James Ward

James Ward

About

Detail

Senior Vice President of People
Michigan, United States

Timeline

work
Job
folder
Project

Résumé

Jobs verified_user 0% verified
  • ActiveProspect
    Senior Vice President of People
    ActiveProspect
    Sep 2024 - Current (2 years)
  • Knoetic CPOHQ
    CPOHQ Member
    Knoetic CPOHQ
    Jan 2021 - Current (5 years 8 months)
    The # 1 place for Chief People Officers to learn from each other.
  • ActiveProspect
    Vice President of People
    ActiveProspect
    Nov 2021 - Oct 2024 (3 years)
  • ActiveProspect
    Sr. Director, Global People Operations
    ActiveProspect
    Jan 2021 - Nov 2021 (11 months)
  • Eenhoorn LLC
    Head of Human Resources
    Eenhoorn LLC
    Jan 2019 - Jan 2020 (1 year 1 month)
    Hands on role focused on enhancing day to day HR operations by transforming the HR function toward best-in-class talent practices. • Attained an eNPS of 76 during summer of COVID-19 pandemic through significant communication and change management efforts • Achieved recognition as a Best & Brightest Places to Work National award winner • Designed Agile and Kanban talent acquisition processes decreasing time to fill from 52 days to 32 days • Implemented annual HR Diagnostic and HR Calendar to align to Human Capital best practices • Built leadership and talent development plans and career pathways to generate internal succession planning and diminish time to fill for non-local critical roles while scaling down turnover from 47% to 18% within s
  • FormulaFolios
    Chief People Officer
    FormulaFolios
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)
    Head of Culture and Strategy role at a hyper-growth scale-up FinTech disruptor. First formal HR leader in organzation with additional leadership responsibility over HR, PMO, Product Development Engineering, Design, and B2B/B2C Marketing. • Achieved Employee Net Promoter Score as high as 74 via a culture of Doing Good, resulting in a Best Places to Work National award recognition • Developed a Kanban recruiting system decreasing time to fill rate down to 17 days • Designed a job family process allowing for employee career mapping, compensation grading, and pay equity analysis, resulting in 6% employee turnover • Devised the PMO function to act as liaison between customers, engineering, marketing, and executive leadership, resulting in an inc
  • Daymon Worldwide
    Vice President, International Human Resources
    Daymon Worldwide
    Jul 2014 - Jan 2018 (3 years 7 months)
    Head of HR for all Daymon Worldwide lines of business providing strategic human capital, business, and change management to C-Suite leaders. HR accountability in over 25 different countries across 6 continents, requiring 50% travel internationally • Facilitated International 3-Year strategic planning process; resulted in a streamlined and more effective approach to new business development and a customizable customer-centered approach. Also resulted in a reduction of sales cycle by 50% and a generation of six new customer accounts within first year of implementation • Developed a workforce planning, career assessment, and talent mapping process to identify and develop key talent for critical roles. Resulted in a proactive 'ready now' talent
  • Daymon Worldwide
    Director, Human Resources - Top HR Role - North America Private Brands
    Daymon Worldwide
    Jan 2011 - Jul 2014 (3 years 7 months)
  • SPECTRUM HEALTH
    Director of HR Operations
    SPECTRUM HEALTH
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2011 (2 years 1 month)
    Responsible for leading HR teams of 43 associates within the functions of Talent Acquisition, Talent Development, Staff Relations, Work-Life, and HR Project Management to support the 10,000 employees for the Hospital Group business unit. Accountable for managing 11 cost centers, totaling an $8 million budget • Executed HR Process efficiencies and productivity measures resulting in a $2.3 million decrease in HR operating expenses while generating a first-ever annualized revenue generation of $25,000 • Increased Talent Acquisition customer satisfaction from 76% to 89% in one year • Partnered regularly with senior level executives on key organizational policies and practices; changed overtime policies, merit pay practices, incentive compensati
  • Ferro Corporation
    Human Resources Manager
    Ferro Corporation
    Jan 2007 - Jan 2009 (2 years 1 month)
    Fortune 1000 company with over $2.3 billion in annual revenue. Leading global supplier of technology-based materials for a broad range of manufacturers • Increased employee engagement by over 11%, resulting in a 35.2% increase in plant productivity without aid of additional capital expenses. Productivity enhancements resulted in an annual cost savings of $1.1 million in reduced labor costs and $2.8 million in increased production capacity • Defended against a union organizing attempt, resulting in defeating the Teamsters Union by a significant 5 to 1 margin, allowing leadership to implement aforementioned productivity increases
Education verified_user 0% verified
  • Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University
    MBA, Entrepreneurship and Emerging Enterprises
    Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University
  • The University of Toledo
    B.A, 1) Human Resources Management; 2) Marketing
    The University of Toledo
Projects (professional or personal) verified_user 0% verified
    Awards verified_user 0% verified
    • I
      Top 50 Human Resources Professional in the world
      Issued by OnCon Conferences
    This is a community-created genome.