Alanah Herron Email & Phone Number

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Leader & Co Founder of Neuro-inclusion employee resource group

Building recruiting strategies that are supported by metrics and data. Building recruiting processes and innovative initiatives that ensure that we source, attract, and hire incredible and diverse talent. Identifying ways to create efficiencies, drawing on industry best practices, and proposing new and innovative recruitment strategies to attract passive hard-to-fill talent. Passionate about Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and have experience sourcing diverse talent. Part of the People team, A key member of the Talent Acquisition team and wider Talent team (incorporating Talent Management) works closely with the Director of Talent as well as liaising and partnering with a wide range of stakeholders including the Chief People Officer and Leadership Team, our senior leaders, people management community and wider People team.

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Responsible for ensuring a world-class candidate experience by efficiently managing and owning the end-to-end recruitment process. Partner closely with the People Team and CarTrawler hiring managers across all functions to deliver an excellent interview experience for our candidates.

Ireland

Irish-based neuro-affirmative coach specialising in Executive coaching, Well-being coaching, & Team coaching, career coaching.

Uk North & Ireland

Conducted Full cycle 360 recruitment for retail and corporate role across the UK, Scotland and Ireland, fulfilled a variety of roles from junior sales consultants - Interviewed candidates to assess skill set and determine suitability. Directly sourced candidates using LinkedIn recruiter, worked closely with the hiring manager to created sourcing channels, reengaging talent pool, holding sourcing sessions utilising our high performing employee’s professional network leading to a 52% increase in candidate response and engagement. Diversified online sourcing by optimising different techniques per region to target candidates, examining market data of competitors.Provided detailed reports to highlight insights on key recruitment metrics including time to fill, cost per hire and churn ratioExamined business growth plans and attritions rates, using this to build a corresponding hiring strategy giving insight to when hires need to be made across the year to sustain the cost and budget allocationsCollaborated with regional departments HR & L&D to produce an accurate roadmap identifying the level and skill set of each team member per store, examining succession priorities and training needs and general store performance. This proactively determined the future talent needs of the business, forecasting a clear and defined talent pool search with more specific profiles search. Giving the hiring manager instant results to consider once open positions and back filled roles became available.

Kildare Village

Supporting General managers, People Managers, and Team members; Direct Sourcing, Application Management, Recruitment, Onboarding, Employee relations, Performace management process, Probation management Benifits, Training and mentoring HI PO managersAchievements Employee engagement- Implemented the new hire orientation which improved onboarding and reduced new hire queries and issues significantly. Developed and implemented a new team interviewing approach, and trained managers, and supervisors to create interview templates for use with internal and external candidates. Rolled out employee referral program to increase the talent pool and referral recommendations Employee Relations: Coordinated store budget hours review monthly ensuring the staff ratio was in line with business needs. Executed headcount review to assess upcoming attrition rates.Responded to employee issues and questions regarding benefits, payroll, personal changes, and employment verification, Ensured compliance of all HR policies and procedures. Responsible for mediation and conflict resolution. Coached managers and supervisors on initiating appropriate conversations with employees regarding attainment of career goals. Conducted when required probation reviews, investigations, and disciplinary actions.Recruitment - Performed full-cycle recruitment by writing job descriptions, sourcing, conducting behavioral-based phone screens, interviewing candidates, and extending job offers. Manages high-volume recruitment at peak times for up to 40 requisitions at a time. Hired 60 team members across all levels in the first 12 months with an attrition rate of 15%, These hires ranged from entry-level to senior management positions. Coordinated and oversaw recruitment events including on/off site.

Overseen recruitment, induction and training of all new staff in stores, as well as supported with other stores in the region. Effectively communicate to collaborate with head office to advise of expected sales trends whilst adhering to company budgets and maintaining staff salary costingActively supported with all training requirements and ensured the continuous retention of a team. Demonstrated a strong understanding for financial topics including the weekly and quarterly planning of the change of store budget’s and profitability regarding planned money, Staff budgeting and yearly P/L, as well as payroll on a weekly basis Successfully delegated workload by creating rotas that ensured adequate cover at all times. Recognised for exceeding store sales plans in excess of €4.6 million. Established a daily conversation rate of 19.1% as well as a number of other KPI’s including ATV and PPR figures

Professional Diploma In Executive Coaching, Distinction

(I.C.F) International Coaching Federation & (E.M.C.C) European Mentoring and Coaching Council Accredited Coach

Professional Diploma, Human Resources Management And Services, Distinction

(Cipd) Diploma In Professional Human Resource Practice, Human Resources, Distinction

Resource and Talent Planning • Employment Law • Business Issues and the Context of HR • Professional Practice • Reward Management •.