Chris Fletcher
Eastlake
Summary
Talented professional with several years of experience and successful career in planning, developing, and executing events and initiatives to achieve maximum potential. Creative and highly strategic with excellent leadership and client relations abilities. Professional and outgoing with success in building relationships and attracting new clients.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
VP, Global Total Rewards & HR Systems
Materion
Cleveland
08.2011 - 12.2013
- Led strategic planning initiatives to align company goals with market trends.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Directed resource allocation to optimize project delivery and drive performance improvements.
- Oversaw budgeting processes to ensure financial health and accountability across departments.
- Facilitated executive meetings to discuss business strategies and monitor progress on objectives.
- Developed and executed strategic plans to support the vision of the organization.
- Identified problems and implemented solutions to better streamline operations.
- Collaborated with executive team members on major decisions regarding company-wide initiatives.
- Provided oversight of all departments in order to ensure smooth operation of daily activities.
Compensation Director
STERIS
Mentor
09.2008 - 07.2011
- Developed compensation structures aligned with organizational goals and market trends.
- Analyzed salary data to ensure competitive pay practices across departments.
- Implemented compensation policies to promote equity and transparency within the organization.
- Conducted job evaluations to determine appropriate salary grades and levels.
- Researched industry benchmarks to inform compensation strategy and adjustments.
- Developed and maintained salary structures for various employee levels.
- Analyzed job descriptions to determine appropriate pay grades for new positions.
- Reviewed requests for salary increases and promotions, making recommendations as needed.
- Coordinated the annual merit increase program, ensuring equitable distribution of funds across departments.
- Created reports summarizing current pay practices, highlighting areas of improvement or cost savings opportunities.
- Designed incentive plans to reward performance-based outcomes.
- Spearheaded salary surveys to benchmark current salary ranges for company positions.
- Assisted HR team in developing job offers that include competitive salary packages.
- Provided guidance on compensation policies and procedures to management team.
- Developed and evolved organizations' pay scale and structure.
- Performed data analysis to identify trends in employee compensation packages.
- Collaborated with accounting teams on long-term incentive plans, commission plans and company stock programs.
- Consulted with senior leaders on executive compensation strategies.
- Conducted market surveys to ensure salaries remain competitive.
- Oversaw merit, sales commission and bonus programs with monthly, quarterly and annual payouts.
- Constructed detailed job descriptions and classification systems to define job levels and families.
- Collaborated with HR to design effective employee benefits packages.
Education
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
University of Akron
Akron, OH 06.1989 - 01.1991
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH 08.1986 - 05.1989
Skills
- Strategic planning
- Resource allocation
- Budget management
- Compensation strategy
- Data analysis
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Project delivery
- Market trend analysis
- Problem solving
- Effective communication
- Team leadership
- Decision making
- Results-driven
- Verbal and written communication
- Relationship building
- Process improvement
- Critical thinking
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Policy and procedure development
Certification
- Certified Employee Benefits Specialist
- Certified Compensation Professional
- Certified Benefits Professional
Timeline
VP, Global Total Rewards & HR Systems
Materion
08.2011 - 12.2013
Compensation Director
STERIS
09.2008 - 07.2011
Master of Science - Human Resources Management
University of Akron
06.1989 - 01.1991
Bachelor of Science - Business Administration
Ohio Northern University
08.1986 - 05.1989