Chris Miedema
HR Director at HexArmor
- Role
- Human Resources Director at HexArmor
- Location
- Holland, MI, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Miedema
HR leader with experience in a variety of HR roles for market leading companies both…
Experience
Human Resources Director
Aug 2014 — Present · Grand Rapids, MI, US
Serve as the head of HR for HexArmor, a subsidiary of UVEX WinterHolding headquarterd in Furth, Germany. Lead an HR team of 6 covering Compensation/Benefits, Recruiting, Talent Mgt, Learning, Safety, Employee Relations, Legal/Compliance, and Global Mobility.Strategic Accomplishments:• Created the people strategy and HR strategy to help company scale at 40% CAGR over the last 10 years with focus on recruiting, total rewards, and learning and development. • Designed and implemented the competency model that serves as the framework for hiring, performance management, and leadership development in the company. Used the competency model to design and manage a new performance management system with weekly check-ins, 360 reviews and semi-annual reviews. • Implemented HexArmor’s first leadership development program – Developing Leaders – for new people managers. • Implemented a pay for performance, market-based compensation structure and philosophy. Helped reduce attrition from 18% to 8% over the last 3 years.• Led the due diligence process for the HR function with Uvex Winter Holding in the summer of 2017, and the partnership was finalized in November 2017.• Reduced search firm spend by 60% in my first year by building internal recruiting capabilities and implementing an applicant tracking system. Subsequently, restructured the process and tools (OMG Sales assessment, PI, structured interviews) used to hire the sales force internationally.• Moved the company from fully insured to a self-insured benefits model, which resulted in better benefits at a lower cost to the company and employees. • Redesigned the company performance bonus plan to focus on company KPIs, department metrics, and individual objectives. Employees reported a 95% line of sight to business objectives and performance pay. • Led the evaluation, selection and implementation of the ATS system (Greenhouse), HRIS system (Paycor and then ADP WFN), and performance management system (15Five)
Education
Calvin College
B.A.
Michigan State University - The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
MBA
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