Maria D. Lamb, SPHR
CONTACT CAREER ACHIEVEMENTS
Strategic Workforce Planning and Execution
Recruitment Strategy and Outsourcing
Off-Shore and Near-Shore Ops
Team Management and KPIs
Agile Project Management
Succession Planning
Performance and Development Plans
Candidate Management in Manufacturing
ROI / Budget Planning and Forecasts
Learning & Development
Diversity and Inclusion
Change Management
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EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Graduate Human Resources Management (HRM) Program
GPA 4.0
Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (May 1994) Society of Human Resources Management
Senior Human Resources Professional (SPHR)
Global Compensation / Equity Certification
LIST OF SKILLS & TOOLS EXPERIENCE
Agile Methodology
Scrum
PROSCI
Waterfall
Lean Sigma
Smartsheet
KPI Reporting Scorecards
C-suite Dashboards
Polaris PSA
Workday
Greenhouse
Salesforce
SAP SuccessFactors
Kenexa BrassRing
ICIMS
ADP
Taleo
LinkedIn Recruiter
ZoomInfo
Teams
Microsoft Office
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS / BUSINESS IMPACT
PRL International, Pittsburgh, PA
November 2011 – Present
Head of Talent Management and Strategic Operations Human Resources Account Manager (until promotion in 2007)
• Accelerate engineering, manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) recruitment
• Collaborate with business leaders on HR services and advice that optimizes business performance including organization design, compensation, performance management, career development and recruitment
• Structured an ATS implementation, migration and dashboard reporting project
• Execute national and global HR programs within the region, which includes the annual salary review process, career development and performance management
• Lead cross-functional teams across the globe including GMs, Directors, Managers and Individual Contributors to swiftly reprioritize projects based on a new ROI analysis tool, on 4 continents
• Advisor to COO regarding due diligence integration of 11 acquisitions
• Drafted investor pitch decks and helped acquire funding over $1 million CAREER HIGHLIGHTS / BUSINESS IMPACT
BSA, Pittsburgh, PA
April 2010 – November 2011
Head of Human Resources & Talent Acquisition
Director of Human Resources (until promotion in November 2010)
• Advised the CEO and Board of Directors on HR labor relations matters related to 1300 employees
• Led recruitment function for 55 locations in 3 states
• Drove a hyper-growth initiative to double the size & sell the company within the 2 years
• Created compensation, recruitment and retention plans, aligned with the business objectives
• Developed policies and standard operating procedures to support corporate compliance
• Designed and negotiated an improved benefit plan, resulting in $280,000 of quarterly savings U. S. Steel, Pittsburgh, PA
October 2008 – March 2010
Sr. Human Resources Manager
• Advised the CFO & Sr. Vice Presidents on all domestic and international HR matters
• Ensure workforce planning and employment activities were compliant with laws & regulations
• Developed professional development programs, including a new manager onboarding tool GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, Pittsburgh, PA November 2001–October 2008
Sr. Human Resources Account and Recruitment Lead
• Recruited to advise General Managers and VPs on a range of global organizational issues, including:
• Steered strategic corporate restructures, off-shoring and divestitures initiatives
• Consulted on all global assignment, immigration matters and work visas
• Created the HR business continuity and disaster recovery plan
• Directed the Associate reward and recognition program (Spirit) and companywide training
• Led a cross-functional team of 22, coordinating the consumer healthcare headquarters site expansion and relocation of over 1000 employees from Kennedy to Moon Twp
• Selected to lead a massive strategic talent sourcing initiative. Resulted in metrics driven diverse staffing strategies that culminated over 90 (approx.45%) diversity hires within the first year FreeMarkets (acquired by Ariba/SAP in 2001), Pittsburgh, PA August 1998 – November 2001
Sr. People Development Leader
People Development Associate (until promotion in 1999)
• Advised the CEO and Executive Team on domestic and international HR matters
• Generated employee growth base from 76 to 1,200 (1600% growth in 3 1/2 years)
• Delivered due diligence analysis and was the integration point for 2 acquisitions and 2 mergers
• Negotiated a 14% reduction on healthcare insurance contracts and improved coverage while the industry was averaging 26% increases
• Managed domestic and international relocation, immigration and expatriate programs
• Led the implementation of JD Edwards HR modules, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• Constructed from scratch all aspects of HR, resulting in consulting savings of over $1.2 million.
• HR driver for the SEC filings of the fourth most successful IPO launch in the history of the NASDAQ, at the time