Lana Jones

A trusted talent advisor and business leader to ensure that JLB has a high-performing team working in a healthy & adaptable culture to drive profitable growth. Primary responsibilities include: - Guide company vision, brand, strategy, communication and execution plans as a member of the JLB Executive Team - Establish trust and credibility by knowing the business and its talent - Be an informal conduit to ensure effective collaboration and connectivity of the work and people - Develop a culture of adaptability - Maximize performance in ROWE environment by ensuring individuals have clear expectations aligned with organizational goals with accountability mechanisms in place - Enable sustainable growth by focusing on select talent strategies including: Employee Value Proposition, onboarding, diversity, eliminating unnecessary hierarchy, and organizational structure

Lead projects and team to coordinate efforts with key partners to drive talent solutions for Thrivent's corporate functions.

Led global talent reporting and analytics team of over 50 to transform talent data into insightful information to drive business decisions. Selected to connect the vision and mission of the work, transform the team, and enable HR leaders to leverage key information for talent strategies. Managed a budget of over $1.5M.

Built and led team of seven consultants to elevate the roles of our HR Business Partners. Simplified and streamlined cyclical processes, reducing non-value-added work. Reported to the VP of HR Operations and VP of HQ HR with financial oversight of headcount and SG&A budgets. I acted as a key partner to establish an operating cadence advising on key priorities across all HR centers of excellence.

Pioneered Target’s first centralized Talent Planning function driving the CEO succession plan involving over 60 director level and above talent actions and establishing the foundation for Target’s executive committee talent discussions. In addition, asked to establish a Strategy and Process team for Headquarters HR.

Hired into Target as a Senior HR Representative. I experienced four promotions and increasing levels of responsibility as an HR Business Partner to the Merchandising division with a client base of over 23 divisions and 150 key leaders.

Led team of seven to design, manage, and administer the organization’s base and incentive compensation and benefits plans as well as payroll administration. Reported to the CEO and was also responsible for headcount budgeting process and participated in the overall fiscal budgeting process. Hired in 1998 as a Payroll & Benefits Administrator reporting to the CFO and CEO with the scope and responsibilities of the role expanding and performance recognized over my tenure.

Managed and administered all aspects of payroll and benefits including workers compensation, unemployment, and accounts payable.