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Jennifer Martin

Glen Ellyn

Summary

Experienced leader with strong background in guiding teams, managing complex projects, and achieving strategic objectives. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Known for collaborative approach and commitment to excellence.

Overview

24
24
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Total Rewards

Argonne National Laboratory
10.2023 - Current
  • Serve as strategic director responsible for ensuring that compensation, recognition, health and welfare and retirement plans are competitive, compliant and enable us to attract, motivate and retain a highly talented workforce. Reporting to the CHRO, work in partnership with finance, procurement, communications and legal. Lead a top notch team of managers and functional experts to deliver a robust benefits package and high quality compensation program. Serve as strategic director responsible for ensuring that compensation, recognition, health and welfare and retirement plans are competitive, compliant and enable us to attract, motivate and retain a highly talented workforce. Reporting to the CHRO, work in partnership with finance, procurement, communications and legal. Lead a top notch team of managers and functional experts to deliver a robust benefits package and high quality compensation program.
  • Full-time
  • Hybrid

Director, Total Rewards

USCellular
12.2018 - 11.2023
  • Strategically lead the Compensation, Benefits, Well-Being, Recognition and HR Programs for a company of 5,000 associates. Provide innovative solutions for complex departments in base-pay administration, salary structure and job architecture, incentives (short and long-term), pay equity, implementing new benefits as well as implementing a new well-being strategy. Extensive work both implementing new vendors and ongoing vendor management. Partner with finance, legal, supply chain and sales on various initiatives.Strategically lead the Compensation, Benefits, Well-Being, Recognition and HR Programs for a company of 5,000 associates. Provide innovative solutions for complex departments in base-pay administration, salary structure and job architecture, incentives (short and long-term), pay equity, implementing new benefits as well as implementing a new well-being strategy. Extensive work both implementing new vendors and ongoing vendor management. Partner with finance, legal, supply chain and sales on various initiatives.
  • Full-time

Total Rewards Leader (various roles)

Boeing
04.2009 - 06.2017
  • Lead Enterprise Benchmarking Project for the company. Project entails benchmarking all occupations to outside surveys, getting approval from senior leadership and adjusting salary ranges as appropriate
  • Lead Human Resource Review Board, evaluating all human resource positions and validating proper levels
  • Use data and analytics to provide benefits and compensation strategies to business partners
  • Led various projects within Total Rewards for Boeing Defense Systems to include Performance Management ratings, merit process, benefits planning, differentiation for both ratings and salary increases and the companies first Management Incentive Plan payments
  • Developed process for determining salary ranges for a newly reorganized supplier management organization, resulting in lowering costs for the company and increasing productivity, received several awards including a cash award for compensation efforts
  • Served as key member of the structures team, determined salary reference tables, location tier structures and job family maintenance throughout the year
  • Oversaw transition to a recruiting transformation model from a total rewards perspective, implemented this model throughout the St. Louis site, balanced market based affordability initiatives while assisting the company in hiring efforts
  • Greater Chicago Area

HR Business Partner

Verizon Wireless
02.2001 - 01.2009
  • HR Consultant for Verizon Wireless Call Center. Served as business partner for managers and advised on performance management, compensation and staffing. Served as facilitator for a variety of management trainings. Recruited for call center in both customer service and technical roles/

Education

Master of Arts - Human Resources Development

Lindenwood University
St. Charles MO

Skills

  • Friendly, positive attitude
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Customer service
  • Problem-solving

Accomplishments

CCP and PHR Certification

Received numerous awards including Leadership Circle Award at UScellular and Impact Argonne Award at Argonne.

Timeline

Head of Total Rewards

Argonne National Laboratory
10.2023 - Current

Director, Total Rewards

USCellular
12.2018 - 11.2023

Total Rewards Leader (various roles)

Boeing
04.2009 - 06.2017

HR Business Partner

Verizon Wireless
02.2001 - 01.2009

Master of Arts - Human Resources Development

Lindenwood University
Jennifer Martin