Diana Rose-Schilling

About Diana Rose-Schilling

Seasoned human resources leader with 20+ years of experience developing human capital strategies that drive business results. Skilled at directing a broad range of HR functions, including transformation initiatives, while leading multifunctional teams in global markets. Proven capacity to design people-centric solutions resulting in quantified improvements in employee retention & engagement; and stimulating organizational success through strategic planning and execution. I collaborate with leaders to improve HR practices through process improvement, talent management, and benefit design. By aligning management and HR strategies with organizational goals, I aim to drive sustainable success, including growing through M&A. My approach ensures that the business is equipped to navigate change, resolve conflicts, and foster employee growth.

Experience

1. Human Resources Director

   Republic Services

   Jan 2019 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   A strategic area leader guiding 17 Human Resources managers, partnering with executives and Business Unit leaders to align human resource initiatives with organizational goals. This includes steering recruitment strategies, driving employee engagement, shaping talent evaluation and development processes, leading compensation planning, optimizing workflows, managing mergers and acquisitions, and developing forward-looking workforce plans.• Created effective retention strategies that helped improve turnover by over 13% from 2022 to 2025.• Develop a compensation strategy that aligns pay with business goals, supports talent attraction and retention, and adapts to market trends.• Collaborate with the Talent Acquisition Team to create a recruiting strategies focused on CDL drivers and technicians to accelerate the time to hire in a challenging job market, resulting in 62% improvement to the requisition fill rate, and a reduction of 28% in <1 year turnover. • Developed and implemented talent strategies to enhance leadership skills through training, supervisor onboarding, and performance management programs, resulting in higher productivity, lower cost per engine hour, better engagement, and improved retention.• By actively listening to employees and implementing targeted strategies based on their feedback, employee engagement reached a score of 91—the highest in the Company. This approach led to all 17 engagement survey questions receiving scores above the Company average.• Established and implemented consistent policies and procedures, as well as HR guidelines for HR Managers. This has resulted in fair and consistent treatment of employees across the Area and reducing the number of employee complaints, EEOC and other legal claims by over 56%.• Collaborated with functional leadership to oversee all phases of mergers and acquisitions, successfully executing more than ten transactions and broadening market reach.

Education

• University of Houston

  Bachelors of Arts

• University of Phoenix

  Masters of Arts (MA) in Organizational Management

Skills

• Retention Programs
• Organizational Development
• Merger and Acquisitions
• Employment Law
• Leadership Development and Coaching
• Change Management
• Workforce Planning
• Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Recruiting Strategy
• Deferred Compensation
• HR Policy and Procedure
• College Recruiting
• Start-Ups
• Training
• Employee Benefits
• Policy
• Personnel Management
• Job Description Development
• Job Analysis and Descriptions
• Human Resources
• Operations Management
• Leadership Development
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Job Descriptions
• Human Resource Management and Strategy
• Talent Management
• Employee Relations
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Recruiting
• HR Policies
• Project Management
• Organizational Management
• Retention Programs and Strategies