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Lumber Bridge, North Carolina, United States

• Leading a team of 5 high volume recruiters, developing, and executing strategies to meet staffing needs for a 3,500-employee poultry processing plant.
• Overseeing the implementation and administration of HR activities, focusing on staffing, employee retention, policy administration, and performance management.
• Ensuring compliance with I-9/E-verify regulations, overseeing the process and training HR staff on compliance procedures.
• Developing direct reports to prepare for growth in other areas within the organization.
• Building partnerships with community leaders to increase visibility, resources, etc.
• Collaborating with operations leaders for understanding to develop a candidate success profile to utilize in screening process.

North Carolina, United States

• Partnered with HR and Supply Chain Directors to forecast hiring needs and develop staffing strategies, overseeing hiring of approximately for 4 distribution centers in the U.S, supporting skilled and corporate.
• Developed recruitment goals and strategies to achieve optimal staffing levels for distribution centers.
• Built strong relationships with candidates, hiring managers and business partners to ensure high level of customer service, keeping them informed throughout the recruitment process.Accomplishments:
• Developed and communicated Talent Acquisition SOP and compliance policies to ensure alignment with company standards.
• Served as project lead for supply chain TA team for a company-wide National Day of Hiring event, supporting with messaging,marketing, collaborating with Supply Chain directors and VP’s and ultimately deploying Talent.

Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States

• Oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Branch to ensure revenue maintains or exceeds $5.7 million annually. Primaryfunctions include human resources, payroll, account management, order fulfillment and compliance.
• Managed 3 direct reports – two Senior Recruiters and an On-Site Manager (performance management, employee counseling,annual reviews, approving hours, time off requests, employee relations) and well as 240 temp field.
• Coordinated with Risk and HR departments on the various aspects of branch operations required to ensure compliance(Worker’s Compensation, Unemployment, Human Resources, Legal, WOTC, etc.).
• Resolved issues for clients, branch personnel, and field staff.
• Prospected, sales calls and negotiated contracts for new and ongoing business.Accomplishments:
• Increased annual branch revenue potential by 15% by signing on a new client within my first 90 days.

Dillon, South Carolina, United States

• Oversaw staffing for a 2000+ headcount 3.2 mil sq. ft. distribution center.
• Supervised 3 direct reports (employee counseling, annual reviews, approving hours, time off requests, employee relations).
• Recruited warehouse for all levels of talent (hourly & salary).
• Managed a workload of approximately 25-30 requisitions.
• Analyzed workforce forecasting models to build weekly staffing orders for direct hire, internal and third-party agency fulfillment.
• Teamed with Training and HR management to facilitate onboarding new hires.

Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

• Managed recruitment operations across 7 markets to ensure order fulfillment. Recruitment goals ranged from 350-550+ interviews weekly. Fulfillment ranged from 200, in off-season, to over 300 placements monthly in peak.
• Recruited for light industrial, manufacturing, material handlers, general labor, janitorial, administrative, and many more.
• Supervised 3 direct reports (employee counseling, annual reviews, approving hours, time off requests, employee relations).
• Directed a team of 8 recruitment staff (Assigned goals, led morning meeting, tracked progress throughout the day).
• Controlled $40,000 job advertising budget.
• Audited trackers, databases, and employee files to ensure screening, FCRA, I-9 and E-Verify compliance.

Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

• Specializing in small businesses to understand the day to day marketing demands of owner/operators.
• Developed clean, concise messaging for clients that elevated brand from the competition.
• Strategically developed marketing plans.
• Managed all marketing for the company, clients and developed new business opportunities.
• Analyzed and improved lead generation campaigns, measuring results for clients ROI.

Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

· Provided daily direction to line workers on assigned press for process setup and operation, quality standards, and process documentation.· Programed, setup, and operated multiple machines to produce finished products per customer specifications.· Trained employees in the proper techniques of product inspection. · Recorded production activities and.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Business Administration - Project Management

Associate Of Applied Science, Advertising And Graphic Design