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Bloomington, Mn, Us

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

In this role, I managed several business lines within the Procurement Operations capability including an $80M+ Contract Labor Services program. In the first year of the program, over $3M savings were delivered to the bottom line. The program decreased contractor bill rates while maintaining quality of talent and significantly improved the onboarding process. I have MSP management experience, VMS management experience and staff augmentation program leadership experience. I led three direct reports and five indirect reports.

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

In my Talent Acquisition Operations role I managed multiple vendors with a combined operating budget of $10M+; driven by a strong commitment to customer satisfaction, I successfully built and maintained win-win relationships with internal and external clients. I provided leadership to one direct report.In this role I managed:• Employment Pre-Screening program (background and drug)• RPO relationships• Recruitment Marketing Operations and Employment Branding• Centralized Talent Acquisition Support Model• Applicant Tracking Systems relationship management• Internal hiring and HR systems

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Served as a liaison between the HR business owners and Best Buy procurement to facilitate commercial rhythms, identify business needs and deliver cost savings• Partnered on International Payroll RFP project • Led business side of Pre-Employment Screening RFP and contract re-negotiations• Partnered on Field Assessment RFP and contracting with selected vendor• Facilitated employment search firm contracts and delivered commercial cost savings

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Attained Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification• Led a green belt project to minimize risk in the area of retail people management through training and education on several key areas resulting in 20% reduction in HR Service Requests in the category of unequal treatment/fairness• Collaborated on California Final Pay Kaizen event that reduced risk and increased efficiency• Led and implemented employment branding project • Collaborated on Employee Time Submission Kaizen that reduced manual checks, reduced submission errors and increased resource capacity

Richfield, Minnesota, Us

• Led and managed the relationship between Sourcing Solutions & Procurement (SS&P) and assigned BBY business areas• Engaged and partnered with functional area customers to identify opportunities related to the sourcing of their goods and services not for resale (GNFR)• Developed sourcing roadmap; targeted value opportunities, established business rhythms for sourcing activities, communicated performance expectations and results and implemented “Voice of the Customer” measurement• Drove project prioritization and resource planning within SS&P; engaged and influenced SS&P resources, conducted customer satisfaction surveys and worked with team members to proactively identify cost savings opportunities and process improvements

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

• Facilitated cross-functional business partner involvement in developing effective and efficient business processes for merchandising and marketing departments• Facilitated process methodology through training, leadership, coaching and execution consultation• Developed business performance measurements to achieve operating efficiencies• Completed GE Six Sigma Green Belt methodology training

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Developed and executed marketing plans and strategies to support brand and financial objectives• Served as project management liaison between merchandising, creative and store operations • Assisted in management of $40.0+ million storewide print and media budget• Collaborated with Target Direct to expand corporate multi-channel retailing initiative

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• Acted as communications and project management liaison between product development, sales, management and external vendors• Created and executed marketing and communications plans• Managed production and wrote copy for internal and external marketing documents including white papers, brochures, case studies, print ads, direct mail, website and sales force education

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

• Started as Team Leader where I led a team of 15 full- and part-time sales associates• Promoted into Merchandise Buyer Coordinator position where I successfully managed vendors, resolved issues and trained new coordinators• Promoted into Merchandise Presentation Analyst position where I implemented “Buy to Space” program for Men’s department and pioneered the implementation of plan-o-grams for Men’s Tailored and Furnishings departments