Kevin Commers

About Kevin Commers

HR leadership at Fortune 100 companies with significant experience and success aligning HR strategies to business priorities, building strong business & HR leadership teams and achieving results.Strategic HR leader with 20+ years of professional experience committed to building organization effectiveness and enhancing the work environment & culture targeted to achieve the company’s mission, goals, and values. A results oriented leader with experience in organization development, change management, employee engagement, talent acquisition, leadership consulting, strategic planning and employee relations. A leader recognized for the ability to build strong management teams along with leading HR organizations that achieve results.

Experience

1. Senior Director Human Resources - Global Medtronic Operations

   Medtronic

   Oct 2015 — Present

   Executive Human Resource member for Medtronic Global Operations. Medtronic Operations consists of employees located globally in over 80+ locations. FY16 revenue for Medtronic was $28.8 billion.Provide strategic direction to the center-led Operations leaders in a broad range of business and organizational issues, as well as lead the HR team accountable for effective implementation of HR strategies and core processes for these organizations to maximize achievement of their business priorities and goals: o Medtronic Operations o Global Supply Chain & Distributiono Global Supply Management o Operations IntegrationCreate HR initiatives to build a high performance culture and strengthen organization effectiveness during a period of significant change, while partnering with the leaders to transform the function and drive execution of the Medtronic Global Operations strategy to support the company’s global growth goals.

Education

• UMN Carlson School of Management

  MAIR, Industrial Relations

• Hamline University

  BA, Business Admin; Psychology

  1983 — 1987

Skills

• Performance Management
• Recruiting
• Leadership
• Employment Law
• Organizational Effectiveness
• Coaching
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Talent Management
• Employee Benefits
• Organizational Development
• Sourcing
• Onboarding
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Culture Change
• Hris
• College Recruiting
• Strategic Planning
• Employee Relations
• HR Consulting
• Personnel Management
• Business Process Improvement
• Deferred Compensation
• Succession Planning
• Change Management