Accomplished HR leader with over 20 years of experience in billion dollar Global Medical Device and Pharmaceutical companies with increasingly responsible roles and a proven track record of exceeding business goals and objectives. Experienced in initiating and managing culture transformation with the focus of improving the bottom line. Takes pride in the ability to create and establish human resources strategy and vision linked to the business to create long term value. Strong reputation in the market as a leader who hires, develops, manages and inspires excellent teams.

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CHRISTOPHER T. ANDERSON, SPHR, CBS
Atlanta, GA
ctanderson209@sbcglobal.net
VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES
Medical Devices / Pharmaceuticals
Accomplished HR leader with over 20 years of experience in billion dollar Global Medical Device and
Pharmaceutical companies with increasingly responsible roles and a proven track record of exceeding business
goals and objectives.
Experienced in initiating and managing culture transformation with the focus of improving the bottom line. Takes
pride in the ability to create and establish human resources strategy and vision linked to the business to create
long term value. Strong reputation in the market as a leader who hires, develops, manages and inspires excellent
teams.
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Designed and developed new employee health care package which delivered the same level of benefits while
driving the renewal rates from 28% to 7.8%.
Redesigned the recruiting process to dramatically reduce the time to fill positions by more than 40% and generate
cost savings of more than $500,000 in 12 months.
Led an organizational design project to identify efficiencies in the marketing organizations. Streamlined
processes and span of control issues to reduce 18% of the commercial headcount in the non-sales functions for
an annual savings of $5.5MM.
Led strategy and execution of a manufacturing plant transition, which resulted in shifting more than 80% of jobs,
470 people, from the Morgan Hill, CA site to Latin America with an annual savings of more than $15MM.
Responsible for designing, developing and implementing global benefits, compensation, payroll procedures, work
rules and employment agreements for the APAC region.
Successfully managed the necessary dismantling of multiple sales forces.
Awarded the HPD President’s Award in 2001 for acting as the chief spokesperson delivering the new CBA ahead
of schedule and more than $1.7MM under budget.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Global Human Resources
Efficient Business Integration
Complex Contract Negotiations
Strategic Planning
Revenue & Profit Growth
Organizational Design
Staffing
Compensation/Benefits
Change Management
Talent management
Workforce Planning
Kaizen/Continuous Improvement
Training and Recognition
Employee/Labor Relations
Large Budget Management

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
CTLM Properties, Inc. Alpharetta, GA 2015 – Present
Co-Founder & VP Human Resources
Direct responsibility for driving the P & L for this standalone Salon Suite business with expected revenues of more
than $1.5M when fully occupied. Was responsible for securing the funding and determining the best available
location to insure profitability. Occupancy levels are at 100% of target estimates by franchisor and surpassing all
expectations.
Molnlycke Health Care Inc. Norcross, GA 2010 – 2015
Molnlycke Health Care is a Sweden based $1.4B global manufacturer of Wound Care and Surgical medical
products.
Vice President, Human Resources and Administrative Services
Reports to the President and General Manager, the Americas. Autonomy for leading the Human Resources and
Administrative Services activity for the largest region of Molnlycke Health Care. Directly manages 6 direct reports
and employee base of more than 400 employees with an operating budget of $7.5MM.
Select Accomplishments:
 Designed and developed new employee health care package which delivered the same level of benefits
while driving the renewal rates from 28% to 7.8%.
 Negotiated a new office lease which realized a $450M savings in lease payments.
 Reshaped the culture to drive accountability and to position the business to achieve its growth targets.
 Redesigned the recruiting process to dramatically reduce the time to fill positions by more than 40% and
generate cost savings of more than $500,000 in the last 12 months.
 Introduced a 9-box talent management matrix to assess performance and potential in the Americas which
has been embraced and used on a global basis.
 Led sales leadership during two separate sales force expansions to determine appropriate territories and
optimal staffing levels to achieve desired business results.
 Initiated the change of payroll vendors to drive efficiencies while delivering accurate employee payroll. A
new HRIS system was implemented which provided manager and employee self-service, a recruiting
tracking module and a new salary planning system.
Abbott Laboratories /Hospira, Inc., Lake Forest, IL 2000 – 2009
In 2004, Abbott Laboratories, an $18B manufacturer of pharmaceuticals and medical products, spun off the
hospital products division to create Hospira, Inc., a $3.4B stand-alone, specialty pharmaceutical and medical
device business.
Hospira Inc., Lake Forest, IL
Vice President, Human Resources 2006 – 2009
Promoted to report to the Global Vice President of Human Resources as the Human Resources Business Partner

