Stephen Hunter

Served as a strategic advisor and HR business partner to senior leaders for a client group of over 900 employees, in the Business and Legal Affairs and U.S. Networks Distribution divisions.

• Guided business leaders through significant organizational change and company re-orgs by designing people-focused strategies that fueled business growth, and improved efficiency.
• As a culture champion I focused on employee experience – developing end-to end human capital strategies. I designed and implemented diversity and inclusion programs, compensation and job leveling infrastructure, and equitable hiring processes that led to significant improvement in the employee satisfaction surveys year-over-year – consistently ranking my client groups among the best in the company.
• Leaders love data. Proposals and people strategy implementation were always supported by HR metrics and employee data – providing insights and quantifiable support for sound decision-making. By utilizing people analytics to provide actionable insights for senior leaders, they were able optimize organizational design and enhance business performance, resulting in lower turnover.
• Led critical HR integrations for major corporate acquisitions (including the acquisition of Pluto TV and the Viacom/CBS merger) guiding the employees through significant change and ensuring talent retention and cultural alignment.
• Served on a cross-functional team tasked with the complete overhaul of the company’s performance management process and systems – resulting in a streamlined online portal for employee reviews and manager check-ins.

Served as head of HR with global responsibility for all aspects of the Human Resources function, for a global employee base of over 1,200 people across four countries.

• Reported to the CEO and served as a trusted advisor and business partner to the executive leadership team, preserving the company's culture while building a best-in-class employee experience.
• Implemented an organizational design and a lean manufacturing improvement project at the Bali industrial facility. Led the development and rollout of new performance management processes, and bonus program.
• Developed a broad-based compensation, rewards, and benefits strategy for the global employee population. As Chair of the Benefits and Investment Committee I led an audit that resulted in: a broker change, a renewal of all health and welfare plans for US employees, and a significant cost reduction for the company.
• Responsible for sourcing, hiring, onboarding, and developing the executive and senior management team. Led a project team tasked with staffing new retail stores in Houston and New York.
• Directed local HR teams on complex employee relations issues. Traveled quarterly to our offices in Hong Kong, Bangkok, and Bali to provide on-the-ground HR leadership.

Hired as a transformative HR leader, I was tasked with modernizing and upgrading the entire Human Resources function to drive operational excellence and align people strategy with the company’s business goals.

• Modernized the HR function by acting as a trusted business partner to the COO and department heads, designing a flexible work program, and implementing a new strategy for company-wide talent acquisition and performance management.
• Enhanced employee experience and organizational health by identifying and resolving employee relations issues, leading company- sponsored events, and creating new employee centric policies and programs.
• Managed a 401(k) plan administrator change to provide better investment funds and lower fees for employees. I also secured plan health plan renewals with lower costs and enhanced benefits.

Hired to lead and scale the Human Resources function for MAKE UP FOR EVER - Americas, driving strategic growth and organizational transformation during a period of rapid business expansion from a $30M mono-channel to a $140M+ multi-channel enterprise.

• Worked directly with the General Manager / CEO on organizational development and to set the strategic direction of the business. Designed and implemented significant org design changes to support the business’ increasing complexity
• Opened 8 retail locations in the US and Canada (recruiting, hiring, and on-boarding of management & sales staff)