Tracie Meyer
About Tracie Meyer:
I am a results-driven experienced leader having worked in a range of settings specialising in learning and development, with over 32 years’ experience, focusing the last 23 years on leadership and talent management. Have led key strategic initiatives that have been centred on the power of people in organisations. Have been committed to achieving in large scale projects, by recognising talent and engaging colleagues. Experienced in working in multicultural settings, working with senior leaders to build staff competency aligning behaviours and values in order to achieve success. I lead with a fun and empathetic style with authenticity, identifying the power of people, whilst combining development innovation. I am now keen to seek the next step in an experienced career as a senior leader heading change and transition.
Experience
Financial Management:
- Part of the management team who exceeded £1B turnover target for EMEA
- Mentor business leaders towards success, whilst leading multiple high value projects
Performance Improvement:
- Designed a custom built LMS and implemented across EMEA to over 1300 employees
- Implemented an e-learning platform for compliance-based training with 98% adaption rate across EMEA
Operational Management:
- Worked with project teams to introduce a new operating processes across 28 countries in EMEA
- Rolled out new software “Associate, CRM, LMS - iLearn and LDTM” to our EMEA Team of 1300 users and shared best practices with our North American and Asian Team
- During the pandemic, managed the transition from instructor led programs to computer based learning, ranging from on boarding, management and soft skills programs through our e-learning platform and Articulate 360.
- Designed of our internal L&D SharePoint and Wellbeing Hub
- Worked with our Human Resources team on talent management strategies, innovation of new ideas and rebranding.
Leadership:
- Identified training needs to improve employee performance, change workplace behaviour and strengthen skill sets across EMEA.
- Formed the learning and development department for EMEA region, on behalf of the third largest electronic component distributor worldwide, with 169 locations in 44 countries
Future Electronics, Egham, Surrey
Corporate Learning & Development Consultant EMEA December 2012 – Present
- Consult with the senior leadership team to assess training needs and gaps catering to individual personnel, aligned with business strategies objectives and values
- Research new trends in the areas of learning and development and human resources to support the evolving nature of the organisation and its culture
- Ensure annual business initiatives work in favour of new external material
- Across the EMEA supporting a cross functional team that shares best practice working on strategies aimed at driving individual performance towards the achievement of planned growth and profitability
- Delivered leadership and training programmes covering all aspects of people management across the EMEA, assisted and adopted by the HR function
- Ensure the continuous improvement of training material that is in line with corporate standards
- Actively partake in professional development courses and programmes developing training content for all levels and providing one to one coaching
- Mentor business leaders towards success, whilst leading multiple high value projects
- Ensure that stakeholders have a safe place to learn
Organisational Development Manager - EMEA November 2003 – December 2012
- Headed the development, evaluation and refinement of skill and talent of the personnel within the EMEA organisation
- Recognised skill and training gaps and put plans in place to fill this gap
- Designed and executed training plans in line with business objectives, strategies and values
- Managed a team of consultants: defining strategic plans and tactics developing a range of hard and soft skills for supporting business units
- Worked with senior management to ensure training plans provided key valuable outputs
- Arranged training plans across EMEA, matching trainers’ competence to subject matter
- Responded to tailored requests for training packages and supported where necessary
- Designed and implemented a range of in-house courses, workshops and one to one training material
- Maintained and regulated training records, compliance standards and audits for 9001
Marketing Organisational Development Trainer November 1999 – November 2003
- Worked with the marketing management team to understand training needs of marketing functions based in the EMEA headquarters (UK)
- Reviewed candidate profiles, to support recruiters and inform the required engagement and scoping documents
- Prepared a marketing training schedule for all significant stakeholders, outlining topics, timings and facilitators
- Discussed requirements with facilitators, designed and reviewed implementation strategies
- Reviewed the format of training programmes ensuring the format was in in place for employee retention and training people of individual developmental plans
- Created and facilitated compelling in-house courses, workshops and one to one training as and when required
- Kept in touch with all developments in the market and researched new material to be introduced into the business
Marketing & Asset Manager March 1996 – November 1999
- Responsible for ten product lines, maintaining inventory, negotiating product price, product awareness and delivering product-based training sessions
- Accountable for maximising gross profit margins by adjusting pricing structures in line with market trends
- Headed allocating product, stock rotations, price protections and global product transfers
- Monitoring world-wide inventory through class and quarterly business reviews
- Maintained compliance-based standards around warehouse discrepancies, corrective action requests and invoice queries
General Electric Capital Fleet Services, Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
Project Manager May 1995 – February 1996
- Reviewed the fleet services business unit to understand best practices, change management practice and interlinking- departments within role
- Created a culture of development, with free challenge, breaking down barriers between internal and customer facing teams
- Developed a matrix, appraisal process and development plan for the department
- Arranged ad-hoc training sessions by request, changes the arose due to changing market conditions thus changes in resource demands
- Wrote winning proposals and pitches to senior stakeholders
New Product Development – Team Leader, Georgia, USA July 1994 – May 1995
Procurement Manager – Mississauga, Ontario, Canada June 1989 – July 1994
Infomart – A division of Southam Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Marketing Research Assistant June 1987 – June 1989
Education
CMI Chartered Management Institute, 2015 - Advanced Management & Essential Management
Stonebridge College, 2011 - Events Management Diploma – with distinction
McKenna Breen & Richard Bandler, 2001 - NLP Practitioner
GE Capital Fleet Services University, 1995 - Business Administration Certification
Seneca College, 1993 - Marketing Diploma
Shaw College, 1987 - Merchandising and Business Diploma – with distinction
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