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Detroit, Mi, Us

Montreal, Quebec, Ca

Dearborn, Mi, Us

• Designed and conducted confidential diversity, equity, inclusion (DEI) focus groups to analyze employee sentiment and engagement, integrating insights into strategic projects to enhance the employee experience.• Integrated DEI and affirmative action into onboarding, hiring, performance management, and employee handbooks, creating a culture of accountability and inclusive behaviors.• Expanded the employee resource group (ERG) network from 1 to 7 groups by securing leadership support, conducting employee surveys, hosting inclusive events, promoting cross-ERG collaboration, launching communication campaigns, and allocating dedicated resources.• Developed and facilitated training sessions on unconscious bias, affirmative action, and equal employment opportunity (EEO) policies from C-suite to individual contributor levels, enhancing awareness and compliance.• Partnered with talent acquisition (TA) and human resources (HR) to ensure recruitment, promotion, and hiring processes are fair, equitable and meet OFCCP requirements.• Established diversity representation goals for director+ levels and created reporting tools to track organizational and department representation.• Prepared and submitted annual affirmative action plans (AAPs), including detailed EEO-1 and VETS-4212 reports, ensuring accurate and timely compliance with regulatory requirements.

Dearborn, Mi, Us

• Led the creation and implementation of a new exit survey process, collaborating with corporate, retail, supply chain, and Mexico partners to ensure standardization in data collection and experience across the organization.• Executed bi-monthly new hire onboarding sessions in partnership with learning and development (L&D), incorporating company values and organizational structure to improve new employee integration, engagement, and retention.• Coached leaders through developing effective onboarding plans for new employees to effectively integrate new hires into the organization and increase retention and engagement.• Partnered with HR to develop strategies that improve retention, workplace conditions, and employee satisfaction.• Collaborated with the senior HRBP to support 5 business units in hiring, terminations, performance management, and employee relations, ensuring talent strategies aligned with workforce planning and development goals.• Increased employee engagement scores by 10+ points within one year by revising hiring and promotion policies, enhancing perceptions of fairness, and creating clear pathways for advancement and leadership development.

Dearborn, Mi, Us

• Led the creation and implementation of a recruitment planning tool, improving collaboration between 4 HRBPs, 8 talent acquisition teams members, and 7 senior leaders, managing project phases from concept to deployment.• Led full lifecycle recruiting for 20+ full-time, exempt-level roles, ensuring effective sourcing, interviewing, and hiring processes to build a high-performing talent pipeline.

Southfield, Michigan, Us

full lifecycle recruiting

Southfield, Michigan, Us

Texarkana, Arkansas, Us