Kerrie Watkins

About Kerrie Watkins

As a highly respected Human Resources leader, I gain satisfaction from building trusted relationships with executives, managers, and employees. 15+ years of experience in human resources management has provided me with the knowledge, experience, and skills to add value to an organization’s operations and Human Resources team. By providing consultative support to managers on all HR matters, I deliver win-win solutions, while maintaining consistency and fairness.Employee & Leadership Development: Integrates career development into the broader talent management framework. Manages the goal setting, performance management, promotion, and compensation review process. Coach managers on how to encourage high performance and people development across their teams. Works with stakeholders to leverage internal learning tools and resources as development opportunities for the team.Employee Experience: Drives employee engagement and retention by continuously seeking feedback and developing strategies to address areas of concern. Manages employee engagement programs and initiatives that inspire morale. Manages employee surveys and conducts exit interviews. Identifies feedback trends and analyzes data, presents key findings, and develops plan to improve gaps.Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging: Partner with Executive team and DEI Committee to increase cultural awareness, support diversity goals, increase business impact, and employees’ sense of community and belonging.Employee Relations: Manages employee relations process including harassment and discrimination complaints by establishing investigation plans, conducting investigations, and recommending resolutions. Evaluates and analyzes situation using relevant data gathered to make decisions, identify gaps, and recommend changes.Talent Strategy: Executes the talent strategy and ensures the planning aligns with short- and long-term business strategy. Uses knowledge of business growth drivers to address short-term and long-term talent and change management needs. Compensation Management: Conducts comprehensive analysis of compensation methods and an executive compensation analysis providing analytical and benchmarking data for comparison to the executive team. Develops compensation philosophy and strategy to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness.

Experience

1. Sr Director, Human Resources

   Honeywell Technologies

   Apr 2026 — Present

Education

• California State University-Dominguez Hills

  Bachelors of Science, Business Administration: Human Resources Management

Skills

• Talent Management
• Employment Law
• Workforce Planning
• Interviews
• New Hire Orientations
• Adp Payroll
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Relations
• Labor Relations
• Human Resources
• Employee Handbooks
• Employee Benefits
• Performance Reviews
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• Adp Reportsmith
• Training
• College Recruiting
• Leave of Absence Administration
• Compensation Strategies
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Microsoft Office
• Organizational Development
• Job Description Creation
• Benefits Administration
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Background Checks
• Recruiting
• Fmla
• Onboarding
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Hris Database Management
• Team Building
• Job Description Development
• Safety Management Systems