Darry B. Dugger, PhD

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SUMMARY OF QUALFICATIONS

Senior Human Resources Leader Focused on Achieving Human Resources

Strategic Planning, Organization Redesign/Development, Talent Management,

and Accomplishing Bottom-line Results by Executing Key People Capabilities

Through Creative and Sustainable People Strategies.

. Expertly provides Strategic Analysis to Executive Leadership in talent

planning, leadership development and readiness, succession planning,

Organization Effectiveness, and risk management space.

. Expertly identify, analyze, and Fix Performance Problems at the

organization, process, and people level in the business space.

. Expertly design, implement and Assess Performance Management Systems,

tools and processes while developing Strategic Model for managing

organization Performance Expectations and Standards.

. Superior capability in Talent Acquisition, Talent Management; creating

High Performance Organizations.

DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP COMPETENCIES

Strategic HR Talent Acquisition, Talent Assessments/Readiness Planning,

Management: Diversity, HR Business Partnership, Mergers & Acquisitions,

Compensation, HR Compliance, OD Project Management.

Organizational Training/Development Strategy, Performance Management and

Learning: Standards, Career Development, Employee Engagement

Assessment, Workplace Culture and Employee Relations.

Human Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Needs and

Performance Performance Analysis, Organizational Change Management

Improvement: Strategy / Implementation / Evaluation Strategy, ROI Analysis

and Evaluation Strategy.

PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Vice President/Human Resources Business Partner - Central Region /US FOODS

- Rosemont, Illinois 2012-Present

Senior human resources business leader and member of the senior leadership

team, partnering collaboratively with the Region President, Region Senior

leaders, and Division Presidents to plan and deliver strategic company

initiatives for the Central Region ($4B in sales). Manage 9 direct report

division human resources managers. Leadership accountabilities include

strategic people planning, performance management, learning & development,

organizational development, change management, merger and acquisition,

communications and employee/labor relations supporting a diverse workforce

of 5,000 Associates.

Director Human Resources / PANERA, LLC - St. Louis, Missouri

2002 - 2011

Senior HR Leader successfully led Field Human Resources/Employee Relations,

National Learning and Development, and National Talent Acquisition

initiatives; including strategic people planning, performance management,

training & development, communications, organizational change initiatives

and risk management supporting a diverse workforce of 1600 Associates

globally. Key accomplishments include:

. Organizational Development: Developed and implemented a HR strategy to

support planned growth and expanded mission of the Supply Chain division

including 21 operating units in the U.S. and Canada. Led PM of OD

initiatives.

. Workplace Environment/Culture: Led implementation of enterprise-wide

total compensation strategy to assess and execute improvements or

enhancements to total compensation plans and employee workplace

environment.

. Organizational Learning: Directed and managed development and

implementation of a Learning Management System (LMS) supported by e-

learning platform for division-wide training and development initiatives.

. Performance Management: Established People Development and Readiness

Strategy that linked managers' roles and responsibilities to key

leadership competencies; resulting in 60% internal readiness and

promotions.

. HR Metric: Implemented HR Metrics Dashboard to track/trend key human

capital metrics and business drivers.

. Talent Management: Implemented recruiting/retention strategies to support

short and long term People development and succession planning

initiatives.

. Compliance: Led workplace safety initiatives; reduced injuries by 48% and

resulted in over $1M credit to division.

. Communications: Improved workplace environment and communications between

management and associates; resulting in maintaining a union-free

workplace and superior associate engagement scores year over year.

Director, Field Human Resources - Retail Operations (2002 - 2004). Senior

HR Leader responsible for Retail HR Operations supporting approximately

15,000 retail and field staff Associates.

. Assessed, evaluated, and restructured the role and purpose of the HR

department; resulting in a strategically and tactically focused HR team

that provided exceptional support services to the Retail Operations

division.

. Developed and implemented a staffing readiness strategy for new retail

units to achieve staffing goal; resulting in 100% new managers trained

ahead of placement goal. Reduced cost-per-hire by 40%.

. Executed leadership skills/behavior development strategy; resulting in

internal promotion increase of 45%.

. Directed and executed the acquisition strategy and people transition of

key franchise markets.

Director, Human Resources / HARDEE'S FOOD SYSTEMS, INC. St. Louis, Missouri

2001 to 2002

Senior HR Leader and member of the division executive leadership team.

Directed HR operations for corporate and field operations. Directed a

human resources team of 12 direct reports supporting approximately 20,000

employees.

. Executed a performance-based interview strategy to improve the management

selection process; resulting in reduced manager turnover from 43% to 26%.

. Increased internal management promotion rate to 60%; resulting in a 40%

reduction in cost-per-hire.

. Streamlined employee relations procedures; resulting in a 30% reduction

in litigation and EEOC charges.

Director, Retail Human Resources / BROWN SHOE COMPANY - Naturalizer

Division St. Louis, Missouri 1999 - 2001

Planned, organized and implemented strategic HR initiatives to support key

business objectives for 485 retail units and over 2,000 associates in 32

states.

. Implemented a performance-based competency model that aligned operations

standards and performance expectations to core business systems.

. Implemented leadership/development training for core leadership and

technical competencies for first-line leaders.

. Oversaw College Relations and Recruiting Programs.

PRIOR PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

Regional Human Resources Manager / McDonald's Corporation - St. Louis,

Missouri 1993 - 1999

Assistant Vice President - HR Generalist / Mercantile Bank of St. Louis -

St. Louis, Missouri 1990 - 1992

Corporate HR Representative / Purina Mills, Inc. - St. Louis, Missouri

1989 - 1990

Human Resources Administrator / McDonnell Douglas Corporation - St. Louis,

Missouri 1985 - 1989

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Doctor of Philosophy: Training and Performance Improvement - Capella

University

Master of Art: Human Resources Development - Webster University

Bachelor of Science: Criminal Justice Management - Tarkio College

TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS

. University of Phoenix / School of Business - Associate Faculty - 2010

. Webster University - Global MBA Mentor Program - 2010

. ROI Institute - ROI Certified Professional - 2008

. Franklin Covey 4 Disciplines - Certified Facilitator - 2008

. Dale Carnegie Institute of Excellence - Certified Instructor - 1995

. Institute of Applied Management and Law - Certified in Employee Relations

Law

MILITARY SERVICE

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE / Honorably Discharged.

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