Kurt M. Wolfer
Watertown,CT
Summary
Experienced leader in total rewards and human resources operations with a strong background in designing, implementing, and administering strategic programs and processes. Possesses excellent analytical, collaboration, cognitive thinking, problem-solving, operational excellence, team leadership, and project management skills. Demonstrates the ability to drive results and foster a high-performing work environment. Committed to delivering innovative solutions that optimize employee engagement and drive organizational success.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Consultant / Contractor/ Temporary/ Interim/ Permanent
Kurt Wolfer Total Rewards & HR Operations
07.2023 - Current
- Worked for multiple companies including Whelen Engineering, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Crestron Electronics, Inline Plastics, and Cotiviti
- Strategic broker change, plan design and vendor changes resulted in ~1 million dollars of savings in the first year
- Compensation project leader on building job structure and creation of job descriptions for all jobs, market alignment, competitive analysis, salary structures, communication, and change management
- Collaborated with senior leadership to design and document new incentive plans for all employees with improved business alignment, metrics, communication, and reporting
- Improved sales incentive plan administration by designing and building database applications track and report sales incentives
- Strategic operational excellence leader who implemented initiatives to create best in class HR organization, consistent standard work documentation, customer feedback, escape and turnback reporting, relentless root cause analysis and mistake proofing of processes
- Directed annual global salary planning process, including preparation of personalized manager worksheets, database development and management, communication materials and process standard work and training visuals
- Trusted advisor to field and corporate human resources on job offers, FLSA guidance, compliance, job specifications, leveling, and current pay practices and processes
- Project leadership over competitive evaluation, selection and implementation of SuccessFactors, Ceridian HR Systems
Adjunct Professor-part Time
Post UNIVERSITY
08.2022 - Current
- Teach, lead, and manage students in computer science and human resources courses
- Designed and implemented various educational activities and programs to meet student needs.
- Conducted engaging in-class discussions to facilitate learning and encourage participation.
Advisor/Consultant
GUIDEPOINT
09.2016 - Current
- Advising service that connects clients with vetted subject matter experts—Advisors—from a global professional network
- Per diem strategic consulting to client companies regarding compensation, benefits, and HR systems
Senior Director HR Operations
Oak Hill
11.2022 - 07.2023
- Leadership of team over Total Rewards, HR Systems, Scheduling, Safety and Workers Compensation
- Project leader on selection and implementation of outsourced disability vendor and process
- Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
- Successfully managed budgets and allocated resources to maximize productivity and profitability.
- Established performance goals for employees and provided feedback on methods for reaching those milestones.
Director Total Rewards & HR Systems
FUELCELL Energy
12.2021 - 09.2022
- Strategic project and team leader on selection and implementation of SuccessFactors HR System
- Led RFP process to pick new benefits broker to assure innovative approach to health & welfare design
- Benefit plan design changes for 2023 saved approximately one million dollars
- Evaluated and proposed 401(k) retirement plan changes to assure competitiveness and platform improvement
- Built job structure including job descriptions and matrices, leveling and salary ranges for all jobs
- Implemented PayFactors benchmarking tool to assure competitiveness of global pay
Senior Director Total Rewards & HRIS
TANGOE
12.2015 - 04.2016
- Strategic evaluation of benefits plan resulting in design changes and Implementation of new benefit plan funding arrangement resulting in savings of $700K
- Leader of RFP to choose new HRIS vendor including review, assessment, decision, and implementation schedule
- Documented all sales and executive incentive plans and advised on plan design and metrics definition
- Mergers & Acquisitions due diligence leader
Director, Compensation
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
04.2011 - 12.2015
- Leader of global executive compensation program including annual and day-to-day compensation processes, long-term incentives, and preparation of board materials, record keeping, tracking, and payment providing seamless execution of programs from presentation to award communication
- Built, developed, and maintained recordkeeping database for global executive compensation programs improving recordkeeping, providing real-time access to executive information and reporting and streamlined administration of executive short- and long-term incentive programs and compensation committee meeting materials
- Managed and collaborated executive consultant relationship including preparation of Compensation Committee analysis, Proxy preparation, presentations and exhibits and mistake proof submission of executive data for annual competitiveness assessment
- Developed database application to streamline and administer annual merit planning process eliminating process flaws and eliminating process delays and bottlenecks and increasing efficiency by 30%
- Strategic Operational Excellence Leader on HR process evaluation, review, assessment, and improvement
- Implemented structure for all salaried jobs including executive levels and initiated review and assessment of global job leveling project
- Designed overall global market data strategy and project lead on implementation of rewards tool resulting in global HR access to global market data
- Due diligence leader over multiple acquisition deals
- Project lead for sales compensation review of Security platform including plan and sales role review and design resulting in better aligned plans and sales revenue improvement of 10%
Global Sales Compensation Manager
PITNEY BOWES
07.2010 - 04.2011
- Company Overview: Global Financial Services
- Led sales compensation design and administration
- Global Financial Services
Global Manager, Compensation & Benefits and ACE, Senior HR Manager
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
09.2004 - 04.2009
- Multiple roles in team leadership over compensation, benefits, global mobility, and operational excellence initiatives
- Executive level HR management over Government Programs, Commercial Programs, Strategy, Legal and Sales organizations
Education
MS - Project Management
Boston University
Boston, MAMBA - Human Resource Management
University of New Haven
West Haven, CTBBA - Human Resource Management
Western Connecticut State University
Danbury, CTSkills
- Performance Assessments
- Report Composition
- Effective Business Presentations
- Technical Analysis
- Stakeholder engagement
- Project implementation
- Best practices implementation
- Client requirements assessment
- Strategic planning
- Team collaboration
- Project management
- Project leadership
- Analytical thinking
- Business planning
- Team leadership & development
- Change management
- Continuous improvement
Professional Memberships Certifications
- WorldatWork, Certified Compensation Professional
- Management and Strategy Institute, HR Change Management, 02/01/20, 38405129
Timeline
Consultant / Contractor/ Temporary/ Interim/ Permanent
Kurt Wolfer Total Rewards & HR Operations
07.2023 - Current
Senior Director HR Operations
Oak Hill
11.2022 - 07.2023
Adjunct Professor-part Time
Post UNIVERSITY
08.2022 - Current
Director Total Rewards & HR Systems
FUELCELL Energy
12.2021 - 09.2022
Advisor/Consultant
GUIDEPOINT
09.2016 - Current
Senior Director Total Rewards & HRIS
TANGOE
12.2015 - 04.2016
Director, Compensation
STANLEY BLACK & DECKER
04.2011 - 12.2015
Global Sales Compensation Manager
PITNEY BOWES
07.2010 - 04.2011
Global Manager, Compensation & Benefits and ACE, Senior HR Manager
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES
09.2004 - 04.2009
BBA - Human Resource Management
Western Connecticut State University
MS - Project Management
Boston University
MBA - Human Resource Management
University of New Haven
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