Mary Elizabeth McComas

About Mary Elizabeth McComas

Engaged and people-oriented leader influencing business outcomes by empowering HR leaders to reimagine what HR functions look like and put the ‘human’ back in Human Resources. Builds strong rapport and trust with organizational staff from newly-hired employees to senior leadership, creating to support the company’s organic/inorganic growth strategy, multiple divestments and down cycle events, and emergency operational responses.Meets the needs of diverse industry and student populations across cultures, ages, and learning levels by incorporating active learning and other innovative strategies to engage participants, offer excellent feedback, and inspire attendees to achieve HR Management & Leadership program outcomes. Recent career impacts include: Creating impactful curriculum based on spearheading strategic initiatives, leading Behaviors in Action workshops, and implementing HR Coaching Training programs via synchronous and asynchronous training ranging from 20 to of students. Overseeing the design, implementation, and administration of a complex Tuition Assistance Program spanning 59 countries, collaborating across Procurement, HR Operations, Country HR, Tax, Labor Law, and IT teams. Stepping up as the key sponsor and integrator for People Strategy Development, staffing an execution team to secure leadership and staff support for prioritized areas of career development and supervisor enablement. I\'m also proud to have spearheaded the company’s Diversity & Inclusion focus for the Fuels & Lubricants (F&L) Company by enforcing F&L management’s ownership and accountability for diversity, conducting deeper data reviews, and developing a diversity roadmap.

Experience

1. Learning Solutions Manager

   ExxonMobil

   Sep 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Oversee a $34MM budget and a global team of 50 direct / indirect reports in a Learning Solutions Manager role. Manage and steward learning development and implementation to support ~63K employees,~32K contractors, and ~10K distributors. Train staff to support 1,500 functional skills, 15 behavioral skills, and corporate knowledge / obligatory, and evolving business needs. Key recent wins include deploying critical Chief Learning Officer projects while managing significant staffing and vacancy challenges (~1/3 new limited term and ~10% gaps). IMPACTS & ACHIEVEMENTS HR Process OptimizationCentralize administration and performance measurements into one corporate offering while consolidating vendors and offering 4X more language offerings at 22% of the prior cost ($600K vs $2.7MM pre-COVID spend). Organizational Development & DesignOversee design, implementation, and administration for a complex Tuition Assistance Program spanning 59 countries by collaborating with Procurement, HR Operations, Country HR, Tax, and Law stakeholders. Teaching & MentorshipStep up as an engaged mentor and coach at the individual and collective level, delivering win/win scenarios by holding monthly meetings and coaching sessions with a wide range of professional students. Strategic HR PlanningPartner with a Corporate Strategy, Public Affairs, and Law to develop training for a corporate strategy and operating model covering ~ 8,500 supervisors.

Education

• Texas A&M University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Texas A&M University

  Bachelor of Arts - BA, International/Global Studies