Human Resources Vice President

Donna Lenahan

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HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONAL

A dynamic team leader with a record of successes in all areas of Human

Resources. Proven experience in leading innovative corporate wide

initiatives, best practices, tools and programs through strategic

planning, brand development, and customer relationship building. Skill for

identifying issues and offering solutions and taking corrective actions in

a timely manner.

Core Leadership Qualifications

. Strategic Business Planning . Team Building & Leadership

. P & L / Budgeting

. Training and Development . Process Redesign/Change Management

. HR Transformation

. Contingent Workforce Management . Cost Control . Vendor

Management

. Performance Management . Recruitment Tools, Processes and Systems

Professional Experience

Time Warner cable, Los Angeles South Division

2006 - Present

Domestic Telecommunications Company; $15 B in annual revenue. 2nd largest

telecommunications company

Field Director of Human Resources Business Partners and Talent Acquisition

Managed all Employee Relations and Talent Acquisition. Supervised staff of

11 Direct Reports and 2 Contractors. Analyze processes to create and

improve organizational processes and systems, branding, assessment tools

and implemented proactive tools and programs for staffing solutions.

Evaluate recruitment operations and provide recommendations and implement

strategies to achieve goals.

. Partnered with Senior Leadership in Driving HR Strategy and

Administrative support to Marketing Team Reorganization and targeting

functional job and role clarification. Managed Performance Review Cycle

process, Employee Relations and Job Eliminations. Partnered with

Compensation teams and Sales Teams to develop analysis of compensation

plans for High employee churn positions.

. Created supervisory skills training programs and managerial programs

focused on various topics and professional development programs for entry

level supervisors and High Volume Exempt positions.

. Manage Recruitment Programs and Strategies to drive Best Practices.

Implemented successful internal mobility program and Employee Referral

programs that drove consistent processes and increased internal branding.

Programs drove internal application processes and were directly

responsible for 40% of fills from internal upward mobility. Employee

Referral program helped to increase organizational mantra to leverage all

employees as recruiters driving talent identification and reduction in

overall recruitment cost. Implemented Centralized Recruitment Tools

process focused on driving best practices in Generational Sourcing

Strategies. Implemented use of new sourcing tools leveraging Internet,

Internet Job Boards and Social Networking Sites to identify talent for

Field and Professional level recruitment across the portfolio

PROTOCOL AGENCY, Los Angeles

2001 - 2006

Management consulting organization providing leadership placement for

permanent and project basis.

Acting Vice President/Director of Human Resources

Led the Human Resources function for a diverse group of clients for

projects and transitions in staff.

. Successfully implemented centrally leveraged new applicant tracking

system (Brass Ring) and Metrics Reporting Tool (Web Focus, Business

Objects) to drive centralized recruitment processes and tracking

mechanisms to support compliance and government regulatory requirements.

100% End User Adoption of Tool land created standardized recruitment

process supporting external and internal recruitment programs.

. Tasked with implementing a Contingent Worker Solution to address the vast

spend of Contract, Temp and Independent Contractors leveraged. Efforts

attributed to driving cost controls in partnership with strategic

procurement on centralized negotiated rates and fees with Staffing

Vendors as well as implementation of a Technology Solution, leveraged

across entire portfolio. Cost Controls targeted a cost savings in

addition to driving controls with Sarbanes Oxley and legal liability with

co-employment. Partnered closely with Legal, Security, Procurement and

Internal Audit to identify trends/risks areas and develop recommendations

to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of operational and business

compliance processes across multiple business units. Developed plans,

policies and procedures to support new processes to ensure end user

adoption.

. Created and directed the implementation of policies and procedures and

organizational infrastructure

. Successfully implemented new applicant tracking system (Brass Ring) and

Metrics Reporting Tool (Web Focus, Business Objects) to drive centralized

recruitment processes and tracking mechanisms to support compliance and

government regulatory requirements. 100% End User Adoption of Tool land

created standardized recruitment process supporting external and internal

recruitment programs.

Virgin Entertainment Los Angeles, CA

2000- 2001

Worlds largest privately held retail music and entertainment division of

Virgin. Largest music retailer in North America. $5 million in domestic

revenue.

Vice President Human Resources Noth America

. Managed Human Resources staff: payroll, benefits, employee relations and

training & development.

. Created recruitment philosophy, policy and plan for additional store

openings across North America.

. Designed and implemented an employee recognition program focused on

individual and team contributions.

US TRUST COMPANY Los Angeles, CA

1998-2000

An investment wealth management firm for individuals and corporations. 2000

employees in Western US

Vice President Human Resources

. Managed Recruitment Compliance efforts and Affirmative Action Goal

Planning. Created Annual Affirmative Action Responses and compliance

documentation to fulfill regulatory government compliance efforts. Served

as key respondent for and achieved successful resolution to EEOC

complaints and audits.

. Implementation of Executive Search Function. Helped to support and drive

Executive Search Strategies resulting in a significant reduction in

leveraging Executive Search Companies resulting in a cost savings of over

$1 million in 3 years time frame. Assisted in the candidate cultivation

and recruitment of Executive level searches in Finance, Sales and

Marketing.

. Coordinated all salary administration practices.

. Challenged with Managing Facilities Budget and eliminating rogue spend.

Successfully managed P/L budget reducing cost associated with

expenditures resulting in over 200K annualized savings.

Home savings of america, Irwindale, CA

1995-1998

Largest savings and loan in the United States. 2000 employees in Southern

California.

Vice President Human Resources

. Established the Human Resources function for multi-state divisions

. Implemented training program to foster and improve managerial knowledge

base regarding EEOC Investigations and Sexual Harassment.

. Implemented recruitment plan increasing diversity recruitment by 20% of

exempt level managers

. Implementation of College Relations Programs focusing on Diversity and

Driving College Partnership Program. Managed College relations to and

successfully engaged over 100 Interns in 3 Years through our Internship

Program across the entire portfolio. Successfully established a 75%

Diverse Intern Population resulting in 75 conversions to full time

positions.

TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, Georgetown, KY

1987-1995

Automotive manufacturing plant 2500 employees

Human Resources Consultant

. Developed start-up Human Resources function.

. Created pre-assessment hiring programs.

. Conducted extensive management and promotional training.

Education & Training

GEorgetown College

BA Business Communications; Minors Political Science and English

HARVARD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

MBA International Business; Special emphasis in Process Improvement

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