R. SCOT MAXWELL

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Douglassville, PA 19518

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Skilled Human Resources Professional with Manufacturing and Corporate

Experience

Recognized for ability to align HR strategy to overall business strategy,

building organizational capability and consistently delivering results.

Experienced as an effective business partner to senior executives,

corporate functions, business teams and employees at all levels.

Professional Strengths

* Driving workforce engagement * Organization Effectiveness *

Union-avoidance

* HR Business Partner * Performance Improvement *

High Performance Teams

* Mentoring and coaching * Compensation & Benefits *

Succession Planning

* Talent Management * Learning & Development * Culture

Development

Key Achievements

. Successfully directed HR initiatives and employee communications

associated with sale of Godiva Chocolatier from Campbell Soup to

Ulker, Turkey's largest consumer products company.

. HR lead for new plant start-up for Pepperidge Farm, successfully

maintaining union-avoidance.

. Directed plant continuous operations (24/7) initiative that increased

productivity and scheduling predictability.

. Currently leading a culture transformation at Godiva Chocolatier

designed to deliver a high-performance culture.

. Directed a corporate university (Campbell University) including

leadership development, needs assessments, vendor management and

training effectiveness.

. Delivered Front-Line Leader training designed to improve understanding

of links to business strategy, lean concepts & tools, and building

leadership skills.

. Experience driving and measuring workforce engagement across global

regions

. Skilled utilizing HPT tools to drive performance improvement within

work groups.

. Diversity Facilitator for corporation, delivering education, including

cross-cultural training to improve collaboration of global teams.

. Success securing $600,000 from the state of Pennsylvania in customized

job training funds for state-of-the-art manufacturing facility,

utilized WorkKeys assessment tools to elevate the performance of key

operators.

. Led organization succession planning including leading talent review

meetings designed to assess the organization's talent in terms of

performance and potential, improving individual development process,

talent mobility, and organization capabilities.

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Career Path

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC. New York, NY and Reading, PA

6/2004 to Present

World's premier chocolate company owned by lker, a $10 billion

international food company with corporate headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey.

lker purchased Godiva from Campbell Soup in 2008.

Director, Human Resources

HR leadership role responsible for delivery of full array of HR support.

Serve business partner role to Godiva's senior leadership team. Currently

leading the development and implementation of all stand-alone HR programs

and capabilities necessitated by the sale of Godiva Chocolatier by Campbell

Soup to lker, Turkey's largest consumer products company.

. Built post-sale health & welfare, compensation, risk management, talent

management, and organization effectiveness programs required as a result

of the sale of Godiva by Campbell Soup to lker to meet stand-alone

business structure.

. Appointed Global Leader for Godiva's critical Global Workforce Engagement

& Organization Excellence initiative designed to support accelerated

growth of the Godiva business with goal of doubling sales within 5 years

(exceeding $1 billion). Received Godiva's Award of Excellence for

building organization vitality.

. Member of Godiva's North America Leadership Team, a cross-functional

team, including Finance, R&D, IT, Supply Chain, Marketing and Sales

channels, responsible for setting the direction and strategies for

Godiva's North America business.

. Led organization's resource planning process including leading roll-up of

talent review meetings designed to assess the organization's talent in

terms of performance and potential, improving individual development

process, talent mobility, and organization capabilities.

. Successfully partnered with Supply Chain leaders in creating the roadmap

for change that generated increased flexibility and met Total Delivered

Cost objectives including leveraging enhanced lean manufacturing tools

and increased employee accountabilities while maintaining non-union

status at Reading PA manufacturing plant.

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, Camden, NJ

12/2001 - 6/2004

Headquarters for $7 billion food leader with brands including Campbell's,

Godiva, and Pepperidge Farm.

Corporate Director - Organizational Effectiveness (12/2002 - 6/2004)

Internally recruited to lead development of newly created OE function at

Campbell's. Partnered with Global HR and Business Leaders in conducting

organizational assessments and developing key strategies in the areas of

talent selection/placement, leadership excellence, functional excellence,

and strengthening the workplace to drive employee engagement.

. Revamped the company performance management and succession planning

processes.

. HR leader for two of Campbell's successful business teams. Led executive

team development, aligning teams to business objectives, created more

agile structures designed to drive faster business decisions.

. Directed all Campbell University core initiatives including leadership

development, needs assessments, vendor management, and training

effectiveness measurement.

. Led global employee engagement improvement initiatives including

developing and managing project plan, leading global workgroup

improvement processes such as Gallup Q12, E3 resulting in measurable

improvement in dashboard metrics.

Corporate Director - Human Resources (12/2001 - 12/2002)

Internally recruited back to Campbell's from Godiva by Campbell's Sr. VP HR

to lead HR support for Campbell's CIO, Chief Strategy Officer, and Global

Sr. VP Research & Development. Returned to World Headquarters to support

company's transformation plan.

. Staffed key leadership roles in client groups including IT, Corporate

Strategy, and R&D

. Served as HR lead for redesign of procurement function from a

decentralized model to a center-led structure designed to leverage

Campbell's scale in purchasing of ingredients, packaging and materials

and reduce costs.

. Created functional talent assessments and people development plans.

. Diversity Facilitator for the corporation including delivering sessions

throughout Campbell's. In addition led cross-cultural training sessions

that improved collaboration within global business teams.

. Directed Campbell's corporate training & development initiatives.

