Responsible for the successful operation of a fast-paced talent acquisition function at the corporate headquarters of an international, privately-owned, leading housewares company. Development and management of all talent acquisition initiatives, reporting, policies and best practices to identify top talent to create a competitive advantage. Recruiting subject matter expert. Provide guidance and leadership internally, aligning recruiting activity with company business objectives.

Responsible for Talent Acquisition for Zoo Printing corporate headquarters and Production sites in California, Kentucky and New Jersey.Full life-cycle recruiting for Zoo Printing Management. Deliver high quality candidates, maintain excellent internal and external customer relations. Evaluate candidates for skills match and partner with management to anticipate future needs. Build and maintain pipeline of high potential candidates.Also responsible for safety oversight and guidance to ensure facility compliance with company safety standards, implement safety guidelines, improve safety performance, and ensure facility safety policies and procedures are aligned with governmental regulations.Consistently filling 150+ open requisitions annually.

Alliance Technology Group is a Systems Integrator and IT solutions company specializing in IT Infrastructure, Cloud Computing and Professional Services. Alliance’s Converged Infrastructure solutions transform IT technology silos into interoperable shared pools of resources—servers, storage and network connectivity.Responsible for managing the Western Region Operations and Advanced Programs. Duties included Talent Acquisition and Management, P&L, AR Aging, Expenses, and general day-to-day administrative duties. Customer engagement including assisting in pre-sale quotes and post-sale customer service. POC for major accounts. Also worked on teams responding to RFIs, RFQs and RFPs.

Full life-cycle recruiting, from recruitment strategy, through compensation analyses and offer negotiationDeveloped business partnerships, Vendor Management, Conducted annual Workforce Planning and Business PlanningDevelopment of pipeline of talent through sourcing, college relations and professional networkingMember of key projects - Leadership Development, Employer Branding and Temporary Labor RFPClient Groups – Marketing, Sales, Vendor Mgmt, Finance, Purchasing, HR, Legal, IT and Business OpsFilled 150 open requisitions per year. Average fill time was 48 days. Filled approximately three requisitions/weekIn 2008, saved the company $110K filling six open positions without the assistance of an outside agencyPlanned/hosted in-house career fairs resulting in filling 50% of open positions recruited for at these events, in less than 30 daysNetworked through top universities, Fortune 500 companies, social networking websites, professional associations, search firms and the staffing industry

Owned and operated a small business.Ran the daily operations, including staffing, banking, marketing and the general operations.

Provided HR services (staffing, employee relations, compensation, organizational development) to 300+ employees. Point-person for all pre-employment testing, test administration and record keeping. Conducted Employee Satisfaction Survey and worked with executive team to coordinate action plans to address the results. Editor of monthly employee newsletter.Transitioned HR generalist role from tactical to strategic. Proactively met with client groups weekly to anticipate their HR needs. Saved the company $250K on temporary staffing by putting the business out to bid and lowered the markup by 20%. Developed and conducted New Hire and Management New Hire Orientations. Took the employee newsletter from paper, to online.