At Carnival Cruise Line, I spearheaded the development of the myPerformance and myCareerCompass platforms, enhancing talent development and organizational improvement for over 40,000 employees. Leveraging skills in strategic planning and cross-functional collaboration, I drove innovation and data-driven decision-making, significantly advancing employee engagement and leadership succession planning.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr Manager
Carnival Cruise Line
Miami, FL
08.2018 - Current
Serves as a strategic partner to shipboard operations leadership by providing direction on fleetwide shipboard performance and talent management initiatives that support the company's culture, business goals, and objectives
Responsible for the design, development, and implementation of our in-house performance and talent management platforms used by 40,000+ employees
Partners with Corporate IT to build revolutionary enhancement digitization features that drive employee performance, measure and analyze employee growth and development, and increase the user experience
Engages with key stakeholders to review enhancement feature requests to ensure compatibility, system and security requirements, and financial impacts
Measures and analyzes data and provides innovative solutions to drive employee performance through management efforts
Conducts 360 assessments and talent reviews for all senior officers, department heads and sub department heads to ensure Carnival has the talent processes and tools in place to identify, grow and equip leaders to meet long term growth needs
Partners with shoreside leaders to identify top talent and create action plans for succession planning
Provides coaching and mentoring support to shipboard and shoreside leaders
Demonstrates strong functional expertise, creativity, and entrepreneurial leadership to improve the business needs of Carnivals internal recruitment systems and efforts
Partners with shoreside leaders to ensure Carnivals promotion process is aligned with departmental goals and objectives
Acts as a subject matter expert by providing guidance on integrity, transparency and fairness in promotion decisions
Leads the execution of the annual engagement survey and action planning process for 40000+ shipboard employees
Partners with sister brand engagement leads to align the corporations strategy to the brand level
Leads projects that advance our employee experience and quality of life onboard
Leads our reward and recognition programs
Human Resources Director
Carnival Cruise Line | Shipboard
03.2012 - 06.2018
Served as the main point of contact for employees seeking advice or assistance related to HR matters
Provided advice on career development opportunities within Carnival
Conducted exit interviews with departing employees to identify areas of improvement
Monitored employee attendance records to ensure adherence to company policy
Worked with managers to assess training and performance needs
Member of the onboard disciplinary committee providing guidance on complex employee relations issues up to and including termination
Handled employee conflicts efficiently while following all company procedures
Supervised the onboarding process for newly assigned and hired employees
Conducted employee performance reviews and implemented corrective actions to increase productivity
Liaised between management and employees by relaying work information, adjustments and grievances
Assisted managers in resolving conflicts between team members by providing mediation services
Education
Post Graduate Degree - Human Resources Management
Niagara College
04.2007
<ul><li>Certified Career Coach through the International Coach Federation</li><li>Certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Coach Practitioner</li></ul> -
Skills
Cross-functional collaboration
Strategic planning
Influencing and negotiating
Organizational improvement
Data-driven decision making
Partnership development
Organizational development
Talent development
Innovation management
Timeline
Sr Manager
Carnival Cruise Line
08.2018 - Current
Human Resources Director
Carnival Cruise Line | Shipboard
03.2012 - 06.2018
Post Graduate Degree - Human Resources Management
Niagara College
<ul><li>Certified Career Coach through the International Coach Federation</li><li>Certified NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Coach Practitioner</li></ul> -