Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Certification
Selected Contributions At Nike
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Lucy Estrada Steele

OREGON CITY,Oregon

Summary

Dynamic Strategic Workforce Planning Consultant with a proven track record at NIKE, Inc., excelling in scenario modeling and stakeholder alignment. Expert in data governance and capacity forecasting, I drive impactful workforce strategies that enhance operational efficiency and support organizational goals. Passionate about leveraging analytics to inform decision-making and optimize talent management.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Lead Workforce Planning Manager

NIKE, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
12.2021 - Current
  • Lead enterprise workforce planning rhythms (annual/quarterly/monthly), translating strategic goals into actionable workforce plans across multiple functions.
  • Build and maintain executive talent dashboards and hiring forecasts; provide modeling and forecasting across workforce dimensions to inform enterprise decisions.
  • Improve data governance and quality in partnership with People Solutions; steward inputs for Filled/Unfilled positions and fully loaded wagebase to ensure planning accuracy.
  • Partner with HRBPs, Finance, and Talent Acquisition to align guardrails, mitigate workforce gaps/variances, and accelerate hiring strategies within budget.
  • Engage key stakeholders to reflect long-term business strategy in workforce design; assess labor market trends and demographic implications for future footprint.
  • Craft executive communications and co-facilitate alignment sessions for HR and business leaders on workforce decisions and prioritization.

HR Delivery Operations Specialist

NIKE, Inc.
Beaverton, OR
01.2019 - 12.2021
  • Supported CDA org transformation using OrgVue to create future-state designs for Marketplace and Technology; ensured operational readiness and data integrity.
  • Designed standardized dashboards to monitor HR benchmarks, targets, and objectives; surfaced trends to leaders for action.
  • Drove adoption of workforce planning strategies in an agile environment using qualitative and quantitative data; managed cross-functional deliverables and mitigated risks.

Operations Project Coordinator

Kforce at Nike
Beaverton, OR
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Facilitated onboarding for FTE and ETW talent in Enterprise Architecture & Portfolio (EAP); consulted hiring managers on HR best practices and governance.
  • Project managed leadership courses and Manager Essentials; published team information and event content to LiveTiles.

HR Generalist

KinderCare Education
01.2015 - 01.2018

· Implemented data and analytics-based strategies in Tableau to evaluate monthly KPI – HR scorecard for 128 regional and district managers.

· Project management experience in Smartsheets across cross functional team for large-scale organizational shift and restructuring.

· Maintained close legal counsel regarding pending ER cases and planned separations and severance calculations

· Collaborated with enabling HR functions to drive talent succession, performance management policy reform and harassment training for 640+ managers.

· Experienced in vendor management outplace services, which lead to a 14% reduction in cost to the company.

· Partnered with the talent experience team on engagement surveying of 30,000+ employees and direct client groups with Qualtrics and Gallup.

HR Assistant & Immigration Coordinator

OHSU
01.2014 - 01.2015

· Coordinated and facilitated weekly onboarding sessions for 20+ interns, lab research placement, and validating compliance requirements.

· Talent coordinated job vacancies ads, managed employee exit data and amended HR compliance policies.

· Strong web management and user design experience for the Office of Immigration Affairs page to inform and welcome expats and their families to OHSU and life in Portland.

Conducted background checks, processed H-1B and J-1 visas, and renewal notifications

Education

BA - Human Resources Management

Portland State University
Portland, OR
06-2014

Skills

  • Strategic workforce planning
  • Scenario modeling
  • Labor governance
  • Financial management
  • Capacity and demand forecasting
  • Executive storytelling
  • Change management
  • Data governance
  • Tableau and Smartsheet
  • OrgVue and Excel
  • Stakeholder alignment
  • Process and product optimization
  • Advanced Excel skills
  • Presentation development
  • Lucidchart and LiveTiles
  • Basic JavaScript knowledge
  • Data analysis techniques
  • Project management expertise

Certification

Project Management Solutions, Smartsheet Solutions 2019

Selected Contributions At Nike

  • Built monthly leader scorecards and hiring 'walks' to narrate progress from actuals to forecast, improving leadership understanding of distance-to-target.
  • Enabled cost modeling and CSR support by consolidating functional wagebase views; partnered with Finance to price hiring scenarios.
  • Streamlined role prioritization workflows and hiring activation tracking across geos; improved visibility for leaders and BHR partners.

Timeline

Lead Workforce Planning Manager

NIKE, Inc.
12.2021 - Current

HR Delivery Operations Specialist

NIKE, Inc.
01.2019 - 12.2021

Operations Project Coordinator

Kforce at Nike
01.2018 - 01.2019

HR Generalist

KinderCare Education
01.2015 - 01.2018

HR Assistant & Immigration Coordinator

OHSU
01.2014 - 01.2015

BA - Human Resources Management

Portland State University
Lucy Estrada Steele