Prior Projects

Arxada worked with Liam at HR Value Consulting from August 2022 through May 2023.  Liam took a leadership role in transforming our HR operating model, addressing (1) our need to restructure globally following our carve-out from Lonza, (2) our need to better manage costs and service through our BPO partner Accenture, and (3) our need to refocus our HR capability and talent agenda to create the best employee experience possible in the Specialty Chemicals Industry. 

Liam was a true thought-partner to me, a strong project manager and great collaborator with our Finance and Shared Services organization.  I valued his ability to facilitate outcomes with our HR Leadership Team, create multiple organization designs and financial models as we planned for the restructure, and his candor with me on our HR plans, strategy and capabilities.  

Liam is unique as a consultant in his ability to think and communicate as a C-level leader while still rolling-up his sleeves and doing the work along-side me and my team.

Sandra Collier, CPO, Arxada

Arxada is a PE owned Global Specialty Chemicals Business with approximately 4,000 employees in 35 countries.

We engaged Liam and HR Value Consulting in May 2022 to support us at our manufacturing facility in Huntsville, AL.  At Bocar, we are proud of our strong history and culture of being a great employer in Mexico.  We commenced operations in Huntsville just as COVID hit, and we struggled to build and maintain the Bocar culture in this facility.  We asked Liam to spend time in our Mexico plants to codify our unique culture, then to do a ‘fit-gap analysis’ of our core culture versus the culture in Huntsville.  Liam developed a 100-day roadmap for us to navigate some of the changes needed to establish our desired culture.  These included changes to our employee value proposition and recruiting process, helping us design a manufacturing bonus plan, re-educating employees on their Total Rewards package, much improved employee communications, including up-beat and informative monthly town halls, and a site Leadership Workshop using MBTI to better orientate the team on leading through people, not through tasks.

Liam was a pleasure to work with.  He brought structure and experience to this challenging, ambiguous problem.  He did a great job building relationships on site and managing stakeholders through the change process.

Alejandra Rodriguez, CHRO

Bocar is a privately owned Tier 1 Automotive Supply Manufacturer with over 6,500 employees, 11 production facilities in Mexico, 1 in USA, and development offices in Mexico, USA, Germany and Japan.