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South Portland, ME, US

Collaborating with small businesses to determine HR needs and to identify and implement solutions.

Freeport, Maine, US

• Inspired leaders to realize their own potential and act on their own development through direct feedback and honest conversations.
• Led a transformation in the warehouse toward greater efficiency and increased service levels.
• Facilitated the hiring of nearly 300 distribution employees into various year-round opportunities.
• Constantly evolve processes for efficiency gains and enhanced customer experience, resulting in a significant gain in efficiency for 2019.
• Collaborated with peers to ensure consistency in employee practices across the organization.
• Enabled safe and efficient work practices and ensured OSHA compliance.

Freeport, Maine, US

• Mitigate company risk by resolving employee relations issues that balanced the company and employee interests.
• Continuously look for ways to foster a culture where employees thrive.
• Developed leadership by providing coaching to all levels in employee issues, organizational design, communication, leadership training and development, and facilitation efforts.
• Facilitated job elimination processes including writing business cases and separation letters while ensuring legal compliance.
• Championed and communicated policy changes to the organization.
• Improved communication and understanding regarding immigrant employees by initiating and leading a Diversity Steering Committee and cultural awareness sessions.

Freeport, Maine, US

• Developed and implemented training for supervisors who prepared 40 interviewers to process up to 10,000 potential seasonal hires.
• Ensured alignment for hiring by tracking hiring plans and interviewing capacity.
• Strengthened successful recruitment from immigrant communities by initiating and implementing an English as an Alternate Language (EAL) Program including writing a job description for and hiring on-site interpreters.
• Realized a savings of over $190K by developing and implementing process improvements within the interviewer and administrative roles.
• Developed a team of employees, who are high functioning and focused on working efficiently. Implemented cost saving measures saving $114,000 one year.
• Emphasized legal compliance and consistency in decisions and processes, ensuring LL Bean’s integrity was preserved and applicants were protected.

Master Of Science - Ms, Human Resources Development

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Leadership And Organizational Studies