Forced Rankings and Development Planning
For Executives at Heinz North America
Business Issue: Succession planning was viewed as a static process driven from World Headquarters outside the operating entity. The process had very limited utility, because it drove little action and was not supported by the business leaders.
The Proposed Solution: An interactive, highly supported process that enables leaders to assess the skills, competence and potential of all executives in Heinz North America.
All Executive ProcessScope: All 115 executive positions for Heinz North America, minus 11 top executives who were attendants. (Covered all functions from Operations, Finance, Marketing, Sales, QA/R&D, HR, etc.)
Top Executive ProcessScope: Eleven most senior executives in North America. (Covered all business-critical functions from Operations, Finance, Marketing, Sales.)
For Sales Company at Heinz North America
Overview of the Business Transformation within the Sales Company
Business Issue: A business transformation was occurring through the Sales Company two years ago. This transformation required fully integrated HR systems: selection, performance management, succession planning, compensation, etc.
The Proposed Solution: An integrated process that enables leaders to assess the skills, competence and potential of all sales professionals in Heinz Sales Company. The outputs from this process are incorporated into annual Performance Reviews and are used for succession and development planning.
Sales Company Process Scope: 100+ employees in the retail sales organization.
Key Insights from HNA and HSC Processes will be shared with the participants.
Speaker
Julie Murphy
General Manager of Human Resources
Heinz USA
I joined Heinz over four years ago as the Manager of Organization Development. In 2000, I was promoted to the role of General Manager of HR with the Heinz Sales Company. Recently, my HR responsibilities expanded to cover all Heinz shared service functions of Sales, Finance, Operations, and IT. In this role, I direct all of the human resource activities for the shared service functions. My areas of responsibility include selection and assessment, learning systems, compensation design and performance improvement.
Before joining Heinz, I spent 9 years in the consulting industry. My area of specialization included managing large-scale culture change and process improvement initiatives for many Fortune 500 organizations. Prior to consulting, I spent 6 years in operations with Westinghouse Electric Corporation and Black and Decker, Inc. I have a BS in Industrial Engineering from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC and an MSIA (MBA) from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA.
I live in a small, historic borough named Thornburg, near Pittsburgh, PA. My husband, Robert, is Director of Information Systems for a consulting firm. We spend our rare free moments working on our 100 year-old home. Four of the most rewarding (and lovable) "projects" that I am currently managing are my children: Shane is seven years old, Ellen Claire is four years old, and Evan Paul and Anna Rose are 18 month old twins.
Speaker
Mark Nye, Ph.D.
Manager
Organizational Development, Heinz USA
A mid-westerner by birth (Nebraska), I am a true American - having lived in seven states prior to being married and a total of 11 states since. We look now for Pittsburgh to be home for many years.
Shortly before graduating from Brigham Young University with a BA in Organizational Communications, I served a two-year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and then married my wife, Shelli. We have five children - Mary (21), Leisel (19), Grady (16), Logan (13), and Cedar (9).
I began my career in Human Resources as an intern with McGraw-Hill in NYC. My first full-time position was with Perkins Restaurants in Minneapolis. Since then I have held increasingly responsible HR and OD positions with Jerrico, Inc. (restaurant industry), Frito-Lay, FMC Corporation (phosphorus chemicals), Hunt-Wesson, Ameripol-Synpol (synthetic rubber/carbon black), and now Heinz North America. Believe me when I say that I'm happy to be back in the food business and with such a great employer as Heinz. Outside of work, I enjoy being with my family. I actively serve in my church and as a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America. I am an avid reader and I love music.
