Katie White, PHR

Experience

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  JM White Funeral Home

  Apr 2008 - Jul 2014

  Office Assistant

  • Drafted official documents• Learned effective communication between the healthcare and legal systems, local vendors, and venues.• Communicated sensitive information between the business and family and friends of the deceased• Conducted business effectively in delicate, emotional situations• Learned billing and event coordination skills• Maintained a organized work space, billing system, and filing system

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  The Kay Yow Cancer Fund

  Aug 2015 - Dec 2015

  Operations/ Event Management Intern

  • Identified and coordinated the engagement of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund in Raleigh-area community events for the purpose of raising awareness in regard to the Fund and fundraising on behalf of the Fund.• Attended events in the Raleigh area as a representative of the Fund, strengthening the Fund’s image through effective networking and sharing information about the organization• Worked with the Operations Coordinator to create a Contact Database containing the contact information for 1,070 Collegiate Head Women’s Basketball Coaches, Assistant Coaches, and Directors of Basketball Operations, and the donation histories for their respective universities - thus increased the Fund's organization and efficiency.• Aided in the creation of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund Logo for Revlon’s “Love is On” Million Dollar Challenge, as well as several other promotional infographics and pamphlets.• Collaborated in the planning, organization and execution of the annual 4Kay Golf Classic, the annual Play 4Kay initiative, and other Kay Yow Cancer Fund events held in conjunction with the Women’s Final Four.• Assisted in the running of The Kay Yow Cancer Fund’s Social Media profiles, and was introduced to tracking Social Media Data Analytics.• Worked with individuals from bevello's headquarters to plan, organize, and execute a new fundraising event for The Fund that also partnered with fashion clothing & accesories brand French Connection and local artists Clark Hipolito and Kim Kirchstein Show less

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  Schneider Electric

  Jan 2017 - now

  HR Consultant for the US National Sales Force and Channel Organization. Other groups supported during this time: Strategic Accounts, Commercial Operations, Power Products, and Home & Distribution Business Units. • Provide coaching on employee relations and provide recommendations on preventative measures to align with the organization’s high-performance culture.• Resolve conflict resolutions and manage emergency situations to ensure organizational effectiveness is met with minimal disruption.• Consult with all levels of leadership and advise on performance management/PIP matters to ensure business success.• Lead, support, and provide recommendations on leadership training and development needs while assessing the training approach to measure success.* Coach/educate mangers on HR campaigns, annual processes and act as change agents to support them.• Consult and provide recommendations on job offers to maintain a competitive salary level as needed.• Guide employee engagement at business unit level and consult on strategies and methods for success.• Support legal and ethical compliance and consult on recommendations to minimize and mitigate risk exposure.• Govern policies and identify best practices to apply the appropriate updates as needed.• Conduct/lead all ethics investigations, consult with the business leaders to address complex matters and provide recommendations to drive success in the business.• Assist with local facility support and community outreach• Apply digital knowledge, analyze, and determine recommendations and action plans Show less • As regional process owner of the People Campaigns (Employee Development, Talent Review/Succession Planning), responsible for the annual campaign roll out planning and execution, progress update and process improvement within North America.• Manage the NAO Global Top Potential nomination process and action plan tracking; work with key HR & business stakeholders on GTP development activities such as global assignment and leadership program nomination/enrollment.• Lead regional Talent programs, such as the Talent Scouting Program, Group Mentoring Program, U.S. Early Career Development (PROPEL) program, etc.• Support talent insight analytics related to talent management and development for NAM.• Drive Talent Management process improvements and support NAO HR transformation initiatives.• Participate in global and regional Talent Management initiatives as needed. Show less HR Consultant for Schneider Electric’s US Secure Power Division (APC by Schneider Electric)• Provide coaching on employee relations and provide recommendations on preventative measures to align with the organization’s high-performance culture.• Resolve conflict resolutions and manage emergency situations to ensure organizational effectiveness is met with minimal disruption.• Consult with all levels of leadership and advise on performance management/PIP matters to ensure business success.• Lead, support, and provide recommendations on leadership training and development needs while assessing the training approach to measure success.* Coach/educate mangers on HR campaigns, annual processes and act as change agents to support them.• Consult and provide recommendations on job offers to maintain a competitive salary level as needed.• Guide employee engagement at business unit level and consult on strategies and methods for success.• Support legal and ethical compliance and consult on recommendations to minimize and mitigate risk exposure.• Govern policies and identify best practices to apply the appropriate updates as needed.• Conduct/lead all ethics investigations, consult with the business leaders to address complex matters and provide recommendations to drive success in the business.• Assist with local facility support and community outreach• Apply digital knowledge, analyze, and determine recommendations and action plans Show less • Effectively executes all day-to-day HR support functions for two manufacturing facilities ($107M Revenues, 2018) consisting of approximately 450 hourly & salary employees, 100 contractors, 5 interns, and 7 apprentices• Strategically contributed to a 3% increase in DVC and NDVC Employee Engagement and a 4% decrease in Disengagement in my first year by analyzing employee feedback & partnering with plant management to create a strategic action plan to address major issues.• Tactically reorganized the administrative processes for our local recruitment and onboarding methods. This has allowed us to hire approximately 110 individuals during a major production ramp-up and has enabled improvements in overall process robustness, quality of new hires, and “Time to Fill” KPI.• Lead initiative to redesign our local Hourly Performance Review and Goal Setting Processes & Tools, as well as the tool used to complete employee Performance Reviews. Thus making the process more simplified for our managers, meaningful for our employees, and will pave the way to increase our High Performance Work Culture.• Exercised adept interpersonal skills, sound judgement, and effective information sharing to transform the local interpretation of HR and become a credible and trusted advisor, and often coach, for employees and leaders.• Served as interim HR Manager from March 2018 – May 2018 Show less • Directly supported the Vice President of Human Resources NAM Support Functions, HR Consultants, & Advisors for SE’s North American Operations• Utilized Schneider Electric’s HR Information System on a daily basis to run reports, analyze data, and make presentations for HR, Finance, and Global Supply Chain teams throughout North America• Emploeds Manager Self Service functions to input employee data changes and corrections • Supported 7 local Business Resource Groups (HR Advisor for 2 of the 7) in our efforts to drive employee engagement by implementing local wellness programs, service offerings, & community outreach events• Maintained facility workforce allocation and local communication in a facility with over 400 employees• Aided organizational recruitment efforts by attending the NC State Supply Chain Career Fair & NCSU SHRM chapter meetings as a Company Representative• Assisted in multiple restructuring activities by preparing Severance Payment Calculations, Termination Letters, and Exit Packages & sitting in on terminations• Tasked to partner with a fellow HR intern to lead a facility investigation – Interviewing all individuals and witnesses involved, making recommendations for further action, and drafting communications to the entire facility, those involved, and their respective managers• Responsible for reorganizing, designing, and administering an updated Career Exposure Campaign for High Potential employees within the North American Finance Division• Provided I9 verification and badges for new employees Show less

  • Human Resources Consultant

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Talent Management Specialist, NAM

    Nov 2021 - Jul 2022

  • Human Resources Consultant

    Apr 2020 - Nov 2021

  • HR Coordinator

    Jun 2019 - Apr 2020

  • Human Resources Business Partner

    Jun 2017 - Jun 2019

  • HR Intern

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017