Nadine Pearce

Experience

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  Maritz

  Dec 1992 - Jun 1997

  Training Manager

  Designed and managed skill-building programs for Fortune 500 organizations, with a focus on consultative selling skills.

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  Nabisco

  Jun 1997 - Jun 2002

  Led effort to define and establish Nabisco’s corporate Leadership Development process to support highest potential talent;Created top-tier Marketing curriculum aligned with core business strategies. Designed and implemented first course, Managing Marketing Investments, for 120 marketers; Managed and institutionalized the corporate training on strategic thinking attended by 900 leaders in North America. Led the custom design of all learning initiatives to support 5,000-person field sales and customer logistics organization through two organizational restructures, resulting in sales performance turn-around and a 40% decrease in turnover;Managed a $2 million annual budget and one HQ-based Training Manager, a field-based Instructional Designer and a variety of vendor partnerships.

  • Sr. Mgr. Organization Effectiveness

    Mar 2000 - Jun 2002

  • Manager Training & Development

    Jun 1997 - Mar 2000
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  Kraft Foods Inc.

  Jun 2002 - Jul 2012

  Co-led change and culture integration of Cadbury into the Kraft NA organization, resulting in a new purpose to energize the combined organization to deliver results, retain key talent and achieve synergy targets.Designed and led all succession planning and executive team meetings for two BUs (combined annual sales of $9 Billion,) to ensure talent was positioned and aligned to drive strategy. Managed a team to support new leader assimilations and team effectiveness for high profile business teams. Show less Led all OD work for the former Nabisco businesses (annual sales of $5.6B), including the cultural integration following Kraft’s acquisition of Nabisco, the largest & most successful in the food industry; Directed succession planning and talent management to ensure a robust, diverse talent pipeline ready to assume all Marketing, New Product Development and General Management leadership positions;Coached top executives and cross-functional leadership teams to enhance their effectiveness, engagement & ability to achieve business results; Developed change management Center of Expertise to streamline the practice for all of Kraft Foods. Show less

  • Director Strategic Capability

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2012

  • Director Organization Development - East

    Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  • Assoc. Director Organization Development

    Jun 2002 - Dec 2008
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  Pearce Partners, LLC

  Sept 2012 - Dec 2013

  Principal

  Organization Development services to improve business performance. Clients included Symphony/IRI, J&J/McNeil, Daichii Sankyo, Inc.

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  Daiichi Sankyo, Inc.

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2015

  Sr. Manager Organization Development

  Led organizational development for N. American commercial pharmaceutical business ($1.7 Billion/year), with a focus on change management, organizational design, and employee engagement and development.

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  Novartis

  May 2015 - now

  Global Head, Organizational Development

  Lead culture change, change management and organization design work to support the success of the company's strategy.

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  Sandoz Inc. - A Novartis Division

  Jun 2018 - Dec 2020

  Exec. Director Talent and Organizational Development

  Lead team charged with talent management, organizational design, change management, culture and learning.