Managed full-cycle recruitment for open home office roles on the Merchandising, Visual and Marketing teams. Collaborated with hiring managers and HR Business partners to align on job description to define job parameters and necessary skill requirements to select the highest quality candidates for open positions.

Responsible for assessing the staffing needs for all stores within the region to identify trends in step with establishing custom sourcing and recruiting strategies. Partnered with senior leadership and managers and built strong rapport to ensure business priorities and expectations were clear. Collaborated with hiring managers to discern workforce needs, define job parameters and necessary skill requirements to select the highest quality candidates for open positions.Key Accomplishments and Duties :▪ Established an employment branding strategy to meet the high demand of job requirements by engaging internal marketing partners in order to maximize multiple sourcing channels; social media, print ads and marketing, and website careers page resulting in a significant elevation in the overall candidate experience.▪ Acknowledged for creating a culture of engaged employees through facilitating and fostering trust and enthusiasm throughout the business, in step with the employment branding strategy.▪ Successfully implemented the company’s global Applicant Tracking System to serve high volume of job requisitions and provide store managers direct access to the candidate pool. Created over 30K job postings to satisfy business needs.Provided multi-faceted training for regional, district, and store managers on effective recruiting strategies, best practices, and candidate selection process. Developed and facilitated training courses for onboarding District Managers. Partnered with the Training team to create eLearning coursework for People Selection Training. Initiated full audit of current training materials in order to prioritize material updates into overall project timeline.▪ Acknowledged for innovative approach to creating impactful training materials by keeping a goal of associate engagement and empowerment top of mind.

Responsible for daily operations including establishing the strategic operating plan and assessing staffing needs to effectively achieve sales goals. Held accountable for meeting aggressive operational objectives and minimizing costs wherever necessary, including employment retention costs. Built and maintained strong working relationships across the organization. Developed merchandising and loss control strategies and executed corporate programs, policies and procedures accordingly for smooth operations.Key Accomplishments and Duties :▪ Successfully created a hiring template that included a formula to calculate precise staffing needs for seasonal projections resulting in consistently achieving hiring goals and providing a consistent approach to planning.▪ Recognized for decreasing associate turnover through the engagement of careful and mindful hiring practices and utilizing subsequent onboarding and training best practices.