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KIMBERLEY KALEIKINI

KIMBERLEY KALEIKINI

Brigham City,UT

Summary

Human Resource Professional who translates business vision into initiatives that improve performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Detail-oriented with exceptional communication and project management skills. Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively and efficiently in fast-paced environments. Excels in developing efficient processes, ensuring high standards, and aligning efforts with organizational goals. Skilled at identifying opportunities for technological enhancements and implementing effective solutions. Demonstrates strong analytical, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. Brings a positive attitude and commitment to quality work.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

HR Operations Manager

BDS Connected Solutions
Irvine, CA
01.2020 - 01.2025
  • Oversee and manage HR Operations for the company. This includes Onboarding, HRIS systems, Leaves, and Worker's Compensation. I managed a team of four onboarding coordinators. They were responsible for sending out onboarding paperwork, offer letters, and background/drug screening. I work closely with the team to ensure great candidate experience, identified areas for improvement, and complaint will all laws.
  • I managed one employee that took care of the HRIS data entry. I was responsible for managing and maintaining the organization's HRIS, ensuring data accuracy and supporting HR initiatives through system enhancements.
  • I managed one employee who was responsible for all leaves for the company. I was responsible to make sure she managed and administered employee leave requests, ensuring compliance with company policies, FMLA, and other relevant laws. I was responsible for all worker compensation injuries. I managed the process to submit work injuries to our insurance company and work as a liaison between our insurance company and the employee.

Talent Coordinator/Recruiter

BDS Connected Solutions
Irvine, CA
01.2020 - 01.2025
  • Responsible for assisting with the onboarding process for all new hires and rehires through our Applicant Tracking System (iCIMS). Responsible for initiating background checks and drug screens. Communicate effectively with candidates through the onboarding process to help them onboard timely.
  • Managed full cycle recruiting for one of our dedicated clients. Posted job ads, sourced, scheduled interviews, and made verbal offers. Created talent pools to help minimize recruiting time to hire. Worked with managers in coordinating recruiting needs, store lists, interviews, and post interview communications.

HR Manager/Leadership Team

KARTCHNER INC.
Logan, UT
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • Lead and direct the routine functions of Human Resources department including hiring and interviewing staff, administering pay, benefits and leave, employee relations, and policies and practices. Support employees with performance management, learning & development, succession planning, and HR data and analytics. Work with leadership to set goals, develop strategy, and ensure the strategy is executed effectively.

HR Manager, Talent Management

CREATIVE CHANNEL SERVICES
Los Angeles, CA
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Effectively work remotely with the HR Team to implement a new HRIS system for the company. Assist in seasonal onboarding, provide and develop analytics, and troubleshoot/set up HRIS systems as needed.
  • Maintain and design ADP Workforce Now configuration and provide recommendations for process improvements for recruiting and onboarding modules.
  • Act as a subject matter expert, providing troubleshooting and other support for end users, escalate complex issues as needed.
  • Create and execute test plan for major enhancements and perform unit testing on any changes or enhancements in the recruiting and onboarding module.
  • Successfully helped onboard approximately 250 new employees for spring events and 500+ for seasonal events.
  • Coordinate with the onboarding team the hiring process, including but not limited to conducting pre-employment background, drug screening and reference checks, negotiating salary offers, and issuing job confirmation letters and other internal communications.
  • Helped coordinate compliance with offer letters, wage notices, policies, and any other company onboarding documents.

Director of Talent Operations

DAS SHARED SERVICES
Ogden, UT
01.2015 - 05.2018
  • Transformed Talent Solutions & Talent Acquisition into a strategic business partner after a major company transition. Successfully formed a Talent Operations team supporting multiagencies.
  • Talent Operations: Consolidated HR functions previously managed by several different companies into a single consolidated organization to manage all onboarding, sourcing, and reporting needs. Trained and supervised 7 employees.
  • Seasonal Onboarding: Successfully on-boarded 250 to 1600 new non-exempt employees during peak times of the year. Recruited, trained and supervised a temporary staff of 16 to help support this onboarding motion.
  • Organization Leadership: Worked with HR and Client executives from DAS Shared Services and the other sister companies that were supported in onboarding, sourcing, vendor relationships, benefits, HRIS, and compliance.
  • HRIS Technology: Drove transition from outdated HR systems to fully integrated HRIS platform from Oracle. Reduced cost of multiple systems use to one HRIS platform. Proficient with Taleo, ADP, Employee Central, Hodes, and MicroSoft AX.
  • Metrics and Analytics: Implemented a reporting structure for HR and Talent Acquisition. Consistently presented reports timely and precisely to management.

