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Manage all facets of visual merchandising installation projects among multiple retailers on behalf of Microsoft, including working with key client stakeholders to:• Develop complex visual merchandising project milestones, implementation/go-live timelines, and post-launch KPIs in tandem with the client• Create SOWs including best-in-class pricing for visual merchandising projects by analyzing project scope, scale, duration, unforeseen intangibles, and client's budgets• Develop executable and scalable processes for planning, implementation, and post-launch stages of visual merchandising projects• Tightly manage project-based and continuity spend to ensure complete execution of projects to SOW guidelines within project budget while safeguarding client from overspending Drive the daily operational duties for up to 25 concurrent consumer electronic product display installation and maintenance projects:• Create and provide installation instructions, guidelines and reporting for each project• Actively manage quality control on projects being installed at up to 3000 retail locations per project to adhere to tight timelines and budget• Develop client programs using Agile project management processes to adapt and improve standards and efficiencies for all key stakeholdersServe as a key point of contact and decision-making authority for the execution of program objectives.Facilitates the achievement of key performance indicators (KPI) for given programs by directly managing all aspects of client engagement. This includes setting and managing all timelines and operations with clients.Meet directly with key Microsoft stakeholders to provide strategic solutions for problem-solving.Report program performance and initiate continuous improvements.Create and present Quarterly Busines Reports.

Livonia, Mi

-Manage all logistics and purchasing for industry trade shows while negotiating prices with vendors and reducing costs. -Provide creative and strategic direction for publications, print advertising and collateral, digital media and photography in the generation of projects, ensuring maintenance of marketing objective and themes.-Maintain a schedule of and status report for all ongoing and upcoming marketing projects and report on a weekly basis to the leadership as well as having such information available for managing tactics and working with production team.-Measure penetration and efficacy of marketing efforts using quantifiable data. -Generate client-facing reports such as quarterly business reviews (QBRs).-Supervise all end-to-end project management aspects of proposals.-Effectively oversee the work of the proposal writing team for RFx responses to ensure compliance with clients' specifications.-Guide the creation of custom strategies that align with clients' goals in RFx responses including Staff Augmentation, Managed Service Programs, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Statement of Work (SOW) Management.-Manage the social media outreach and presence of the company to frame and expand brand awareness.

Livonia, Mi

- Manage internal project coordination and deliverables for responses to Request for Proposals (RFP).- Through strategic customization based on client needs and current state assessments, rewrote all boilerplate templates and drafted tailored content for Request for Proposal responses on behalf of a diverse global staffing company.- Draft customized responses to RFPs for City, State and Private companies.-Organize, maintain and update an archive of several hundred previously created proposals with allsupporting documents to be used as boilerplate and reusable content for future proposals.-Organize and distribute key organization documents (e.g., company financials, diversity certificates, etc.) to internal and external stakeholders. Register and update information within supplier portals.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

-Manage all recruitment efforts of participating staffing suppliers on behalf of an automotive parts supplier in Saline.-Interface with onsite stakeholders, the hiring community and line supervisors to ensure the MSP services are appropriately delivered while gathering intel to proactively anticipate fluctuations in staffing needs. -Assess KPIs (e.g., submittal rates, quality of candidates, submittal-to-hire rates, turnover rates, compliance completion, and candidate preparation) of each participating supplier within the MSP program using metrics established by the client.

Ann Arbor, Mi

-Perform full-cycle recruiting for contract and permanent positions for clients in Washtenaw County. Utilize an integrated proprietary applicant tracking system. Assist job seekers with skill assessment, resume structuring, interview prep and building of other skills.-Initiative and execute all onboarding tasks including processing I-9s, collect and track new hire paperwork, run background checks (State, Federal and County), coordinate urine 10-panel drug screenings at nearby clinics and facilitate new-hire orientations. -Partner with clients to determine staffing needs, personalize the sourcing and fulfillment process, assist with employee changes and terminations; prepare necessary paperwork and update personnel files. -Advise employees, clients and management on temporary staffing and HR policies, programs, procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.-Serve as an onsite coordinator with one of our customers – a global automotive leader – to handle all temporary employee relations, talent identification, interview coordination, terminations, EHS issues and employee counseling.-Negotiate pay rates with candidates and bill rates with clients based on market trends, candidate skillsets and localized talent pool.

Ypsilanti, Mi

Coordinate with several on-campus offices and other universities to organize and schedule our department’s undergraduate conference in 2014 and 2015; worked with a team of associate and full-time professors to build bibliographies for graduate courses under tight deadlines.Employ kinesthetic, visual and auditory learning techniques to disseminate course content to students while guest lecturing in various faculty members’ classes.

Ypsilanti, Mi

Identify and recruit student employees for several Dining Services business units.Manage day-to-day HR operations including onboarding, cross-unit transfers, new-hire paperwork, and offboarding. Generate employee tracking reports each month. Create job descriptions to attract a targeted student talent pool. Assessed employee performance and issued and monitored performance improvement plans.

Master’S Degree, Philosophy

Bachelor’S Degree, Philosophy

Associate’S Degree, Baccalaureate Studies