Kati Barcklay

People Team Communications Lead

• Manage SMG Manager C+ Channel strategy & communications. Coordinate cross-team content for SMG manager communications, including newsletters and replay notes, to advance manager expectations on topics such as inclusive hiring, Rewards, program updates, learning initiatives, lean spending, and culture.
• Created SMG Staff quote video for i360 Learning Day platform to advance Customer First mindset and link virtual i360 theme to in-person event.
• Created mission statement and identity tagline video for Q1 QGS to launch refreshed statements, drive culture adoption, and build belief in strategy.
• Led People Team through communications transition from Poppulo to new tools and processes (C+ New Studio, .ICS calendar process)
• Streamlined cross-People Team communications strategy and process to facilitate efficient collaboration and ensure all communications are in the correct channels and strategically timed for maximum impact. Provide input into weekly SMG HQ communications sync.

Lead employee engagement team to plan and deploy a variety of employee engagement initiatives. Own communications plan for all engagement programs, including monthly global engagement forum, promotions and recaps on C+, calendar invitations, and communications in SMG-wide forums.

• SMG Gives Back - Coordinate and deploy global volunteer opportunities annually. In 2023, resulted in 3932 volunteer hours contributed by SMG employees.
• SMG Connect - Plan and deploy SMG Connect events globally to rebuild trust in leadership and belief in Intel strategy, drive culture transformation, and boost employee morale. In 2023, deployed 17 SMG Connect events with positive employee feedback on post-event surveys.
• Created and deployed SMG Connect with CEO Pat Gelsinger, broadcasted to all SMG employees globally and followed by highlight reel on C+.
• Great Place to Work (GPTW) Events - Supported ~40 Great Place to Work (GPTW) events globally in 2023 to rebuild community and SMG culture.
• End of Year Thank You Events - Orchestrate and deploy large-scale end of year thank you events for 7000 SMG employees, including year-end site parties, virtual magic show, and John Legend concert.
• SMG Mission and Identity Refresh - Led seven-month Transformation Program Office project to refresh SMG mission statement and identity tagline. Resulted in refreshed version of both, and the new tagline being the 2024 i360 theme.

• Drafted People Team VP communications, including required training noncompliance notes, organizational announcements, EES messages, CPM follow up communications, and year-end messages.
• Planned and facilitated People Team direct staff quarterly face-to-faces, staff meetings, coffee chats, and biweekly Global Accounts meeting for BHR/People Team VP.
• Managed People Team budgets (SMG + BHR) for mid-quarter update (MQU), mid-quarter POR (MPOR), and end-of quarter tie out (EOQ)
• Managed quarterly SMG awards process for SMG People Team during austerity to reinforce employee value and engagement.
• Provided tracking of both BHR VP OKRs and People Team level OKRs, and provided prep for various meetings, such as BHR Town Halls and 1:1’s with EVP/Chief People Officer.

Learning Team Communications Lead

• Drafted and/or proofed communications coming from SMG Learning.
• Managed all calendar invitations from People Team programs to SMG employees.
• Partnered with Employee Engagement Manager and SMG Comms Lead to ensure SMG Learning comms fit within broader People team comms strategy.

SMG GROW and SMG Learning Day Program Management

• Founded, developed, and managed SMG GROW program and SMG Learning Days for ~5.5K employees. Proliferated BKMs to XLT for corporate-wide Learning Fest. Both programs are still being utilized in SMG today.

SMG Required Training Program Management

• Reduced SMG required training by ~500 hours of training by scaling down amount of training, offering test out options, or refining target audiences.

• Managed ~$300M of Market Development funds (MDF) across three multinational accounts annually. Responsible for all aspects of MDF process and compliance from forecast and training through implementation and payment. Drove integral keep-the-business-running tool improvements in a resource-constrained environment and managed all aspects of ART tool total change management.
• Lead member of the MDF Handbook and Activity list project responsible for coordinating 30 stakeholders across various groups globally, proactively driving key updates to retain flexibility in today’s emerging market and designing and implementing a training strategy for all impacted stakeholders annually.

• Managed 26K of server samples supply for three multinational customers, positioning customers for successful product launches.
• Created Samples dashboard file and proliferated across team to increase efficiency and data analytics. Also drove creation of Customer Master File approval business process to identify inefficiencies, align processes, outsource tactical work, and reinvest time in data analytics.

• Forecasted for and paid rebates to large multinational customer. Calculated accruals quarterly and ensured audit compliance. Built and maintained valuable working relationships with the customer, field sales team, finance, legal, and internal/external audit. Collaborated across multiple stakeholders to triangulate data and
  improve rebate forecast by 38%.
• Transitioned 55% of tenders to new WRAP tool, reducing tactical work by ~16 hours per month.

• Responsible for effective server CPU supply management for large multinational customer.
• Analyzed customer supply and demand to create accurate forecast and drive revenue, while maintaining integral customer relationship.
• Helped drive & implement new hire training program, server desk realignment, metric proliferation, and tactical order minimization project.

• Yearbook Advisor for national award-winning yearbook at Oconee County High School
• Developed and implemented English curriculum to meet the needs of students.
• Conducted classroom activities to encourage student engagement in language learning.