Full life cycle recruitment for all Corporate level positions focusing on IT, HR, Audit/Tax Advisory, Finance/Accounting & Marketing positions.

Manage the full life-cycle recruitment process: establishing intake sessions/meetings with hiring managers, creating job requisitions, formulating creative recruiting strategies, direct sourcing/cold-calling, qualifying candidates, managing / scheduling interviews, salary negotiation, background / employment verification and reference checks.Utilize effective communication and follow-through with internal clients and candidates while establishing and maintaining effective relationships by promoting company recruitment brand and opportunities.Meet and adhere to the Talent Acquisition service level agreements with the Business Partners. Determine applicant requirements by studying job descriptions, job qualifications and screening candidates to assess their qualifications and skill sets for requirements. Responsible for providing expertise and market value consulting to Hiring Manager's & HRBP's in the areas of staffing and market intelligence.Attend recruitment events/industry events and champion the Stage Stores brand.Contribute to local, regional and national HR initiatives, policies and programs by participating on HR project teams and providing feedback on programs and processes.Responsible for driving social recruitment initiatives and developing strong relationships with qualified candidates.Develop effective and thorough sourcing strategies for Corporate, Field and College Relations by partnering with Hiring Managers and other Human Resources Team members, continually keeping them apprised of sourcing efforts.Generate candidate interest through creative marketing and social media messaging.Develop and maintain a robust pipeline of potential candidates for multiple critical and technical skill sets across the organization.Continually expand network through leveraging user groups, blogs and networking events and represent the organization and our recruitment brand locally, regionally and nationally.

•Partner with hiring managers to implement effective recruitment strategies and best practices designed to source, recruit, and select quality candidates.•Conduct phone and in-person interviews using Adler behavioral based interviewing method by evaluating employment factors such as job experience, education, training and skills. Consult with management to recommend candidates, locations or placements, starting salaries, etc.•Develop sourcing strategies that include partnerships with colleges/universities, local chamber of commerce groups, sourcing referrals from new hires and existing team member, attending career and job fairs to fill open positions and develop a diverse pool of qualified candidates.•Adhere to EEO policies and OFCCP requirements. Partner with Manager’s on affirmative action initiatives and goals for recruiting efforts. Provide quarterly affirmative action updates to the HR Manager as well as adverse impact analysis. •Create and maintain a balanced and diverse pipeline of candidates, champion candidates for current openings, and promote on-going relationship building in the marketplace with business professionals through the use of networking tools such as LinkedIn, Face book, Twitter, etc.•Travel and participate in diversity careers fairs, i.e. National Society of Hispanics in MBA, HACE and Latpro.•Conduct new hire orientation and facilitate “Interviewing Skills for Managers”.•Consult with managers on a variety of HR issues such as benefits, employee relations and retention.

•Managed all recruiting for Central Region Snacks, Category Management, Sales, Marketing, Operations and Frozen Foods for the Kellogg Co. & Hershey's total outsourced account.•Responsible for the full life cycle recruitment process i.e. cold calling, relationship building, internet search, recruitment strategies, candidate sourcing, screening, interviewing, and salary negotiations.•Develop a candidate pipeline through various sourcing methods including: internet and database mining, cold calling, networking within professional associations/organizations and collaborating with colleges and universities.•Worked with HR for job order approval prior to external release. Discussed job description in detail with hiring managers to ensure accuracy and clarify needs. •Created detailed prescreening questionnaires with hiring managers to ensure compliance with strict OFCCP regulations.•Seek, interview, evaluate and perform reference checks and credential verifications of potential employees in order to provide the client with the highest quality of candidates.•Conduct pre-screening interviews to initiate candidate assessment process.•Negotiation of compensation packages to include salary, relocation and benefits.•Maintain and create sourcing channel statistics and strategies.•Follow up with candidates regarding the status of positions to keep the lines of communication open for future talent needs.•Conduct and gather competitive research to build a continuous pipeline of a diverse pool of candidates. •Conduct research and ongoing sourcing activities to identify and attract highly competitive candidates for key talent needs across corporate divisions. •Develop and maintain sourcing data in applicant tracking system and prepare sourcing reports.•Travel and participate in college campus recruiting programs.

•Responsible for maintaining and managing all Metrics Data of recruiting expenses and performing relevant analysis of data for graphic presentation.•Responsible for compiling Metrics Data and generating all reports related to recruitment activity i.e., Weekly and Monthly Open/Filled Positions reports, Headcount reports, and Quarterly and YTD reports.•Central point of contact for posting all positions to internal (Soft-Shoe Database) and external websites.•Drove all staffing activities, created folders for new Job Requisitions, Sourced Candidates internally and externally, sent out Recruiting Kits, Prepared Offer Letters and New Hire Kits, conducted Background Checks and Reference Checks.•Worked with Staffing Director and Senior Manager’s to reduce agency fees by 47%, resulting in direct sourcing methods and increased use of employee referral program.•Point of contact for overall headquarters divisions staffing system to maintain accurate EEO/AAP data for corporate metrics.•Participated with Senior Manager’s to roll out Quarterly Newsletter Program introducing Talent Recruiting Group’s functions within the HR divisions, resulting in a high satisfaction tool by management.•Proactively worked to locate and evaluate new websites to assist in cost reduction hiring through diversity and specialty. This resulted in a 10% increase in diversity hiring across all levels of positions.•Liaison with recruitment agencies in maintaining all fee agreements to service recruiting needs and worked to maintain an accurate Preferred Vendor List of Agencies.•Contributed and participated to implement E-Recruit PeopleSoft Project as an assigned Super User scheduled to roll out Q3 03 for the HR Talent Recruiting Group.

•Worked collaboratively with the team to create presentations for client meetings that evaluate brand issues in order to make strategic decisions.•Provided weekly/monthly Sleeping Aids category analysis using various syndicated data sources and developed conclusions based on the data for Consumer Healthcare group.•Independently validated and analyzed Monthly Topline Templates and delivered Key Finding analyses for Baby Ointments and Sleeping Aids categories.•Created comparative category overviews of current/past performance of established products and examining the impact of new products trends. •Provided account administration and thorough follow through to ensure client satisfaction by understanding client’s category, competition and new product entries.•Liaison between clients and ACNielsen functional areas to ensure that all client inquiries were handled in a timely and efficient manner.

•Provided monthly analysis of sales department expenses versus actual budget.•Provide top fifty customer profitability report to brand management utilizing PowerPlay.•Responsible for ad hoc reporting from ACNielsen, Spectra and other proprietary databases for senior management, Sales Operations and Customer Marketing Managers.•Assisted the Director of Customer Marketing in the preparation of brand specific P & Ls for Distribution Initiatives.

•Developed and issued quarterly reports to field Sales Representatives and HQ managers.•Utilized MS Access in performing Ad Hoc queries for 182 Sales Representatives.•Responsible for modifying and maintaining the physician/managed care databases of over 500,000 records.•Responsible for posting quarter’s end keynotes on the company’s Intranet site.•Prepared expense reports and monthly American Express reconciliation.