Regional Director-People & Culture

Transformational Leader Strategic Partner Global Experience

CAREER SNAPSHOT – Brandy Brown is a trailblazing executive professional with over 25 years of experience in implementing strategies to attract top talent. Senior Advisor to senior leadership personnel, senior military officials and operational leaders. Expert decision-maker/problem solver with a strong bias for action in high pressure situations.

Signature Achievements:

Developed and executed a comprehensive regional employee engagement program that improved overall employee satisfaction and retention rates by 39% (2023)

Standardized performance management processes across the region to endure fair and equitable performance ratings

Developed and implemented an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process to reduce the amount of workplace incidents.

Signature Strengths & Competencies

Strength Category

Strength Category

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Talent Management

Training and Development

HR Policy Development

Equal Employment Opportunity Advisor

Employee Relations

Mediation

Contract Negotiator

Grievance Administrator

Leadership

HRIS

Collective Bargaining Units

Succession Planning

Executive Experience

Amazon – Chicago, Illinois January 2022-Present

Regional Senior Human Resources Partner

Regional role responsible for the rapid process improvement of underperforming sites. Was recruited through the military pathway process to standardize, train, and implement improvements at multiple sites. For example, I spend time at for sites that are at risk of being unionized in order to ensure leaders are focused on their engagement activities.

Risk Detection and Mitigation: Apply employee and labor relations expertise to successfully identify trends and challenges, predict and mitigate risk, and develop and execute solution-focused strategies and programs

After rapidly improving the engagement metrics by 60%, I was tasked with visiting sister sites to provide input on how to improve neighboring sites

Created a team of Business Partners and Area Managers to implement DEI programs across the region.

Champion of developing global Amazon business strategies and practices where differences are the result of local law for enhanced financial

Governs multiple projects from different process or project teams. Leads the team through scope changes and unintended breakdowns

Architects the vision and operationalizes it into ambitious goals and deliverables

Deliver Innovative Solutions: Challenge current practices, industry status quo, and generate creative mechanisms that bring about large-scale solutions

Work independently with minimal supervision, in ambiguous situations, and persevere over internal and external barriers to drive resolutions

Department of Defense – Remote, January 2009- December 2021

Chief Labor/Employee Relations Specialist-GS14

Participate as part of a management team and serve as a resource for developing and recommending procedures and policy-impacting activities related to employee and labor relations. Serve as an authoritative expert on staffing and recruitment issues for a complex facility with frequently changing priorities and functions. Provide authoritative advice to managers, supervisors, and employees regarding the most difficult, complex, and unprecedented recruitment and placement actions.

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Professional Experience, Continued

Drafted, negotiated, and examined agreements or other legal documents required by the agency's actions in regard to employee or labor relations activities.

Represented agency/client in hearings related to employee and labor relations; analyzing guidance or laws on policy impacting activities to provide guidance; and advising staff, stakeholders, or government officials on human resource management programs related to employee and labor relations.

Provided advice and council to lower graded HR staff, management, and employees on the most complex and difficult OWCP, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Limited/Light Duty issues, etc. Work with HR Specialist to strategically and proactively assess long-term OWCP cases, evaluate governing OWCP regulations for changes to determine impact on short and long-term OWCP policies and program initiatives; and devising plans sufficient to mitigate unusual or unfavorable cases.

Provided technical expertise in determining rates of pay and on using compensation flexibilities to help recruit, manage, and retain employees.

Chief Labor Negotiator for 13 collective bargaining agreements

United States Navy – Cuba/Italy/California July 1997-April 2006

Petty Officer 1st class-Logistics Management

Planned, organized, and directed NASF logistics operations in support of NASF and supported aviation unit training and flight operations. The Aviation Logistics Management Officer (ALMO) provides logistical support to, and partners with, the NASF Commander, Flight Operations, Safety, Quality Assurance, and supported unit commanders in planning, scheduling, and implementing a comprehensive flying program.

worked with people from various levels and backgrounds to elicit their cooperation to perform specific tasks, and complying with regulations, laws, or practices; Experience in managing the function of the work to be performed

Received Navy Achievement Medal for my role in maintaining critical mission readiness while in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Monitored such functions as program planning, resource and fiscal management, training, manpower management, and/or automated data processing to meet the logistics plan; Experience identifying delays or problems and developing corrective actions

Analyzed the supply chain and developed actions as a result of analysis results, metrics, quality assurance/compliance, operating practices, and reporting.

Education

DEGREE – AREA OF FOCUS Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, California- BS Psychology and Social Action

DEGREE – AREA OF FOCUS US Navy Basic Training, Waukegan, Illinois- General

Brandy Brown

Chicago, Illinois, 60601 408-***-**** ad5b58@r.postjobfree.com

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