Eric Hellinger

Experience

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  Labor Ready

  Aug 1999 - Jan 2006

  Director of Training and Internal Communication

  Led enterprise-wide HR & CRM technology implementations, training, organizational development, and internal communications. Certified 90+ trainers for regional / local operations support. Delivered measurable business results by connecting Learning and Development efforts with operations results. Responsible for multi-million-dollar budgets.

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  Target Corporation

  May 2006 - Sept 2007

  Senior Group Leader

  Leveraged employee engagement and cutting-edge technologies to drive performance and deliver superior employee experience. Led and developed 8 executives and 120 hourly employees in HR, operations, workforce planning, and organizational development.

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  LCRA

  Sept 2007 - Jun 2012

  Organizational and Leadership Development

  Guided enterprise-wide and business unit organizational and leadership development, change management, and internal communications to executive leaders in five lines of business. Managed technology integration, leadership development, training, and organizational development services with million-dollar budget and extensive vendor contract portfolio.

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  Facility Solutions Group

  Jun 2012 - Oct 2017

  HR & Training Director

  Optimized enterprise-wide employee engagement, HR, organizational development, and compliance. Supported 2,400 employees with over 3 million work-hours / year in 41 locations nationwide. Coaching & consulting across boundaries / silos with executives, managers, employees and vendors.

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  Common Sense HR

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2019

  President

  Consulting solutions targeted on small and medium sized businesses, helping them to implement HR strategies. HRIS selection and implementation management, full suite benefits strategy and implementation, strategic and tactical alignment, change management, and policy / procedure / compliance management.

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  Austin Energy

  Jan 2019 - now

  Oversee Employee Experience through effective organization-wide employee development, employee engagement, performance management, talent planning, and training strategies. Facilitate organizational change management related to Employee Experience. Collaborate with executive leadership, management and employees to identify key initiatives to improve Employee Experience and Engagement.

  • Program Manager Workforce Planning and Development

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Senior Human Resources Advisor

    Jan 2019 - Jan 2022