“I had the pleasure of working with Andrea for 3.5 years at Wirtz Beverage (now Breakthru Beverage). She was recruited into the role of CHRO with a goal to transform the HR function and drive a dynamic People agenda at our company. During that time, Andrea became an invaluable business partner as we launched an aggressive strategy for change in business performance. Andrea built a framework for HR, that included forming Centers of Excellence across Comp/Benefits, Recruiting and Talent Management. She strengthened our Business Partner model with better resourcing and accountability. All throughout this time, Andrea and team ran a comprehensive evaluation for a new HRIS system, that included an eventual and successful implementation of Workday. While her accomplishments were many, more importantly was Andrea’s commitment to making the company better. She has a great ability to build partnerships with peers, by being straight-forward and having the tough conversations that are needed. This helped her build trust and credibility with our leadership team. She pushed me as a leader and was a trusted advisor on many decisions as I assumed the role of CEO for our company. Andrea is a highly capable, strong leader that will be a true asset to any senior leadership team that she is part of. ”
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