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Atlanta, GA, US

• North America based talent consulting firm with over a century of combined experience, we have a mutual desire to build an optimal talent attraction model. At MXA our careers have intertwined over the last 10+ years in.
• Currently collaborating with multiple prominent Atlanta-based global companies to enhance their talent attraction strategy and technology capabilities, delivering continuous improvement solutions.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Cox Enterprises is a global company with 50K employees and $22B in revenue. Through its major divisions, Cox Communications, Cox Automotive, and Cox Farms, they lead in the communications, automotive, and agriculture.
• Led team in recruiting approximately 8K placements annually, inclusive of 4K hires through RPO. Hiring spanned from Early Career to Executive levels, achieving average time to offer acceptance under 45 days.
• Provided strategic guidance to Cox Automotive’s C-Suite, Executive and HR Leadership Teams, fostering collaborative partnerships, enhancing organizational performance. Instrumental in driving value through initiatives.
• Defined analytics and insight strategy for Cox Talent Acquisition, by implementing organizational KPIs, metrics, and reporting systems, consistently providing visualizations and comprehensive data analytics to all.
• Served as Talent Acquisition Lead for Cox Automotive Mergers & Acquisitions organization, acquiring and divesting target companies.

Atlanta, GA, US

• The Coca‑Cola Company is a total beverage company with products sold in more than 200 countries and territories. They sell multiple billion-dollar brands across several beverage categories worldwide. Together with.
• Led team overseeing Strategic Programs and Partnerships annually placing over 100 interns and leadership associates within business, additionally delivering over 5K veteran hires in 4 years under CEO’s initiative.
• Directed talent acquisition strategy, process, and relationships within System Transformation PMO supervising nationwide divestiture of refreshments business back to US Bottling Partners.
• Developed sourcing strategies and relationships across multiple channels networking, engaging, and attracting diverse, high-potential talent, establishing pipelines and communities for multiple businesses, and.
• Led TA efforts in AAP development and OFCCP compliance, audit, and investigation, building metrics and reporting for tracking success and delivering regular consistent data analytics to all aspects of business.
• Cultivated learning culture by building educational sessions, toolkits, processes, and best practices, creating evergreen environment of organizational effectiveness and training related to diversity hiring.

Atlanta, GA, US

• Directed planning, development, communication, and execution of recruiting programs supporting achievement of company employment objectives. Served as Talent Acquisition Leadership Partner to National and Regional.
• Led team overseeing 14K hires per year in over 450 locations, including onsite and remote teams of people leaders and recruiters focusing on high volume, non-exempt, frontline roles in Manufacturing, Product Supply.
• Led annual system wide Seasonal Recruiting and Workforce Planning Initiative during Coca-Cola’s peak selling seasons, managing vendor partnerships, and facilitating RPO engagements supporting staff augmentation and.
• Planned, conceptualized, and took part in development of Military, Diversity, and University recruiting programs and events.

Chicago, IL, US

• With more than 600 public elementary and high schools and 400K students enrolled in school district, Chicago Public Schools is the third largest school district in the United States.Served as a consulting director on.
• Led project team in designing enhancements to current teacher application and selection system.
• Directed evaluation and proposal research for new teacher Applicant Tracking System (ATS), bringing product innovation and insight to process and vendor selection.
• Developed comprehensive tools and training on selection and assessment.
• Collaborated with The Chicago Public Education Fund, delivering ideas into actionable results.

Chicago, IL, US

• Parent company to Sears, Roebuck and Co. and Kmart Corporation. Sears Holdings Corporation is a broad line retailer and product repair organization with full-line and specialty retail stores in the United States..
• Led team annually filling upwards of 3.5K professional, field, and corporate hires, managing executive recruitment and talent mobility space, hiring over 100 Division VPs and C-Suite leaders. Created team responsible.
• Led ATS technology implementation project, integrating dispersed technology and processes with PeopleSoft HRMS and 3rd party vendor products.
• Designed and implemented in-house strategic talent intelligence database, identifying and mapping of executive talent for external recruitment and succession planning.
• Managed RPO vendor relationships in U.S. and India providing full lifecycle store staffing, candidate sourcing and pre-screening services to company.
• Governed Sears Holdings Associate Networks (ERGs) and Community Engagement function, serving as Corporate Director for The Sears-Roebuck Foundation.