Robin Ambrose

Epicure/MNP

North Saanich, British Columbia

01.2025 - 05.2025

Guided shareholder through complex financial crisis, leading to bankruptcy proceedings and business closure.
Navigated organization through significant downturn, ensuring strategic recovery efforts.
Formulated and executed strategies for effective management of intricate trust administration matters.
Oversaw inventory liquidation and sales processes, maximizing returns for creditors.
Participated in meetings with trustees, advisors, and beneficiaries to address ongoing trust operational challenges.

Epicure

North Saanich

08.2021 - 01.2025

Served as Executive Leadership Team member, accountable for strategic people services and talent development for 170 staff.
Directed company-wide organization initiatives, aligning job design and manpower budgets with market-driven compensation.
Designed employee performance evaluation process enabling team leaders to measure effectiveness and recommend rewards.
Developed governance of organizational policies to ensure compliance with employment regulations.
Enhanced workplace safety through health and safety programs, reducing TRIF by 75% and lowering WCB rate.
Implemented diversity and inclusion strategies, including talent acquisition support and community engagement initiatives.
Reduced People & Wellness department overhead by 50% through digitization of HR records and processes.
Coordinated local recruitment efforts to meet labor needs for multi-market distribution center after consolidating two centers.
Advised senior executives on approaches for resolving complex issues impacting operations.

Viking Air Limited (de Havilland Canada)

North Saanich, BC

08.1998 - 08.2021

Supported the Executive team with accountability to the EVP of Operations for all Human Resources and Safety functions for 500+ employees in 2 locations.
Demonstrated effectiveness in providing vision and counsel at all levels of management in steering the organization through accelerated growth.
Transformed the Human Resources function from a transactional focus to a broader influence on people, wellness, and safety, resulting in an organization committed to culture building and employee engagement.
Managed a wide variety of programs covering employee relations, performance management and succession planning to drive organizational performance and profitability.
Responded to changing business environments that required either the upsizing or the downsizing of the organization, maintaining a workforce that met production demands and achieved corporate objectives.
Built a trusted labour relations environment with Union executives through effective communication and disciplined management of the grievance process.
Created negotiation management strategies and led Collective Bargaining as chief spokesperson, achieving five Union Agreements that met corporate objectives.
Prepared annual HR budgets and workforce planning according to manufacturing plans and analysis.

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