Human Resources Manager

Kay Creighton

480-***-**** Hm 310-***-**** (Cell) PO Box 3793

Carefree, AZ 85377 ************@***.***

Professional Summary

A seasoned HR business leader with an excellent record of influencing

positive change in the organization, mentoring and developing people, and

assessing talent. Strategic thinker with ability to develop strategy and

deliver effective tactics. Strong analytical focus on business process

improvement and project and change management capabilities. Able to partner

effectively with others across all areas and levels within the

organization.

Professional Experience

Freeport-MacMoRan Copper & Gold, Phoenix, AZ

March 2013 to Present

Global copper gold and moly mining company of 30,000 employees supplying

metals for industrial and other applications.

Leads compensation function for global mining company. Manage a team of 6

direct reports. Ensure competitive pay and fair pay decisions.

Manager, Compensation

Key Accomplishments:

. Conducted research study and impact/cost analysis of a phased

retirement program in order to retain human capital of a large

retirement age population.

. Conducted a market review of compensation position to market to

identify competitive position in order to address areas of concern.

Cox Communications Inc., Las Vegas, NV

Private Telecommunications Company of 32,000 associates providing video,

telephony, and high speed data services to residential and commercial

customers. - Supported market location of 1300 leaders and team members.

Led a team of 10 HR professionals.

Director, Human Resources

2010 - 2012

Key Accomplishments:

. Consulted with Leaders from all business areas (Commercial and

Residential Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance, Customer Care, etc.) on a

broad range of organizational change initiatives to identify impacts and

implementation considerations.

. Led business process analysis and developed talent acquisition strategy

to ensure effective recruitment process and improved quality of hire.

. Developed and delivered leader training to ensure effective assessment of

candidates; educate on Affirmative Action plans and ensure compliance

with federal and state law.

. Developed and delivered performance management training for leaders to

ensure effective assessment and management of performance.

. Collaborated with business leaders and partnered with peer HR leaders to

develop a competency based profile to ensure effective recruitment, on-

boarding and development of needed knowledge, skills, and behavioral

attributes.

. Implemented new leader on-boarding program to ensure greater opportunity

for success and speed to productivity.

. Conducted evaluation of all sales compensation plans to evaluate

effectiveness. Partnered with leaders to develop communication and ensure

smooth implementation of new plans.

. Implemented enhancements and leadership training to streamline annual

performance and merit review process.

. Conducted analysis of salary position to market and developed approach to

enhance market pay position.

. Developed HR metrics and leadership dashboard to create transparency of

HR programs and performance.

Capital Group Companies, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, Irvine, CA and Scottsdale,

AZ 1997 - 2009

Seventy-five year old private global financial services company of 9,000

associates with combined (American Funds and other) assets of one trillion.

Held compensation, generalist and recruiting leadership positions.

VP & Sr. Manager, Recruiting (Corporate)

Responsible for developing and implementing sourcing programs across US

locations; including recruitment marketing and enhancing technology across

50+ member recruiting organization. Led multiple talent acquisition

projects in a highly matrixed environment across multiple

markets/locations.

Key Accomplishments:

. Developed and implemented employment brand creative and marketing plans

to ensure attraction and recognition in the marketplace during high

period of growth.

. Managed all national recruiting media, agency, and technology vendor

relationships ensuring effective utilization and ROI; Partnered and

provided leadership to regional recruiting leaders to develop annual

recruiting budgets (3 - 5 million).

. Implemented technology (Omniture) to enable effective measurement and

analytics of online marketing results.

. Developed and implemented recruiting metrics tied to goal setting

resulting in significant reduction in staffing agency utilization (30% to

10%) and expense.

. Led the redesign and launch of a companywide employee referral program

resulting in increased referral hires from 16% to 35% of total hires. IT

referral hires increased to 50% within the first year.

. Led task force to enhance utilization of recruiting technology (Kenexa)

resulting in consistent application and adoption among recruiters and

greater reporting capabilities.

VP& Sr. Manager, Human Resources - (Scottsdale, AZ)

Key Accomplishments:

Brought to Phoenix in generalist capacity to support start-up of new

Phoenix location to ensure effective and timely staffing of a new 500+

person IT and call center location and to guide newly hired business area

leaders in corporate culture.

. Provided advice and counsel to business area leadership on a wide range

of issues to ensure effective business practices.

. Provided leadership for compensation, benefits (including FMLA) and

employee relations issues.

. Developed recruiting strategies based upon local research to identify

appropriate sourcing channels to target appropriate demographics for

staffing needs.

. Project management as subject matter leader on project team responsible

for conversion of the HR technology platform from PeopleSoft to SAP

including business process redesign, resulting in simplified and enhanced

processes.

VP& Sr. Manager, Compensation (Corporate) - North America (Orange County,

CA)

Key Accomplishments:

. Led annual market study/job pricing process to ensure competitive pay

position.

. Conducted on-going review of positions to ensure compliance with FLSA

exemption guidelines.

. Partnered with senior leaders to ensure effective rollout of annual merit

and incentive plans.

. Collaborated with and led regional business unit sales leaders through

process to implement successful re-design of the sales comp plan for

inside sales reps.

. Led the selection and implementation of a vendor technology compensation

planning solution resulting in significant reduction of staff time during

annual market study/job pricing process.

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, CA

1990 - 1997

Global Entertainment Company of 3,500 employees encompassing motion

picture, television, interactive technology and distribution operations.

Led a team of 10 compensation and HRIS professionals.

Director, Compensation and HRIS

Key Accomplishments:

. Led the development of a total reward philosophy and strategy.

. Served on enterprise wide change management leadership team responsible

for re-engineering the HR function including business process vision

casting and enhancement of all HR processes and areas.

. Coached leaders on compensation practices, succession planning and

performance management.

. Designed and implemented a new base salary structure and salary ranges to

ensure competitive market position.

. Successfully influenced business unit leaders to transition the

organization to a focal point (common) review process resulting in

greater performance management and organizational and succession

planning.

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Manager, Human Resources - Columbia Pictures Television

Senior generalist business partner providing HR leadership and support to

company division leadership.

. Mentored, coached and developed HR team to ensure effective HR service

delivery for all HR functions.

. Coached business unit leadership on effective performance management and

employee relations resolutions.

Education

MA, Organizational Leadership, Biola University, Los Angeles, CA (May

2009), Graduated with Honors.

BA, Music, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR

Professional Certifications

SPHR, Senior

Professional in Human Resources Certification (2010)

CCP, Certified Compensation Professional

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