Assumed full responsibility for this function while maintaining HRG role

to client groups. Performance in this capacity led to offer to start

Campbell's OE function.

. Utilized HPT tools to create performance improvement survey process that

successfully drove employee engagement and improved workgroup

performance.

. Collaborated on design and rollout of Campbell Leadership Model, a tool

designed to improve leadership behaviors across all Campbell Soup

functions and global regions.

GODIVA CHOCOLATIER, INC., Reading, PA and New York, NY

7/1999 - 12/2001

Division of the Campbell Soup Company with annual sales of $ 350 million.

Director - Human Resources

Responsible for supporting North America Operations including Supply Chain,

Product Development, Finance, and IT for world's premier chocolatier.

. Re-positioned HR function from activity-based to business results focus.

. Delivered 5-year HR strategic plan supporting Godiva's growth

initiatives.

. Introduced performance improvement tools and processes to all business

functions including serving as company's Process Manager for Work-Smart,

a tool that successfully reduced innovation time by 6 months on global

initiatives.

. Conducted global organizational assessments of the company's product

development and customer service functions.

. Implemented strategic HR planning/executive development including

succession planning, individual development plans, and workgroup

engagement surveys.

CAMPBELL SOUP COMPANY, Camden, NJ

1/1998 - 7/1999

Director, Human Resources - Global Research & Development

Corporate HR role supporting diverse global client groups including the

Global Research and Development, Engineering, Procurement, IT, Advertising

& Promotions, and Global Design Center groups. Successfully led major

restructuring initiative as part of $150 million annual cost reduction

effort resulting in decentralized R&D function within company business

units while maintaining responsive core corporate R&D group. Role was an

18-month developmental assignment.

. Partnered with business leaders on restructure design and implementation

. Coached managers on delivery of all restructure communications.

. Built Campbell's R&D career development ladder, reducing turnover of key

talent.

. Facilitated cross-functional MBO alignment, improving collaboration and

ability to meet business objectives.

. Developed recruiting strategies to ensure a pipeline of talent for each

function.

PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC., Denver, PA

8/1991 - 1/1998

Division of the Campbell Soup Company with annual sales of $1billion.

Human Resources Manager

Managed full HR function with direct responsibility to Plant Manager for

1,000 employee state-of-the-art bakery and biscuit manufacturing facility,

the company's largest producer of products.

. Successfully coordinated plant start-up and movement of 740 personnel

from outdated facility in Downingtown, PA to new facility in Lancaster

County, PA. Maintained union avoidance, employee confidence and

productivity throughout process that eliminated 200 jobs and generated $6

million in annual savings.

. Partnered with Plant Manager in directing the plant's continuous

operations (24/7) initiative that increased productivity and scheduling

predictability, receiving Pepperidge Farm's 1998 President's Award.

. Utilizing HPT tools, elevated performance of plant's key operators

through introduction of selection assessments, individual development

plans, improved communication, pay-for-skills, and identifying

performance barriers.

. Secured $600,000 from the state of Pennsylvania in customized job

training funds. Delivered full array of targeted training initiatives

(certified Zenger Miller Instructor).

. Facilitated award-winning employee-driven peer recognition program.

. Investigated and implemented managed health care initiatives saving plant

$650,000 versus prior year as part of Campbell's Managed Care pilot

program.

. Lead Auditor for plant's HACCP and ISO 9002 certification programs.

. Introduced ergonomic training and on-site physical therapy as loss

prevention strategies resulting in $370,000 worker's compensation

savings.

PEPPERIDGE FARM, INC., Downingtown, PA

Human Resources Manager 4/1984

- 8/1991

Reporting to Plant Manager managed HR function for 1,425 employee three

shift manufacturing facility and Mid-Atlantic Region sales teams.

. Managed full range of employee relations initiatives in support of

maintaining union-free environment

. Directed innovative programs including on-site Dental and 24-hour Medical

Department that improved responsiveness while reducing plant costs.

. Principal plant representative in a successful OSHA litigation defense

that saved $20 million in potential abatement.

. Provided full HR services to field sales teams from Buffalo, NY to

Richmond, VA.

. Earned full-compliance status in OFCCP compliance audits and successfully

defended EEO, PHRC charges resulting in no-cause findings.

. Directed the strategic closing of Biscuit/Bakery Operations as part of

move to new facility in Lancaster County, PA.

Manufacturing/HR roles in Downingtown Plant

10/1975 - 4/1984

. Hired as Production Management Assistant into Pepperidge Farm's

leadership development program.

. Assignments included working plant hourly plant jobs during first year to

gain both understanding of operation and earn credibility with plant

employees.

. Advanced to Area Manager of third-shift Frozen Food Layer Cake and Puff

Pastry production - full responsibility for crewing, production, meeting

first-quality outputs, costs/yields, while maintaining employee relations

and union-free status

. Additional rotational assignments included, Quality Assurance,

Distribution/Logistics, and Human Resources (including short-term

assignment in HR at Aiken, SC plant).

. Performance in HR developmental roles (staffing, safety, benefits,

employee relations) led to HR Manager promotion.

EDUCATION

Masters of Education, Instructional Systems, Pennsylvania State

University - 1999

Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, West Chester University -

1975

CERTIFICATIONS / PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)

Development Dimension International (DDI) Certified Facilitator

Certificate in Employee Relations Law, Institute of Applied Management

and Law

Certified in Lominger Competency tools

Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)

International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI)

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