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St. George, Ut, Us

St. George, Ut, Us

Cinnamon Hills is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving Students' lives. In my current role as Director of Human Resources, I:• Manage the daily administrative responsibilities related to the HR Department, including recruitment, pre-employment, onboarding, orientation, compensation, and performance. • Keep an adequate personnel record filing system and comply with current employment practices. Handle employee relations issues and, within established policy guidelines, guide each issue to an appropriate recommendation or resolution. • Maintain and successfully support the benefits administration by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends to recommend programs that support successful organizational growth.

In my previous role as General Manager, I:• Coordinated marketing, intake, and the assignment of potential clients needing bankruptcy services to a nationwide network of attorneys while overseeing the firm's financial performance.• Created an effective learning atmosphere that respects people's diversity and ideas by modeling respect for all employees and conveying confidence in every employee's ability to learn. • Spearheaded the recruitment, onboarding, training, and management of attorneys in a nationwide bankruptcy law firm with twenty locations in ten states.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

In my previous role as Store Co-Manager, I: • Singlehandedly handled a wide range of store-wide leadership responsibilities and the primary financial responsibility of general merchandise departments.• Led the recruitment, hiring, and training of over 350-hour associates, 30 hourly supervisors, and 11 salaried managers in a fast-paced $120,000,000-million-dollar Walmart Supercenter.• Consistently surpassed customer expectations and financial metrics by optimizing associate and customer experience, merchandise management, cost and expense management, and managing labor/sales ratios according to company guidelines.• Responsible for reducing turnover by over 30% through a strategic plan to recruit, hire, and train associates.• Undertook the primary financial responsibility for general merchandise departments with $55,000,000 annual revenue.• Developed and implemented a back-to-school merchandising plan, resulting in over 90% merchandise sell-through for the 2018 back-to-school event.• Facilitated and executed a “Black Friday” event for 350 associates, with over 10,000 individual customers visiting the store, $700,000 in sales, and a 92% holiday merchandise sell-through.• Oversaw the construction remodel of general merchandise departments of Bloomington and Washington Walmart Stores (125,000 Square Foot Space).• Achieved 10% bottom-line profit margin by managing P&L, thereby outpacing company average by over 6%.• Collaborated productively with the human resource department in the recruiting, hiring, and training ten entry-level managers for 12 months.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

In my previous role as Assistant Manager, I:• Led the Produce, Bakery, and Meat Departments to rank first in the District (ten stores) in sales and profit. The Produce, Bakery, & Meat experienced a 25% increase in profit from September 2016 to December 2016.• Developed and managed profit and loss budgets, costs, and day-to-day operations of Produce, Deli, Bakery, and Meat Departments. Attained a reduction in overall fresh throwaways by 15%.• Handpicked as one of the two Assistant Managers (72 total Assistant Managers in the District) to participate in the Mentee Program, a program developed to identify, train, and mentor Managers with promotion potential within Walmart.• Championed the Deli in doubling its profit from October to November 2016 through increased production and productivity.• Recorded a 25% increase in month-over-month profit from September to December 2016 by reducing controllable expenses.• Singlehandedly recruited, hired, onboarded, and trained over 40 Associates in all fresh food areas.• Oversaw and coordinated daily inventory, ordering, compliance, recruiting, hiring, staffing, and training of Associates in the “Fresh Departments,” consisting of the Produce, Deli, Bakery, and meat Departments in the 100-million-dollar Walmart Supercenter.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

In my previous role as Assistant Manager, I: • Managed and directed overnight operations for a $125,000,000 Walmart Supercenter, including recruiting, hiring, training, and supervising more than fifty Associates for total store overnight operations.• Efficiently coordinated and managed the overnight operations for the convenience store and gas station associated with Walmart Supercenter.• Reduced inventory by 7% between January 2016 and August 2016 and managed an 8 million dollar rolling inventory. • Oversaw and streamlined existing operations covering all merchandise areas of the Walmart Supercenter to guarantee in-stock for customers.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

In my previous role as Assistant Manager, I: • Managed and coordinated all aspects of recruiting, hiring, and training 250 new Walmart Supercenter Associates for a newly built store in Rexburg, Idaho.• Collaborated with Brigham Young University – Idaho (BYUI) Career Services Department (Lane Muranaka, Career Services and Employer Relationship Manager) to facilitate recruiting events on campus. Hired over 200 new Associates in one month.• Developed partnerships with high-performing local Walmart Stores to provide in-role leadership training for department managers and training new associates to learn skill positions such as bakery, deli, meat, produce, and customer service.• Championed the organization of the Grand Opening Ceremony, including marketing, speech writing for a keynote speaker, and public speaking for the grand opening event.• Led daily training sessions for 40 department managers at Walmart and managed front-end operations from set up to the Grand Opening.

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

In my previous role as Assistant Manager, I: • Championed the management of day-to-day inventory, recruiting, hiring, staffing, and training of Associates in Apparel (Men’s, Ladies, Infants, Toddlers, Intimate Apparel, Shoes, Jewelry) and Home Lines and Domestics areas.• Managed Home and Apparel areas that generated over $13 million in annual sales and provided oversight and direction to 30 Home Lines & Apparel Departments associates.• Achieved a 13.5% increase in sales in year-over-year sales comparisons and a 10.5% reduction in turnover rates.• Handpicked to participate in the Assistant Manager Training program for Associates new to the role, which took place in large Supercenters in Federal Way Washington.• Obtained specialized training in recruiting, hiring, labor relations, labor budgeting, staffing, employment compliance, and overall Walmart operations.* Other Positions Held: Assistant Manager Training, 2014

Bonn, Nrw, De

In my previous role as Director of Human Resources & General Manager, I: • Spearheaded Organizational Development initiatives by strategically recruiting, hiring, and training a highly engaged workforce, resulting in improved team performance and operational efficiency.• Orchestrated comprehensive compliance management encompassing all aspects of TSA, transportation, and logistics, as well as overseeing the financial aspects of the business, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and financial targets.• Guided the company through various stages, from start-up to rapid growth, culminating in a seasoned organization that excelled in customer service delivery and consistently met profit targets.

Bachelor'S Degree, Japanese Language And Literature

Doctor Of Law