Elise Kirtland

Vice President Talent Management @ Grainger

About

VP of HR for Grainger’s talent organization which includes talent development and talent acquisition. My team and I support Grainger’s recruitment strategy and tactics as well as talent management, learning and development, organizational effectiveness and talent analytics for the company. Graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a double major in economics and political science. Specialties: Both line HR and COE (talent development and talent acquisition) experience in a complex, global, and matrixed environment. Experience in performance management processes, performance management tool implementation (Workday and success factors specifically), exceptional communication and presentation skills, global communications and HR consulting experience, project management background, data analysis and quantitative skills, strong ability to influence others. HR experience supporting diverse employee populations: professional consulting and sales employees, call centers with a large population of non exempt employees, and corporate finance, real estate and marketing and technology employees.

Country

United States

City

Greater Chicago Area

Industry

Human Resources

Skill

Human Resources, Employee Benefits, Performance Management, Talent Management, Deferred Compensation, Benefits Administration, Accounting, College Recruiting, Recruiting, Talent Acquisition, HR Consulting, Employee Engagement, Interviews, Employee Relations, Technical Recruiting, Data Analysis, Executive Search, Applicant Tracking Systems, Onboarding, Leadership

Experience

Vice President Talent Management

Grainger

2024-9 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

Lake Forest, Illinois, United States

Vice President Human Resources

Grainger

2022-8 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Sr. Director, Human Resources

Grainger

2019-10 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Sr. HR Director for Grainger's technology group. Responsible for strategy and HR leader for Grainger's CTO and CPO

Sr. Director, Global Talent Leader & Global Head of Performance, Careers and Engagement

Aon

2019-5 - 2019-10 · 6 mos

Chicago

I lead our talent teams supporting Aon's Retirement Solutions business unit as well as our corporate functions. I also lead the global center of excellence responsible for Aon's performance management system and philosophy, engagement surveys and strategy, and career and assessment work.

HR Director - Global Head of Performance, Careers, and Engagement & Talent Management PMO

Aon

2015-9 - 2019-5 · 3 yrs 9 mos

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for the strategy and execution of Aon's performance management cycle and systems, as well as Aon's annual Global Engagement Survey. Also lead Aon's talent management operations group. Together with the team I lead, we: - Plan, communicate, train and execute Aon's annual Global Engagement Survey which is administered to 50,000 colleagues - Continually innovate our Engagement survey approach along with our vendor, Aon Hewitt - Manage global change management for Aon's Engagement initiatives - Execute on and continuously improve Aon's performance management strategy - Lead the implementation of Workday for performance management globally at Aon - Execute twice annual executive talent reviews for Aon's top 100 leaders globally - Manage Aon's career strategy - Manage Aon's assessment strategy and vendor relationships for leadership assessment and coaching - Lead Talent Management's operations team which is responsible for process mapping, overall TM calendar and communication, TM analytics and project management

HR Director

Aon

2012-8 - 2015-9 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Greater Chicago Area

- Human Resources Director supporting the over 2500 colleagues in Aon's global Finance and Real Estate Organizations. - Also served as the chief of staff to Aon's CHRO from 2014-2016 - HR Business Partner for Corporate Real Estate, Internal Audit, Controllership, Tax, Treasury, Investor Relations, and business unit FP&A functions globally. - Worked closely with a global HR team to deliver HR strategy and results to our population in the US/Canada, EMEA, APAC, and Latin America.

HR Advisor

Aon

2010-1 - 2012-9 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Chicago, IL/Lincolnshire, IL

- Lead HR Adviser for Businesses in Aon Hewitt. - Supported groups including: Investment Consulting, Sales & Accounts, Business Processing Outsourcing. - Lead multiple projects during Aon's acquisition and integration of Hewitt including: new hire onboarding, restructuring, and partner promotion processes