Burgette White
Atlanta
Summary
Senior executive leader with track record of driving strategic initiatives and delivering impactful results. Adept at fostering team collaboration, strong organizational culture and navigating complex organizational challenges. Skilled in strategic planning, financial management, and HR operations oversight. Valued for reliability, adaptability, and results-oriented approach.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources Americas
The Adecco Group
07.2023 - 05.2025
- Company Overview: The Adecco Group is a global talent solutions, advisory and staffing company, headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland with annual revenue of $24B and 35,000 employees.
- Promoted to Country and Geographical HR Leader in 2023, operated as HR Partner to the US Country President Leadership Team and Adecco NAM Senior VP.
- Led HR across Americas with 100+ HR professionals, supporting a $5B business with 7,000 employees. Member of the global HR Leadership team, reporting to the CHRO.
- Collaborated with executive leadership team members on long-term strategic planning that ensured sustainable success and business outcomes.
- Provided executive coaching and counsel to leadership team members in navigating business and team challenges.
- Led end-to-end HR initiatives and strategic dialogues for business integrations, divestitures and dissolutions, ensuring seamless transitions and alignment to organizational goals.
- Collaborated to create and roll-out global people strategy, target operating model and programmatic planning.
- Led review of Rewards philosophy and approach in the US resulting in a refresh of incentive plan design, retirement plans and automation of cyclical rewards processes.
- Oversaw NAM-wide implementation of HR transformation efforts including offshoring of HR Shared Services Center to drive efficiencies, cost savings and improved service delivery of HR operations, leading to overall reduction of $6M annually in HR costs.
Vice President, Human Resources North America
The Adecco Group
10.2021 - 07.2023
- Led HR across Adecco North America business unit, with 10 HR professionals, supporting a $2B business with 1,500 employees. Reporting to SVP, HR Americas.
- Partnered with leadership team on organization planning and restructuring to enhance go to market strategy.
- Implemented people and culture initiatives leading to reduction in turnover by 15%, increase in quality of hires and enhanced productivity within the business units.
- Implemented standard HR operating processes and reporting in the business unit, resulting in efficiencies and introduction of employee and manager self-service approach.
Senior Director, Human Resources Business Leader
AECOM
06.2020 - 10.2021
- Company Overview: AECOM is a global infrastructure consulting company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas with annual revenue of $16B and 50,000 employees.
- HR Partner to EVP ($1.1B, 5,000 employees) and cultural steward for Americas Environment business across the US, Canada, and LATAM, supporting 8,000 employees globally.
- Developed and executed a people strategy roadmap to support P&L growth and operations.
- Implemented workforce analytics dashboards for strategic planning and hiring to meet rapid growth goals.
- Led change management, org design, and HR implementation for Global Finance Transformation.
- Co-led Return to Office policy design and implementation to enhance workplace flexibility and employee experience.
- Partnered with ED&I and Talent Acquisition to create diversity strategies, strengthen the talent pipeline, and foster inclusivity.
Director, Talent Management
AECOM
07.2019 - 06.2020
- Partnered to develop and deliver overall talent management strategy for Americas ($12B, 20,000 employees). Reporting to Sr. Director, Talent Management.
- Accountable for business-focused approach with a focus on capability-building, ensuring a robust talent pipeline, retention of talent and enabling a high-performance culture.
- Launched and led talent review process with re-alignment of goals, criteria, and utilization of Workday to strengthen succession management, identify KPIs and increase ROI on high potential development programs.
- Led Americas HR Covid-19 response with pivot to virtual work for 10,000 managers and employees, minimizing disruption to the business and maintaining employee engagement and productivity. Designed framework and implemented workplace readiness approach with a lens to safety, inclusion, and employee engagement for Americas.
Director, Human Resources & Talent Development
Molnlycke Health Care
09.2018 - 07.2019
- Company Overview: Molnlycke is a global medical and health care solutions company, headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden with annual revenue of $2B and 8,000 employees.
- HR Partner to VP, U.S. Sales & Marketing ($400M NS). Reporting to VP of HR & Admin Services.
- Interim assignment as VP, HR with people leadership accountabilities for 10 employees and HR leadership for 500+ sales, marketing, and corporate function employees.
- Led and launched new content for U.S. Commercial talent management processes including people manager capability programming, talent review processes, high potential development programs and succession planning.
Senior Human Resources Manager & Business Partner
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
10.2011 - 09.2018
- Company Overview: Kimberly-Clark is a global consumer goods company, headquartered in Dallas, Texas with annual revenue of $20B and 40,000 employees.
- Promoted to Senior HR Manager in 2015, driving people strategies aligned with business goals, including standardizing roles, implementing pay-for-performance metrics, and career path frameworks, reducing regrettable loss.
- Led people management for the Global Business Services migration of 700+ roles, including org design, staffing, and onboarding programs.
- Provided strategic leadership in establishing Supply Chain as a global function, transforming Global Procurement, and launching the Global Logistics function.
- Talent Management Process Owner for a multi-region business unit (15,000+ employees across APAC, EMEA, and LATAM).
- Designed compensation and recruitment strategies tailored to regional teams while aligning with global talent principles.
Early Career HR Experiences in Benefits, Talent Acquisition, HR Service Delivery, Employee Relations & Business Partnering
Target Corporation | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Chevron Corporation
01.2005 - 01.2011
Education
M.B.A., Master of Business Administration - Strategy and Organization Management
Emory University, Goizueta Business School
B.S., Human Resource Development - General Management & Human Resources Industrial Relations
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
Skills
- Organizational design expertise
- Organizational strategy development
- Strategic succession planning
- Executive coaching expertise
- Effective HR operations management
- HR shared services implementation
- Agile Project & Change Leadership
- Workforce engagement
- External client & stakeholder engagement
- Expert contributor to HR discussions
Certification
- HackingHR Frequent Guest Panelist: 2023 - current
- CHIEF Member: 2023 - current
- SPHR – Senior Professional in Human Resources Certification: 2011 – 2024
- SHRM-SCP – SHRM Certified Senior Professional Certification: 2015 – 2024
- AECOM Short Course – Prosci “Delivering Project Results” Change Management Program: 2020
- AECOM Short Course – International Federation of Coaching “Executive Coaching Training Program: 2019
Timeline
Senior Vice President, Head of Human Resources Americas
The Adecco Group
07.2023 - 05.2025
Vice President, Human Resources North America
The Adecco Group
10.2021 - 07.2023
Senior Director, Human Resources Business Leader
AECOM
06.2020 - 10.2021
Director, Talent Management
AECOM
07.2019 - 06.2020
Director, Human Resources & Talent Development
Molnlycke Health Care
09.2018 - 07.2019
Senior Human Resources Manager & Business Partner
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
10.2011 - 09.2018
Early Career HR Experiences in Benefits, Talent Acquisition, HR Service Delivery, Employee Relations & Business Partnering
Target Corporation | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | Chevron Corporation
01.2005 - 01.2011
B.S., Human Resource Development - General Management & Human Resources Industrial Relations
University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
M.B.A., Master of Business Administration - Strategy and Organization Management
Emory University, Goizueta Business School
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