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for the commercial operations in the Western Hemisphere. Managed 5 direct reports with responsibilities for
more than 2000 employees. Led the human resources activity for the up-stream global marketing groups for both
medical devices and specialty pharmaceuticals. Additional accountability for the human resources activity for the
Americas commercial region which included Latin America and Canada. The commercial region drove the
revenue for more than 75% of Hospira’s business.
Select Accomplishments:
 Led an organizational design project to identify efficiencies in the marketing organizations. Streamlined
processes and span of control issues to reduce 18% of the commercial headcount in the non -sales
functions for an annual savings of $5.5MM.
 Intimately involved in the strategy and execution of a manufacturing plant transition, which resulted in
shifting more than 80% of jobs, 470 people, from the Morgan Hill, CA site to Latin America which
recognized an annual savings of more than $15MM.
 Established a solutions center for Human Resources administration and employee relations in order to
more effectively solve business partner and employee issues. The center's accountability was expanded to
include support for all functional organizations with employees in the corporate offices and Kenosha,
Wisconsin.
 Engaged the commercial organization in a job-leveling process which provided an excellent baseline for a
complete job-leveling process for all of Hospira.
Director, International Human Resources 2003 – 2006
Reported to the Vice President of Human Resources to lead the International Human Resources policies and
procedures for Hospira. Served as Human Resources Business Partner for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region. The
APAC countries included: Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Select Accomplishments:
 Responsible for designing, developing and implementing global benefits, compensation, payroll procedures,
work rules and employment agreements for the APAC region.
 Negotiated with Abbott Laboratories to identify and select which employees would transfer to work solely
with Hospira.
 Led the transition initiative in five (5) Asia Pacific countries to determine the sales structure and build the
appropriate sales force to ensure that the business objectives were achieved.
 Created Hospira’s global HR policies in each international country.
 Responsible for hiring and staffing the top leadership groups in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),
Latin America, and APAC regions during the creation of Hospira’s international business.
 Worked with local, legal counsel to create and implement the employment agreements to be used in all
APAC and EMEA countries.
Abbott Laboratories, Lake Forest, IL 2002 – 2003
Director, Human Resources, HBS
Promoted from Ashland, OH to report to the Vice President of Human Resources. Managed 5 direct reports and
more than 475 overall employees. Led the commercial organization’s human resources activity for the Hospital
Products Division (HPD).
Select Accomplishments:
 Redesigned the Human Resources support for HPD commercial. Broke down the silos to create an HR
organization and streamlined HR to reduce operating staff.
 Served as the HR lead for HPD as Abbott separated most of what was the Hospital Products Division into a
stand-alone company, later known as Hospira.
 Successfully managed the necessary dismantling of two separate sales forces.

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 Developed a web-based mentoring program which was later adopted and used by all of Abbott.
Director, Human Resources (Ashland, OH) 2000 – 2002
Reported to the Plant General Manager as a Human Resources Business Partner. Managed 5 direct reports in
an Operations plant that included Research and Development, Sales and Marketing divisions.
Select Accomplishments:
 Developed the strategy to deliver a new Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in 2001.
 Acted as the company’s Chief Spokesperson, successfully delivering all management objectives while
maintaining a win/win relationship with the Union Leadership Committee and union employees.
 Awarded the HPD President’s Award in 2001 for delivering the new CBA ahead of schedule and more than
$1.7MM under budget.
 Successfully implemented new benefit changes as a result of the CBA. Benefit plan changes included
union pensions, Abbott Ashland union 401k, and life and health insurance.
Hill-Rom, Inc., Batesville, IN 1997 – 2000
Hill-Rom is a $1.6B worldwide manufacturer of hospital beds, furniture, hospital equipment and medical
technologies for the health care industry.
Director, Human Resources
Reported to the Vice President of Human Resources as the business partner for the Operations group and 3
Business Units in 4 facilities. Managed a team of 7 and responsible for more than 750 employees which included
salaried employees in the area of Marketing, Engineering, Procurement and Supply Management along with
bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit production employees.
Select Accomplishments:
 Company spokesperson that successfully negotiated a 6-year labor agreement in a hostile environment.
Able to meet all company economic and non-economic objectives.
 Organizational Design – Counseled the Operations group to streamline organizational structure to
centralize functions and eliminate over $1.7M of annual fixed costs.
 Developed and implemented the union avoidance strategy in the Re-manufacturing production hourly
group.
 Kaizen Study mission – Selected as the first representative from the Human Resources group to participate
in a 15-day intensive study mission in Japan to learn the principles of lean manufacturing, JIT and the
Toyota Production System (TPS). Utilized this training to implement a new Operations infrastructure to
support and sustain a lean manufacturing environment.
Manager, Human Resources 1996 – 1997
Reported to the Director, Human Resources and responsible for production bargaining unit employee base of 300
unit production employees.
Select Accomplishments:
 Instrumental in rebalancing a two shift operation to run three shifts.
 Creatively solved more than 90% of grievances without going to arbitration.
The Ertl Company, Manager, Human Resources 1995 – 1996
Mid-States Technical Staffing Services, Senior Staffing Specialist 1992 – 1995
Contel Cellular, Account Executive 1991 – 1992
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Insurance Agent 1987 – 1991

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EDUCATION
St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR)
Certified Temporary Staffing Specialist (CTS)
Certified Benefit Specialist (CBS)