Marla Franz, MLRHR, SPHR

Volunteered for a severance package due to MNK’s cancellation of the corporate spin Executed the organizational effectiveness and compensation strategies including change management and leadership development; led talent acquisition, engagement and recognition ✅ Established Organizational Effectiveness and Compensation as Centers of Expertise (COEs) ✅ Conducted a calibrated Talent Review and Succession Plan retreat with the Executive Team ✅ Designed the equity processes for the Stock Incentive Plan and Stock Purchase Plan People Strategy | Culture Development | Organizational Effectiveness | Change Leadership Shared Services | Global Compensation & Benefits | Executive Compensation | Equity Compensation Talent Strategy | Talent Management | Talent Acquisition | Leadership Development

Led the non-employee Board of Directors’ total compensation, international rewards, relocation program, Employee Stock Purchase Plan and executive benefit programs including the non-qualified deferred compensation plan, supplemental LTD, variable life insurance and tax planning benefit ✅ Wrote updated Restricted Stock Unit Awards agreements in UK and Spain ✅ Led the Culture Workstream for Centene Forward, aligning Agile, Project Management and Change Management Culture Development | Global Equity | Compensation & Benefits | Global Mobility Executive Compensation | Equity Compensation Plans | Board of Directors Compensation Change Management | Recognition | Shared Services | Mergers & Acquisitions

Crafted and delivered the organizational effectiveness strategy including assessments, performance management, career development, talent reviews, succession planning, engagement and change management ✅ Developed a new “business-owned” Centene Leadership Model and partnered across HR to integrate the model into the talent lifecycle from “hire to retire” and transform the culture enterprise-wide ✅ Decreased to 1 from 5 merit/performance processes for 34,000 employees across 60 business units ✅ Designed and implemented 10 of the 11 product areas in Workday’s talent management module including the talent profile, 9-box calibration, talent review, succession and feedback with key metrics included in the operating plans People Strategy | Human Capital Management | Culture Development | Organizational Effectiveness Talent Infrastructure | Change Leadership | Talent Strategy | Talent Development | Coaching Succession Planning | Shared Services | Mergers & Acquisitions | Engagement | 360 Assessments

Led 22 team members and $5 million budget to deliver the human capital strategy, talent acquisition, organizational development, labor relations with 9 embedded HR Business Partners ✅ Architect of the new talent infrastructure to support HR shared services, embedded the HR Business Partners, inaugurated the HR service center and 1-800 number with the processes to provide a multi-tiered service progression ✅ Negotiated 10 collective bargaining agreements with the Gas Workers, IBEW and Steelworkers requiring comprehensive compensation and benefits analysis and proposals ✅ Built the leadership development curriculum with a Leading Spire Series and an Executive Program People Strategy | Culture Development | Talent Infrastructure | Organizational Effectiveness Talent Strategy | Talent Acquisition | Talent Management | Performance Management | Negotiations Employee Engagement | Corporate Restructuring | People Development | Career Development

Developed the human capital plan across HR and achieved the Talent Acquisition, Organizational Effectiveness, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Diversity and Engagement initiatives ✅ Realized 92% of the synergy targets through a new “Organizing for Growth” restructuring process ✅ Decreased cost per hire and improved new hire quality through a new Employee Value Proposition ✅ Project Leader for the HR and Change Management Workstreams for a $42 million Oracle enterprise business architecture implementation to capture people-dependent ROI for Customer Service, Finance and Supply Chain People Strategy | Culture Development | Organization Development | Organizational Effectiveness Change Leadership | HR Transformation | Talent Strategy | Talent Acquisition | Talent Management Succession Planning | Training | Performance Management | Learning & Development

Designed and implemented the organizational development strategy; including culture alignment, organization design, performance management, succession planning and talent development with scalable systems and scorecards ✅ Creator of the Learning Center in SumTotal as the infrastructure for all learning and development resources ✅ Crafted and delivered an innovative and accessible Change Management Toolkit People Strategy | Culture Development | Organization Development | Mergers & Acquisitions Acquisition Integration | Business Process Improvement | Change Leadership | Change Management Change Agent | Organizational Design | Talent Management

Aligned the total rewards package for 4,300 employees in 48 countries to drive the Vegetable Business’ objectives through base compensation, annual incentive plan, sales plans and equity programs ✅ Successfully integrated 1,100 employees in 18 countries harmonizing compensation, benefits, wellness, relocation and the Development Performance Rewards program for the DeRuiter and International Seed Group acquisitions ✅ Redesigned the Global Vegetable Sales Plan to recognize different business segments and regional weather challenges Global Compensation | Base Compensation | Annual Incentive Plans | Sales Plans | Executive Compensation

Pioneered the compensation, performance management and executive compensation programs; led payroll operations ✅ Aligned the business and total reward strategies for the BOD; guided the Compensation Committee to receive shareholder approval for the first Annual Incentive and Equity Incentive Plans utilizing NQSOs, RSUs and PCRS ✅ Wrote the first Compensation Discussion & Analysis (CD&A) to ensure compliance with all disclosure requirements ✅ Implemented the first performance appraisal system linked to business strategy ✅ Created and implemented an organizational health survey based on the Gallup Q12 engagement framework Compensation & Benefits | Base Compensation | Annual Incentive Plans | Equity Incentive Plans Executive Compensation Planning | Board of Directors Compensation | Board Relations Performance Management | Engagement