Don Potter

Vice President, Global HR Shared Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific

Role
Vice President, Global HR Shared Services at Thermo Fisher Scientific
Location
Franklin, MA, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Don Potter

High impact, strategic Human Resources Leader with global Business Partner and Generalist experience spanning all phases of the employee lifecycle. Reputation for bringing practical solutions to complex human resources issues utilizing leadership talents, strong people skills, and both persuasive and analytical abilities. Recognized for ability to select, grow and develop internal talent (“net talent producer”) within HR. Adept at navigating a rapid growth, highly complex, global organization, with both functional and geographic matrix-management practices and business-unit P&L organizational structures. Frequently requested by executive management to lead enterprise-wide efforts where strong cross-functional, operational and project management skills are required. Areas of specific expertise include:• HR Business Partner• Employee Shared Services• Strategic Planning and Business Management• Talent Acquisition and Development• Internal Board Work• Systems Implementation and Program Management• Organizational Design and Development• Workforce Cost Management• Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures• Transformational Outsourcing / Off-shoring • Change Management

Experience

  1. Vice President, Global HR Shared Services

    Thermo Fisher Scientific

    Sep 2017 — Present

Education

  • Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business

    MBA, Finance and Marketing

    1990 — 1993

  • State University of New York at Oswego

    BSBA, Business Administration

    1979 — 1983

Skills

  • Talent Management
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Employee Relations
  • Performance Management
  • Onboarding
  • Hris
  • Workforce Planning
  • Human Resources
  • Succession Planning
  • College Recruiting
  • Organizational Design
  • Acquisition Integration
  • Brand Development
  • Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Brand Loyalty
  • Building Customer Loyalty
  • Change Management
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Outreach
  • Corporate Events
  • Cross-Functional Team Leadership
  • Diversity
  • Employee Engagement
  • Employee Loyalty
  • Employee Recognition
  • Executive Coaching
  • Friendly Personality
  • Executive Management
  • HR Consulting
  • HR Transformation
  • Human Resource Development
  • Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
  • Inclusive Leadership
  • Integrity
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Management Development
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Organizational Effectiveness

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