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Dallas, Tx, Us

Sydney, Nsw, Au

- Partner with global business leaders to design and implement a talent management strategy that aligns with business objectives, fostering a high-performance culture.- Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues, ensuring regulatory compliance and mitigating legal risks.- Recommend and implement new HR approaches in alignment with business goals, driving a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.- Collaborate with management to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention, resulting in a 40% improvement in employee engagement scores.- Lead cross-functional teams to drive change initiatives, including the rollout of a new HR and Payroll system.- Direct change management initiatives during a company-wide restructuring, including communication plans, employee feedback sessions, and compliance requirements.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Dallas, Tx, Us

- Enhanced the use of ATS and other recruitment processes, ensuring full functionality to boost efficiency and improve the candidate experience while establishing best hiring practices.- Partnered with and advised hiring managers on recruitment strategies, resulting in a 30% decrease in time-to-fill for key positions.- Created interview guides aligned with core values and competencies for panel interviewers, which improved interview consistency and contributed to an increase in hiring accuracy. - Facilitated debrief meetings to identify the best candidate for each position, reducing mis-hires and increasing retention rates.- Improved onboarding experience and helped facilitate monthly new hire orientations by creating workflows from candidate’s application through their first day of work.- Supported HR Business Partner activities, including promotions, offboarding, and succession planning.- Established relationships with universities to build a proactive candidate pipeline for future openings.- Led various initiatives, including the oversight of weekly recruiting metrics and deliverables, organizing company-wide town halls, managing performance reviews, and implementing ADP within the scheduled timeframe and budget.- Served as the main point of contact for contract employees and staffing agencies.

Pasadena, California, Us

- Oversaw talent acquisition department for 69 restaurants.- Increased manager retention by implementing more efficient and effective selection practices, including updating interview guides and processes, creating contests for high turnover restaurants and leading weekly calls with Regional Vice Presidents to decrease time to hire.- Partnered with leadership on strategic sourcing, including leading open houses and creative avenues to source and retain hourly staff members.- Transitioned to UltiPro HRIS during merger, becoming the SME to aid restaurant managers in utilizing it correctly.- HRBP for 35 restaurants: - Managed and resolved all levels of employee concern for 35 restaurants, from scheduling to harassment. - Created and implemented revised performance review and compensation cycle. - Analyzed trends and metrics to gain insight on a variety of business operations. - Partnered with HR Manager on company-wide employee development including leading bi-monthly workshops, EAPs, and direct support for Area Directors on performing difficult conversations.

Pasadena, California, Us

• Manage, investigate, and resolve high-risk employee concerns (i.e. those involving discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, etc.) for a company with 3,000+ employees.• Guide organizational leaders on disciplinary action when necessary. • Oversee Workers Comp and General Liability cases.• Analyze human capital data from multiple sources to create informative weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports for the Executive Committee. • Craft new and innovative reports displaying metrics that are pertinent to the overall business strategy. • Lead teams of managers and employees through 15+ restaurant closures.• Assist operational leaders in the communication of restaurant closures by providing on-site support and all relevant communication materials.• Administer referral bonus program for a team of over 300 managers.• Oversee the distribution of exit interview reporting.• Supervise and train managers on E-Verify and I-9 processes.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, International Business

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), International Politics

Business Analytics