, market pricing, and salary surveys.

• Project lead managing multiple organizational realignments across the commercial organization.

• Directed the US Packaging plant implementation (organization structure, compensation, benefits, recruitment, time &

attendance) to enable the US commercial operation’s capabilities by packaging pharmaceuticals domestically.

Senior Manager, HR Process Management, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 10/2008 – 03/2010

Directed HR Process improvement efforts to improve the efficiency of HR service delivery. Accountable for the integrity of

DSI’s HR master data and organizational structure within SAP HCM modules.

• Managed a team of four HRIS analysts responsible for HR process, HR operations (compensation, benefits, LOA), data

integrity, reporting and analytics.

• Directed all HR SAP large scale initiatives, organization realignments, sales operations integrations, and annual processes

(Performance Management, Compensation Planning, Tiered Sales Force Program, and 360 processes).

• Led the bi-directional data interface implementation between SAP and Kenexa Brass Ring by developing a ROI resulting in

reduced operating costs by 23%.

• Defined and implemented a position management process resulting in ~12% increase of data quality and reduction of cycle

time by 60%.

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Senior Manager, Human Resources – Sales, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 04/2006 – 09/2008

Directed the HR Business Partner team accountable for Sales Operations, Supply Chain and the Eastern half of the United

States sales force.

• Managed a team of four HR Business Partners who partnered with management to define, develop and implement HR

solutions to optimize talent, organizational design, succession planning, and employee engagement.

• Coached management on performance management and employee relations issues to ensure consistency of application and

reduce the risk of litigation.

• Selected by the Vice President of Human Resources as the Human Resources functional lead accountable for the Daiichi

Sankyo SAP HCM implementation (managed 20+ project team) across the Commercial and R&D divisions spanning the US

& UK. Responsibilities included: future state process design (blue printing), development, configuration, testing, change

management and training strategy, security, and production maintenance.

Manager, Human Resources – Sales, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., Parsippany, NJ, 08/2004 –03/2006

Provided HR generalist support to the Field Sales, Sales Operations, and Sales Training organizations inclusive of performance

management, talent development, retention, recruiting, and HR analytics.

• Led the Daiichi & Sankyo sales force merger integration.

• Directed & co-developed the Sales Leadership Acceleration Program (LeAP) resulting in 85% internal fulfilment of sales

management positions during DSI’s expansion period.

• Designed and delivered training to sales management focused on performance management, progressive discipline, and

employment law.

• Redesigned the DSI termination process for the sales force which increased data accuracy by ~30%.

• Designed the Specialty Sales Tiering Career Path Program for Sankyo Pharma’s specialty sales force.

Human Resources Consultant, Accenture, Florham Park, NJ, 10/2000 – 08/2004

Responsible for leading Human Resources programs for various consulting and outsourcing client engagements composed of

process improvement; project management; organization analysis & design; and performance management.

• Key contributor to the sale and deployment of a $1 billion dollar incentive based co-sourcing engagement including the

creation of an outsourcing unit which netted an additional $5 million dollars per annum in cost savings.

• Responsible for various United States Human Resources Transformation efforts which resulted in the creation of employee

self-service technology and the creation of efficient HR processes, operations (e.g., call centers), training design and delivery.

• Executed annual and mid-year performance management processes by facilitating calibration meetings, providing guidance

and training.

• Developed web based performance feedback tracking tool resulting in executive accountability of informal and formal

feedback.

Eastern Division Human Resources Representative, Diebold, Incorporated, Plainsboro, NJ, 01/1999 – 10/2000

Responsible for all Human Resources programs within the Eastern Division (Sales, Marketing, and Service), including:

compensation; recruitment; staffing; workforce planning; organizational development; and employee relations.

Human Resources Assistant, Intesys Technologies, Gilbert, AZ, 06/1997 – 12/1998

Responsible for the recruitment of direct and indirect labor (technical and professional); served as an employee relations liaison

for management, supervisors and production workers in three business divisions.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts – Labor Studies, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, 1997

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Member of the Society for Human Resources Management • Business Architecture Guild Member

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

• Appointed by the Management Committee as a formal • 1999 Diebold, Inc. Special Recognition Award for

mentor in the DSI Women’s Forum Mentoring program Outstanding Achievement and Performance 1999

• Consistently ranked within DSI’s top 30% performance Diebold, Inc. Quality Award Recipient

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rating percentiles Employee of the Quarter, First Quarter 1998

• Advisory Committee member to the following DSI • InteSys Technologies Certificate of Recognition

Corporate Objectives: Learning Management System for Outstanding Performance 1998

• Co-Champion for QS9000/ISO9000 Re-certification

program and the DSI Procurement Service Delivery

Model. Period

• Ranked within Accenture’s FY01, FY02, and FY03 top

10% performance rating tier in the United States

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TECHNOLOGY SKILLS:

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SAP HCM Modules: OM; PA; Benefits; PD; ARIS Business Process Management Tool

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ECM; ESS; and MSS Kenexa Brass Ring

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PeopleSoft 7.59 Market Pay Market Pricing Application

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iVantage HRIS Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Visio, Access,

• Success Factors Performance & Goals PowerPoint)

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Success Factors Succession & Development Microsoft Project

• Success Factors LMS

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