Chris Murray

About Chris Murray

An exceptionally skilled and high-performing Human Resources Executive with 25 years of multi-state/multi-site/international expertise across Biotechnology, Pharmaceuticals (Commercial), Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Environmental Services, Petroleum Shipping, HR Consulting and Education industries.COMPANY TYPES: Publicly Traded, Private, Start-Up, Pre-IPO (Series A, B, C), IPOHR LEADERSHIP: Teams of 2-20 direct/downstream reports (up to Director level)HRIS/SOFTWARE: Workday, SAP (SuccessFactors), Oracle, UKG/UltiPro, ADP, Rippling, Greenhouse, Paylocity, iCIMS, Lever, Taleo, JazzHR, BambooHR, Kronos, Dayforce, Paycom, SharePoint, Gallup, Lattice, HiBob, CultureAmp, Qualtrics.GLOBAL HR EXPERIENCE: Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Uruguay, UK, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia.CERTIFICATIONS: Certified Change Management Professional (CCMP)+ Accelerating Implementation Methodology (AIM)* Implemented multiple Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Center of Excellence (COE), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Professional Employer Organizations (PEO), and HR Shared Services solutions* Diversity, Equality & Inclusion (DEI) strategy and programming* Driving high-volume, fast turn-around HR, Recruitment, Benefits & Compensation, Total Rewards, and Engagement programsHR EXPERTISE: Employment Law, Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition & Talent Management, Performance, Compensation, Total Rewards, Organizational Development (OD), Change Management, Diversity & Inclusion, HRIS/ATS Administration, Payroll & Benefits Administration, Onboarding/Off-boarding, Professional Employer Organizations (PEO), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Learning & Development, HR Analytics & Metrics, Equity/Stock Administration, Diversity Equality & Inclusion (DEI), Managing Sales/Commission Structures, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) and Succession Planning. Strong employment law experience, including ACA, FLMA, ADA, HIPPA, COBRA, OFCCP, FLSA, and ERISA. Experience in public companies including pre-IPO; managing SOX for HR. HR SPECIALITIES: Human Resources Administration, Employment Services, HR Audit, Labor Compliance, Staffing, Talent Acquisition, HR Technology, Ethics, Strategic Initiatives, Strategic Planning and Business Leadership, California Labor/Employment Law

Experience

1. Director, Talent Development

   Sysco

   Jul 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Support Sysco’s Global Talent Development COE and enterprise HR organization (82,500 employees) to drive GTD programming and talent strategy. Providing broad partnership across talent systems, OD, culture, change management, performance, and leadership for “leaders of leaders.”• Partnering across multiple domains to support performance management, goal setting, talent review, 9-box calibration, succession planning, internal mobility, and leadership readiness across multiple high-matrix and international business units.• Partnering with HRBPs and senior executives to interpret talent data, identify organizational capability gaps, and implement targeted interventions to improve manager effectiveness and leadership bench strength.• Facilitating development experiences for leaders, people managers, strengths-based training development, and targeted learning aligned to Sysco’s leadership competencies.• Supporting signature leader development programming to ensure readiness key leadership positions within the organization, advising on organizational effectiveness, change readiness, gaps and development needs. • Delivering a variety of development sessions, trainings and learning experiences within systems that leverage programming like Gallup Clifton Strengths, OCAI, Birkman, 5-Dynamcis, Meyers-Brigg, Hogan, Korn Ferry, and others to build capability, awareness and to gain insights into the opportunities for leadership development across the business.• Leveraging Workday to drive talent cycles, reporting, analytics, performance documentation, succession modeling, and data integrity across the HR ecosystem.

Education

• Willowridge High School

  High School Diploma

• Houston City College

  Associates, Business

• American InterContinental University

  BA, Business Management

Skills

• Human Resources
• Employee Handbooks
• Change Management
• Succession Planning
• Peoplesoft
• Professional Ethics
• Eeoc
• Performance Management
• Personnel Management
• Affirmative Action
• Organizational Development
• Flsa
• Talent Management
• Strategic Human Resources Leadership
• Compensation & Benefit
• Employee Benefits
• Hris
• HR Policies
• HR Consulting
• Policy
• Sphr
• Employee Engagement
• Coaching
• Recruiting
• Payroll
• Fmla
• Leadership Development
• New Hire Orientations
• Adp Payroll
• HR Transformation
• Talent Acquisition
• Benefits Administration
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Eeo
• Employment Law Compliance
• Employee Relations
• Onboarding
• Cobra
• Leadership
• Employment Law