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El Segundo, CA-based Mattel has Promoted Alan Kaye to Chief Human Resources Officer
About the Company
Mattel is the worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of toys and family products. The Mattel family is comprised of such best-selling brands as Barbie®, the most popular fashion doll ever produced, Hot Wheels®, Monster High®, American Girl®, Thomas and Friends® and Fisher-Price® brands, including Little People® and Power Wheels®, as well as a wide array of entertainment-inspired toy lines. In 2013, Mattel was named as one of FORTUNE Magazine`s "100 Best Companies to Work For" for the sixth year in a row and as one of the "World`s Most Ethical Companies" by Ethisphere Magazine. Mattel also is ranked No. 2 on Corporate Responsibility Magazine`s "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list. With worldwide headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., Mattel employs nearly 40,000 people in 40 countries and territories and sells products in more than 150 nations. At Mattel, we are Creating the Future of Play.
About the Person
Alan Kaye served has been Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of Mattel Inc. since February 2011 until September 04, 2015. Mr. Kaye served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Mattel, Inc. from July 1997 to February 2011. His areas of responsibility span all aspects of Human Resources including compensation and benefits, leadership development, organizational development and training, recruitment and employee relations, succession planning, people systems and Human Resources policies, as well as worldwide security. Kaye has more than 25 years experience in human resources management for predominately multi-national organizations. He joined Mattel in July 1997 from Kaufman and Broad Home Corporation, where he served as head of Human Resources and Organization Planning before assuming a line-operating role as president of the company`s Texas division. Prior to his tenure at Kaufman and Broad, Kaye was senior vice president of human resources and corporate services at Columbia Savings and Loan in Beverly Hills, California. Earlier in his career, he also served as director of high technology consulting for the compensation firm Hay Group. Kaye began his career spending 12 years with IBM Corporation in various human resources management positions of increasing responsibility. Kaye earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.B.A. in industrial relations from the University of California at Los Angeles.
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