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Napa, California, United States

United States

Oakland, California, United States

Talent Acquisition Operations and Recruitment Specialist. Full Life cycle recruitment and sourcing across Supply, DTC, Sales, Marketing and Operations. Project manager, managing Americas Talent Acquisition project suite.

San Francisco, California (Telecommute)

Responsible for supporting and executing on a variety of programs, services and initiatives, most importantly the ATM Refresh and ATM Remediation programs. Accountable for pulling and analyzing of data, and/or creating reports. Participated in the integration/implementation of programs/services/initiatives with functional business partners. Tracked.

United States

Develop and maintain background risk criteria/thresholds for the broker dealer (FINRA Securities) Registered and Associated employee population, both internals and new hires. Provide oversight and supervision on background reviews for TIAA, NUVEEN and TIAA Bank. Review background reports for all broker dealer Registered and or Associated hires including.

San Francisco, CA

• Key role and function with executing full cycle hiring process. Driving the process from start to finish including; posting job requisitions, sourcing, extending offers, background screens and onboarding of qualified.
• Navigating Internal and External vendor systems/programs such as:o Taleo (applicant tracking system)o TalentWise o People Soft
• Facilitate adjudication process for any areas of concern that are discovered through background screening.
• Successfully maneuver through various HR challenges to provide expertise and time saving solutions for a diverse HR team composed of Directors, Recruiters, and other HR Business Partners both domestic and international.
• Work successfully in a virtual team environment.
• Guide mid to senior level licensed financial professionals through a complex onboarding process with internal partners and external vendors

Sacramento, California Area

• Family owned Automobile dealership group consisting of 11 different brands, 13 separate locations, and a corporate office.Purchasing Responsibilities:
• Maximize company’s economies of scale
• Analyze spending with over 200 vendor services
• Centralize all purchasing through the corporate office
• Negotiate new contract terms to reduce cost
• Renegotiate existing contracts to reduce cost

Sacramento, California Area

• Active partner in establishing a start up company Responsibilities:
• Developed and implemented operational procedures
• Developed training procedures including training of new hires
• Developed inter-store communications
• Managed inventory levels
• Managed store sales

Sacramento, California Area

• Presented group Long Term Care Insurance offerings to Institutional clients:o PG&Eo Tiechert Constructiono Exelixis Inc.o SonicWallo Borland
• Created channel to sell Metlife Individual business products through MetLife Institutional Brokers and directly to the Institutional clients
• Conducted product seminars to members of Institutional clients, Metlife in force policyholders and the general public.
• Designed and implemented targeted marketing campaigns
• Serviced Metlife in force policyholders / cross sold the following product lines:o Long Term Care Insuranceo Life Insuranceo Disability Insuranceo Mutual Fundso Annuities
• Prospected new clients/sales appointments