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Deb Kolenc is a seasoned professional with extensive experience in talent management, organizational change, and communications. She has held various leadership roles, including Global Communications Manager - Americas at ICL Group and Manager, Store Support Communications at Brown Shoe Company. Throughout her career, Deb has demonstrated expertise in change management, talent development, and organizational readiness. She has successfully led planning and execution of organizational change activities, developed and implemented talent management programs, and provided training and development opportunities for employees. Deb holds a BBA degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a Master's degree in Human Resources Development from Webster University. She is proficient in multiple languages and has a strong educational background in business management and human resources development.

Experience

    • Hr & Communications Manager
  • ICL Group
    • St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
    • Global Communications Manager - Americas
      • Apr 2014 - Present
      • St. Louis County, Missouri, United States
  • ICL - Performance Products LP
    • Greater St. Louis Area
    • Talent Management and Organizational Change Professional
      • Nov 2013 - Apr 2014
      • Greater St. Louis Area

      Talent Management professional, experienced in communications, change management, talent management, training and supervisory roles. Provide talent management support for Global Food Strategy group. Provide organizational change and communication tools for various global initiatives.

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Manager, Store Support Communications
      • Mar 2012 - Oct 2013

      Talent Management professional, experienced in communications, change management, talent management, training and supervisory roles. Solid track record as a strategic partner, coach and facilitator. Skilled communicator, with notable selection, training, organizational and planning abilities.

    • Manager, Organizational Business Readiness
      • Aug 2008 - Mar 2012

       Assured planning and execution of organizational change activities in the areas of sponsorship, stakeholder commitment, organizational design and overall business readiness and user adoption.  Assured development of effective partnerships between ERP project teams and relevant stakeholder (business) teams to further organizational change management and business readiness strategies. Monitored progress of change management deliverables per work stream. Executed specific organization change management deliverables including change impact workshops, behavior training and awareness sessions for all employees, organizational change initiative plans and templates for functional teams for job impact assessment. Assess, prioritize and helped manage areas of individual and cultural resistance to increase the readiness for change.

    • Manager, Organizational Readiness
      • 2008 - 2010

      Led planning and execution of organizational change activities in the areas of sponsorship, stakeholder commitment, organizational design and overall business readiness and user adoption for 50 million dollar SAP implementation. • Successfully prepared end users and Super Users to do adopt SAP by Go Live for each module. SAP modules implemented included: Product Lifecycle Management, Human Capital Management, Warehouse Management, Finance, Apparel and Footwear Systems.

    • Manager, Talent Management
      • Jan 2003 - Aug 2008

       Managed the selection of talent in area of Governance, Finance, Shared Services, Wholesale and International. Assured timely investigation, follow-up and ongoing communication with client groups regarding associate performance. Assured consistent employment processes and practices. Facilitates coaching and performance counseling. Oversaw Performance Measurement Process by maintaining profile and position description process, and providing direction to clients on process of objective/ initiative setting, professional development process, and annual performance evaluations and compensation adjustments. Partnered with client groups in analyzing and determining appropriate organizational structure, recommends position changes, and pay adjustments Managed the onboarding program for new associates. Assured dismissal decisions are made in an appropriate and consistent manner Provided training and development tools and opportunities for management in conjunction with the Training department.

    • Manager, Training - Retail and Corporate
      • Apr 1994 - Jan 2003

       Provided appropriate content and evaluation of programs that support and deliver improved performance of all Corporate and Naturalizer Retail employees to:o Increase skill competency and speed individual successeso Provide professional developmento Facilitate leadership learning Developed, implemented, and continually improved programs and processes to provide:o Store Training Programso DSM and RSM Training Programs o On-boarding program for Corp and Storeso Train-the-Trainer sessions to grow existing talento Technical Training Programs

Education

  • 1985 - 1989
    University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
  • Webster University

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