Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chief People Officer at MDLIVE, an Evernorth Company

Chicago, Illinois, United States

MDLIVE, Inc.

Chief People Officer

VP of Human Resources for Merisant Company and Flavors Holdings Inc. (a MacAndrews & Forbes company)Direct report to CEO and part of Global Leadership TeamOversee HR function for privately held 600-employee organization across 21 countries Developed HR strategy from the ground up and obtained buy-in from CEO and leadership team to execute the strategy org-wideOrchestrated business turnaround from an HR standpoint – 10 new leadership positions filled in 2 years and led a worldwide turnaround effort to replace 50% of the workforce while reducing time to fill from 85 days to 64 days within 2.5 years Reduced voluntary regrettable turnover from 11.5% in 2015 to 5% in 2016 and 4.8% in 2017 Reduced succession planning whitespace by 8% within 1.5 years  Partnered with CEO to build the global innovation and marketing teams from the ground up. Innovation is now one of the key drivers of our top line growth!Turned around HR function by bringing in new HR leadership team and creating a data-oriented and analytical HR mindset Implemented global HR scorecards to track the effectiveness of the HR organization – tracking key metrics such as time to fill, internal fill rates, succession whitespace, engagement and turnoverSpearheaded global initiative to educate leaders around investing in the growth and development of employees, especially high potential talent; implemented best-in-class annual talent planning processAct as CEO’s business partner around decisions relating to organizational design, key innovation and marketing initiatives, talent development and capability building to drive growth

Whole Earth Brands (formerly known as Flavors Holdings Inc., a MacAndrews & Forbes company)

Vice President Human Resources

Global Human Resources Director for Flavors Holdings Inc.Direct report to CEO and part of Global Leadership TeamFlavors Holdings Inc. is a subsidiary of MacAndrews & Forbes Inc. with two operating units: Merisant markets and manufactures artificial and natural zero- and reduced-calorie sweeteners under its flagship brands Equal®,  Canderel®, and Pure Via®, along with several other brands, distributed in more than 90 countries; MAFCO is the world leader in  manufacturing licorice extract and derivatives.

Global Human Resources Director

Worked closely with President and VP, HR to create and execute the HR/Talent strategy for a group of global businesses with revenues totaling $1.5 billion USD across 30 countries Significantly reduced succession planning whitespace (10%) by introducing robust talent development programsTrained global HR team on talent acquisition and talent management best practicesWorked with local teams to reduce regrettable voluntary turnover – China (from 12% to 10%) and India (from 10% to 7.5%)Acted as a change agent and coached the leadership team around managing and communicating change including significant reorganization effortsCoached and challenged leaders at all levels on performance management best practices – drove culture shift from sporadic feedback to just-in-time feedback. Rolled out new performance management process across the entire global business within 2 months. Led the administration of the annual Associate Engagement Survey and work with senior leadership team to develop a global action plan to improve engagement (4% engagement improvement achieved in 2015); achieved 94% participation in 2013; 96% participation in 2014 and 97% participation in 2015Ensured that regrettable turnover stays below 5% globally; created actions plans and countermeasures to address areas with higher turnoverLed re-structuring efforts in select areas of the company to implement the most efficient and effective organizational design and helped integrate new acquisitions from an HR standpoint

Videojet Technologies, a Danaher company

Global Talent Manager

HR Business Partner to the Finance, Business Development, Business Management, R&D, Marketing, Legal, IT and DBS (Danaher Business System) organizationsManaged the entire recruiting process including intake meeting, sourcing, interviews, offer, on-boarding, new hire orientation and immersion plans (average time-to-fill of 60 days or less)Part of a team that recruited 200+ new employees within the first yearTrained 400+ managers within one year on development planning best practices

Malvika Jethmalani