Wendell F. Sherrell

Architected and implemented talent and workforce strategies, achieving 30% EBITDA CAGR from 2021 to 2025.

Executed carve-out of global organization from Abbott Labs, integrating HR systems and compensation programs to maintain operational continuity.

Transformed talent acquisition strategy to improve productivity, scalability, and cost efficiency.

Influenced strategic decisions with CEO and executive leadership, shaping organizational design for margin growth.

Developed scalable internal communications system, elevating engagement ranking from #17 to #1 during transformation.

Drove cultural transformation initiatives aligned with value-creation priorities, fostering a culture that supports margin objectives.

Enhanced performance management processes to establish rigorous succession planning across enterprise, ensuring leadership continuity.

• Held global accountability for HR strategy and execution, serving as a strategic partner to the CEO, executive team, and Board Compensation Committee on executive pay design, equity governance, and performance alignment.
• Revamped executive equity and incentive frameworks to align compensation with growth targets, shareholder returns, and long-term value creation.
• Directed enterprise transformation to align leadership, talent strategy, and culture, driving performance-driven growth and EBITDA expansion.
• Led enterprise restructuring that upgraded leadership capability and reduced costs by $5M, improving operating leverage and margin performance.
• Navigated three CEO transitions within 18 months, stabilizing the organization, preserving strategic continuity, and contributing to record earnings performance.
• Enhanced employee engagement and strategic communications, resulting in 3% increase in engagement and confidence scores during significant transformation.

• In partnership with a global telecommunications leader to support a $90M U.S. and Canada business driving product innovation and retail excellence across flagship consumer electronics (Pixel, Chromebooks, smart speakers).
• Led end-to-end talent strategy, workforce planning, and HR operations to enable revenue growth and field performance acceleration.
• Maintained staffing levels above 95% across field organization, supporting increased monthly service billings and driving sustained revenue growth.
• Partnered with business leadership to redesign 42% of the field organization using data-driven talent assessment tools, strengthening leadership capability and market execution.
• Deployed advanced sourcing and screening technologies, improving quality of hire for over 400 hourly and professional roles.
• Built and scaled an agile recruiting function from inception, introducing passive sourcing strategies, SLAs, and standardized processes to meet aggressive growth demands.
• Led selection and implementation of a new ATS, modernizing recruiting infrastructure and improving hiring efficiency and reporting visibility.
• Executed talent initiatives that supported achievement of Q4 2017 sellout targets.
• Google 3PL

• Reported to the SVP, Human Resources for Brink's U.S. ($750M revenue; 7,000 employees across 100 branches), leading enterprise talent strategy aligned to operating plans, margin objectives, and scalable growth.
• Architected and executed integrated talent acquisition strategy for 2,700 executives, professionals, and frontline hires, enhancing workforce capacity to support revenue growth.
• Led enterprise talent transformation, establishing a Talent Management Center of Excellence that modernized sourcing, selection, and workforce planning capabilities.
• Reduced time-to-fill by 45% (45 to 29 days) through Lean process optimization, accelerating productivity and improving labor cost efficiency.
• Delivered a 10-point reduction in voluntary attrition, generating ~$2M in annualized savings through enhanced selection rigor and deployment of frontline assessment tools.
• Implemented targeted retention and engagement strategies, including succession planning and leadership upgrades, to stabilize frontline performance and enhance bench depth across 100 branches.

• Reported to Sr. Director Talent Acquisition, Center of Excellence.
• Led the enterprise attraction strategy for a 20,000-employee global operations business within a Fortune 20 pharmacy benefit management organization (U.S., Canada, Europe).
• Scaled recruiting infrastructure and workforce capacity to achieve aggressive operational growth targets in North America and Europe.
• Directed large-scale workforce planning and recruiting execution to support operational scale, cost efficiency, and margin performance.
• Built and led a full-cycle recruiting organization of 25+ members to support 9,000 annual hires across professional, pharmacist, technician, call center, and distribution roles while managing a $4M operating budget.
• Optimized a $600M contingent workforce program for 6,000 contract workers, enhancing vendor governance, cost controls, and workforce flexibility.
• Delivered 10% cost reduction over two consecutive years (>$400K annually) through resource realignment, process optimization, and disciplined workforce planning.

• Reported to the Group Vice President of Human Resources.
• Led enterprise talent acquisition and organizational effectiveness for a $11B specialty pharmacy company, building scalable talent infrastructure to support growth, operational leverage, and leadership continuity.
• Generated $500K in cost savings and accelerated hiring velocity by 20%, delivering 800+ strategic hires to fuel expansion.
• Instituted succession architecture, achieving 67% viable successor coverage for mission-critical leadership roles, ensuring leadership continuity.
• Transformed and centralized staffing function within six months, expanding enterprise recruiting capability and enhancing workforce agility.
• Designed high-potential and emerging leader programs, creating internal talent pipelines for key operational roles and utilizing engagement analytics and exit insights to drive targeted retention strategies.
• Medco Company, acquired by Express Scripts

• Led regional and enterprise HR transformation for a $300M business within a $750M organization, aligning talent strategy with operating leverage, cost discipline, and scalable infrastructure.
• Modernized HR Shared Services for 2,200 employees, enhancing governance and ensuring enterprise consistency.
• Championed $4.1M HRIS investment, aligning executives and delivering platform on time and under budget to improve workforce analytics and decision-making.
• Standardized compensation architecture, delivering $2M in structural cost savings.
• (Formerly Bowne & Company)