Linda Breed

• Lead operations for all international transfers and assignments in and out of Austria, Germany and Switzerland • Provide strategic generalist support to acquired biotech company (42 FTEs) and integrate them into Pfizer HR platforms, processes and policies • Manage and lead organizational readiness activities (Communications, Training, Change Management and Transition) for Global HR Shared Services for Austria, Germany and Switzerland

• Managed and led end-to-end MBA Summer Associate recruiting cycle for Marketing, Market Analytics, Business Development, Finance and Product Evaluation Group • Managed Diversity recruiting and hiring initiatives, including partnerships with NBMBAA, NSHMBA, CGSM, Management Leadership for Tomorrow, and Hispanic Scholarship Fund • Managed and led Pfizer’s INROADS Field Force internship program across all eight regions • Proposed and implemented outsourced solution for management of Undergraduate internships

• Implemented new recruiting process across Corporate Enabling Functions • Managed, developed and placed 10 Finance Rotational Analysts • Led all Finance campus and diversity recruiting efforts • Managed Finance Summer Associate Program • Provided strategic candidate sourcing solutions to client groups • Managed contract recruiting resources

• Provided strategic and tactical generalist support in the areas of employee relations, performance management, compensation, workforce planning and training • Coached Finance leadership on managing performance issues to successful resolution • Created business case for a GBS staffing function • Recruited experienced candidates for openings across Corporate Finance • Managed Pfizer Finance Summer Associate Program and partnered with other business units to lead harmonization of campus recruiting efforts

• Provided generalist support to 23 MBA Finance Summer Associates

•Located participants of the Chicago Follow-up Study and conducted follow-up interviews • Implemented online database to track 800+ research subjects • Co-authored two presentations accepted for the 1999 and 2000 Annual Meetings of the Midwestern Psychological Association

• Provided product support to Medline sales reps and expedited special orders • Monitored and reduced inventory of surgical products • Reviewed and solved back-order problems on a daily basis and expedited customer orders •Managed Instrument Repair program; efforts resulted in an increase in revenue

• Provided case support to Associate and Partner-level lawyers in the form of assembling trial documents, keeping documents on file, and locating deponents • Acted as lead Legal Assistant on firm’s largest litigation case

Human Resources and Industrial Relations

Psychologie, Deutsch; Dean's List, 1995-1996