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Detroit, Michigan, United States

Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States

• Provide strategic coaching to all organizational levels.
• Enhance employee engagement, retention, and satisfaction through company-wide initiatives and conducting full-cycle recruiting.
• Coach and support managers, team members, and employees on people-related matters, conflict resolution and employee relations.
• Foster company culture through onboarding, employee engagement events, aligning people programs with values, and performance management.
• Support learning and development initiatives, and establish succession plans for critical roles.
• Develop and execute multichannel marketing campaigns, email communications, and social media advertising and printed marketing publications.

Remote

• Increased employee head count by 17% in less than 6 months.
• Identified gaps in interview funnel and recommended proactive changes that improved average time-to-hire by 20%.
• Led forecasting for full-time & contractor recruitment needs globally by collaborating with 18 executives across all departments.
• Compiled job requirements and posted job descriptions through our ATS (applicant tracking system) as well as job boards like Indeed, LinkedIn Recruiter and ZipRecruiter leading to over 15 full-time hires during a.
• Collected feedback after final round interviews and put together comprehensive compensation packages for prospective hires.
• Conducted multiple university job fairs, which involved interviewing top tech talent and ivy league students for technical positions available at the company.

Birmingham, Michigan, United States - Remote

• Specialized in employee onboarding / new hire orientation and ensured all pre-employment forms were completed in our HRIS within 72 hours of start date.
• Assisted with benefits administration and broker negotiations, including COBRA, ACA reporting, leave of absence, and worker’s compensation.
• Entered new hire information into the HRIS, recorded terminations, and processed employee changes / updates.
• Effectively utilized change management which enabled our transformation of strategy, processes, technology and people to enhance performance.
• Ensured continuous improvement in a rapidly changing environment.
• Recruited top talent according to the company core values to fill positions at all levels of the company, ensuring they are the best cultural fit.

Troy, Michigan - Hybrid

• Led full-cycle recruitment for over 250 new full-time hires, while hitting goals of reducing the staffing agency employee percentage from 70% down to less than 10%.
• Administered company-wide compensation and benefit plans.
• Conducted employee onboarding and organized over 1,000 hours of training & development initiatives.
• Partnered with the leadership team to effectively execute our diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies.
• Worked with 65+ team members one-on-one and in small groups to enhance performance and improved employee satisfaction by 31%
• Contributed to re-imagining our company-wide people operations, concentrating on results from employee surveys and mentoring.

Oak Park, MI

• Established and built a Human Resources department in a tech startup environment from the ground up to help maintain a staff of over 45 employees.
• Fostered a data-driven culture and conducted 100% of recruitment phases.
• Worked with department heads to understand their talent needs and reduced the time-to-hire to fill those needs by 33%.
• Executed talent management strategies to support each team’s growth and individual learning & development plans.
• Assisted managers in the use of objectives and performance reviews as coaching tools for individual development.
• Researched, adapted and administered new benefits plans that improved employee satisfaction by 41%.

Hazel Park, Michigan

• Collaborated with 5+ leadership members on recruitment strategies, development plans, performance management, and employee engagement.
• Administered all benefit plans for 65+ employees across 5 departments and 2 entities, including running the open enrollment once a year.
• Processed and distributed payroll for multiple entities.
• Oversaw the 401(k) accounts for all entities to ensure accuracy and completed the yearly 401(k) census.
• Successfully saved the company $80,000 in ACA reporting IRS fines due to the IRS claiming we were an ALE (applicable large employer) when we weren’t during the time period they were questioning. This situation was.
• Ensured that the company stayed up to date with Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations / laws and conducted the yearly ACA reporting accurately.

Clinton Township, Michigan

• Implemented and organized complete HR operations and multi-unit management of 6 Subway franchise locations with over 50 employees.
• Consulted with business leaders to develop and execute a business strategy that built organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes.
• Coached managers on encouraging and monitoring employee development, performance, and retention.
• Leveraged expertise on employee relations, succession planning and team development to increase headcount while improving retention by 10%.LeBeau Investments Inc. (dba Subway) was a multi-unit franchisee that owned 6.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Human Resources Development

Obtained a Bachelor's of Science degree from Oakland University in Human Resources Development with a 3.7 GPA.

Associate'S Degree, General Studies