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Jennifer Wu

Jennifer Wu

Human Resource Director
Walnut Creek,CA

Summary

Human Resources Director with extensive domestic/international experience with a direct emphasis in the retail, engineering, marketing and industrial industries. Professional background includes employment in international and domestic environments with mid-size and large companies. Strategic business partner with expertise in the areas of: Employee Relations and Law, Workforce Strategy and Planning, Employee Advocacy and Belonging, Talent Acquisition/Recruitment, Training, Learning & Development, Talent Management/Succession Planning, Ethics & Compliance, Total Rewards (Benefits, Payroll, Compensation), and HRIS.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Human Resource Director

Gap, Inc
San Francisco, CA
01.2015 - Current
  • Provides strategic thought partnership to Senior Leadership Team and Product, Marketing, Digital, Finance and Inventory teams on people and organizational issues
  • Builds and drives talent management and succession planning activities within the business. Pro-actively engages with the business and People and Culture partners across COE’s to develop strategies to strengthen or fill gaps, as needed, to ensure a ready now talent pipeline; Identify and deploy appropriate retention strategies to promote organizational stability
  • Leads innovative org design strategies with leadership teams to align org structure to future business needs
  • Leads and develops a team of HRBP’s to support effective execution of all objectives and enables professional development and career growth for team members
  • Provide leadership on all aspects of Scaling the business, Diversity and Belonging, organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, performance management, on-boarding, coaching, employee relations, talent assessment, employee culture and engagement, etc. for key initiatives
  • Champions and personally demonstrates Gap Inc. and functional culture, values, and ethics
  • Identifies, Implements and Scales strategies which improve employee engagement year over year, as measured through the continuous listening process; Analyzes HR metrics to identify business opportunities working with leadership to develop and implement solutions
  • Leads various HR initiatives for the Brand and the Enterprise
  • Created and implemented forward-thinking initiatives to improve employee engagement

Human Resource Senior Director

Discovery Foods
Hayward, CA
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Provided leadership and drove development and execution of human resources strategy in partnership with leadership team
  • Managed talent acquisition, diversity and belonging initiatives and outcomes, succession planning, learning and development, employee and labor relations, compensation and benefits
  • Served as a business advisor to senior and executive management of 5 business units
  • Created recommended and implemented re-organization of Leadership Team to better support business unit needs
  • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to problems
  • Developed and implemented performance improvement strategies and plans to promote continuous improvement

Human Resource Senior Partner

BLACK & VEATCH
Walnut Creek, CA
01.2006 - 01.2010
  • Initiated Leadership Development Programs and Performance Review processes
  • Managed Performance Improvement Programs
  • Wrote/managed Career Development Program through Diversity lens
  • Provided counsel to management related represented and non-represented employee relations issues
  • Coordinated Western Region staffing and on-boarding of employees
  • Coordinated employee separations and terminations – (i.e., exit interviews, system termination and coordination with Payroll and HRIS)
  • Provided initial day-to-day labor contract administration and interpretation, including grievance processing
  • Managed successful HR staff members

Education

Studied Business Administration

California State University- Sacramento

Skills

  • Previously supported teams across Gap Inc and Supply Chain including Operations, Logistics, Strategy
  • Proven experience building and leading high performing teams
  • Delivers innovative talent strategies, tools and processes that drive the business forward
  • Supported best in class scaling e-Commerce and technical teams
  • Comfortable leveraging data analytics and insights to drive strategic and workforce planning
  • Thoughtful build and execution of Employee Advocacy and Belonging Programs
  • Strong Business Acumen with ability to: drive for results and scale to win
  • Comfortable driving change and embracing innovation in face of ambiguity and complexity
  • High level of personal and professional integrity and ethics
  • Authentic, compassionate, genuine, and honest communicator and problem solver
  • Maintains a global perspective and is culturally sensitive and aware of Equality & Belonging initiatives
  • Ability to influence up, down and across the organization
  • Ability to work in a matrixed organization with remote teams and partners
  • HR Transformation experience

Certification


  • SPHR
  • Executive Coach
  • Radical Candor Coach
  • DISC
  • HIPPA/Cobra
  • Myers-Briggs
  • Voices 360 Feedback (Lominger Group)
  • Feedback People Can Hear
  • Self-Situational Leadership
  • MWHU Diversity (Men and Women working together)

Timeline

Human Resource Director

Gap, Inc
01.2015 - Current

Human Resource Senior Director

Discovery Foods
01.2010 - 01.2011

Human Resource Senior Partner

BLACK & VEATCH
01.2006 - 01.2010

Studied Business Administration

California State University- Sacramento

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