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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Worked with different clients to provide need-based HR solutions to executives. Advice clients across multiple industries on building people-centered through practical Talent solutions. Provide coaching and consulting services in the area of Talent Management and HR Operations.

- Recommend Sourcing Strategies for Last Mile Talent Acquisition team; conducted Internal Talent Mapping (ITM), External Talent Mapping (ETM) and designed sourcing strategies that can set the team up for achieving the hiring goal of 69 hires for Last Mile team in 2022.- Utilize innovative sourcing strategies to build a pipeline of passive candidates. Perform deep searches using multiple systems including Beamery, AmazonHire, iCIMS, HireEZ and LinkedIn.- Track daily recruitment activity and deliver results against recruitment KPIs including reaching out to atleast 150+ passive candidates weekly, 2&5 promise, DEI (Diversity, equity and inclusion) sourcing, employee referral reach out sessions and conduct sourcing sessions with other team members.- Work with the candidate throughout the interview process. Conduct recruiter phone screens (RPS), Online Assessments (OA), and work with recruiting coordinators to schedule an Onsite interviews.

Huntington Beach, Ca

- Lead operations of the packaging testing labs including managing staffing requirements and fulfilling project deadlines. Develop and maintain world class customer service and manage customer expectations.- Responsible for developing and managing a team of 4 associates including hiring, training and aligning their capabilities with the business requirements.- Oversee the calibration and validation, repair and preventative maintenance of all the active equipments at the laboratory by working directly with third party vendors and service providers.- Developed the quality management system per ISO 17025 requirements leading the organization towards obtaining ISO certification.- Successfully represented the company for its quality system audit to become an approved vendor for a large medical device company without any major non-conformances.

Aliso Viejo, Ca

- Lead talent acquisition requirements for the organization- including full-cycle recruiting, on-boarding, new hire orientation & e-Verify- Assist with administration of benefits programs: benefit plan enrollment, annual open enrollment, broker and carrier interface, notifications, document distribution and employee service on requests/questions related to health and retirement plans.- Administer FMLA, CFRA, PDL and all other mandated and company-granted leaves of absence ensuring compliance with State and Federal regulations. Prepare and maintain written LOA-related communication. - Other HR responsibilities include- employee relations, HR policies & procedures, compensation, generate and analyze HR reports, Affirmative Action plan.- Successfully performed I-9 audit, implemented new ATS system, streamlined the onboarding process, developed agency approved vendor list & employee handbook translation.

Torrance, Ca

- Manage full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, assessment, interviewing, offer stage, background screening, and ensuring smooth on-boarding for exempt and non-exempt level positions. Partner with third party providers to ensure quality immigration support for foreign nationals, HR and management- Partner with the hiring managers to identify staffing needs and requirements. Manage full-cycle recruitment including sourcing, assessment, effectively using the interviewing tool, offer stage, background screening, and ensuring smooth on-boarding for positions in IT, Finance, Accounting, QA and distributor services. - Actively involve in recruitment process improvement including efforts for paperless recruiting, leading project for determining background check criteria, developing staffing metrics, help identify issues in Taleo system.- Partnered with third party providers to deliver immigration services, resolve issues, and ensure quality immigration support and served as point of contact for foreign nationals, HR and management

- Provided HR support to multi-state virtual business units (350+ employees) including managers with international teams. Actively worked with managers on HR related matters including full-cycle recruitment, immigration, employee relations, performance evaluation, promotions and separations.- Responsible for full life cycle recruitment for national, multi-location level positions in all areas of including Software Implementation, Software Development, IT Security and Data Analyst.- Completed EEO1 compliance and Affirmative Action Plan Reports for the company; generated reports from the system, analyzed and prepared reports to ensure statutory compliance.Projects- Developed College Recruitment Program proposal, changed Background Screening Vendor (decreased cost per check by 11%), conducted recruitment budget analysis, performed Off-Cycle Promotion Analysis and revamped Employee Referral Program (reduced cost by approx 30%)

- Provided HR support including strategy development and restructuring for the start-up venture of 350+ employees, including employee relations and cultural transformation efforts.- Managed the full recruitment cycle, the college recruiting program, introduced a new yearly Performance Planning System for all employees, conducted competency mapping and developed crucial HR policies. - Team coordinator for a cross-functional international cost management project resulting in the achievement of a 3% annual savings through process improvements in manufacturing and packaging.- Appointed Task Force Member for ISO 9001 for determining the core business process analysis as per standards. Prepared ISO booklet, conducted internal quality audits and supervised external audits.

Masters In Business Administration

Activities and Societies: Member of Center for Women's Leadership Awards: CumLaude & Babson Fellowship

Masters In Human Resources Management, Hr

Awards: Scholarship and Gold Medal

Bachelor Of Business Administration - Bba, Finance & Hr

Diploma In Training And Development, Training

Activities and Societies: Lifetime Member of ISTD