Paula Simmons

Vice President Human Resources @Southwire Company

US

Commercial HRVP for a $8B revenue business. • HR Lead for 10 acquisitions, 2 divestitures and multiple facility closures over a 7-year period.• Led HR in the new entrepreneurial business and grew from $200M to $750M in revenue, and from 50 to over 1,200 employees in 5 different countries over 7 years. • Experienced HRVP Business Partner for Operations, Commercial, Functional and Diversification business groups. • Champion of Sustainability Core Tenets – Growing Green, Giving Back, Building Worth, Living Well and Doing Right.• Instrumental in the creation and implementation of Willis Towers Watson compensation market mapping for the entire company. • Identify, source and partner with TA and 3rd party agencies to fill top VP and SVP roles in every area of the business, in addition to maintaining optimal staffing levels in operations facilities while reducing time to fill for general salaried positions. • Integrated human capital data analytics in priority business decisions.• Trained and utilize Korn Ferry Competency Model, HBDI (Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument), EQ instruments, 360 assessments, etc. • Foster Leadership Development programs to create a pipeline of future-ready, purpose driven talent.• Navigate challenging employee relations situations through leveraged recognition and rewards strategies to further our position of employer of choice – appreciation bonus, vaccination incentives, flex time buy back, sign-on and referral bonuses, etc. • Serve on the company’s Risk Oversight Committee and responsible for the alignment of risk management strategies; act as the coordination point for enterprise-level direction setting regarding risk management issues representing the area of human resources.

Central Michigan University

MSA, Administration

Georgia State University

Bachelor of Science (BS), Kinesiology and Exercise Science