Talent Acquisition Manager

MARKETSTAR
Ogden, UT
01.1996 - 01.2015
  • Staffing and Recruiting: Developed and managed all retail recruiting activities for the company by implementing innovative company-wide recruiting strategies, processes, and procedures. Managed a recruiting team of 7 between Utah and California.
  • Vendor Relationships: Managed agency and vendor relationships for talent acquisition. Responsible for negotiating contract rates, communications, and trainings of systems/processes.
  • Organization Leadership: Collaborated with management and senior management to reduce time to fill and increase tenure by identifying key interview questions, predictive index, and video interviewing.
  • Administration: Developed interview guides that were based on behavioral interviewing. The guides were developed around the company's core pillars, culture, and qualifications of the positions.
  • HRIS Technology: Successfully implemented a new applicant tracking system (Taleo) resulting in improved user and candidate experience.

HR Manager

MARKETSTAR
Ogden, UT
01.1996 - 01.2015
  • Employee Relations: Handled employee terminations, leaves, worker's comp and other difficult situations in a sensitive, fair and respectful manner, working close with legal counsel, supervisors, and management.
  • Benefit Administration: Partnered with senior executives and parent company leadership to determine benefit options, pricing, and coverage. Created company presentations for employees to explain benefit plan and offerings yearly.
  • Employee Engagement: Worked closely with executive management to implement yearly employee engagement surveys and then put company initiatives behind the lower competencies to help moral and employee retention.
  • Training: Plan and developed on-the-job and new hire training programs for employees and career development programs for managers with a focus on retaining existing talent and reducing employee turnover.

Benefit Manager

MARKETSTAR
Ogden, UT
01.1996 - 01.2015
  • Administration: Provided dedicated leadership to all aspects related to vendor management, selection, performance assessment and utilization. Managed the strategic development of Health and Welfare programs such as Worker's Comp, FMLA, Long & Short-term disability.
  • Presentations: Provided annual training sessions during open enrollment to educate employees on changes, additions, and new benefits that were coming available the future year.

Education

BA - Business Administration

Weber State University
01.1996

Skills

  • Employee Relations
  • Diversity Leadership
  • HRIS Management
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Organizational Development
  • Metric & Analytics Management
  • Onboarding
  • Employee Performance Improvement
  • Benefit Administration
  • Strategic Sourcing
  • HR Policy
  • Process & Systems Design
  • Organization-Wide Consensus Building
  • Conflict Management
  • Project/Program Management
  • Communication Skills

Accomplishments

  • Used Microsoft Excel to develop onboarding tracking spreadsheets.
  • Supervised teams between 6 and 18 staff members who recruited and onboarded employees.
  • Achieved awards for onboarding hundreds of people at the busiest time of the year with accuracy and efficiency.
  • Collaborated with our team of Executives on yearly benefit options for employees and managed open enrollments.
  • Successfully set up multiple recruiting/onboarding software systems.
  • Managed and setup multiple ADP systems.
  • Documented and wrote onboarding processes for the HR Team.
  • Supervised a team of 3 staff members who completed all HR reports for the department.
  • Supervised a team of 3 sourcing coordinators who successfully supported the recruiting team in finding qualified candidates for open positions.
  • Collaborated with client teams to help them with performance reviews, disciplinary action, performance plans, tenure, and team unity.
  • Have successfully worked in a fast-paced environment in all HR functions.

Work Availability

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Quote

"Train people well enough so they can leave. Treat them well enough so they don't want to."
Sir Richard Branson

Software

Hodes

ADP WFN

Taleo

ADP Onboarding

ICIMS

Power BI

MicroSoft Office

Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Work Location

RemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Career advancementWork-life balanceCompany CultureHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionPaid time offPaid sick leave

Timeline

HR Operations Manager

BDS Connected Solutions
01.2020 - 01.2025

Talent Coordinator/Recruiter

BDS Connected Solutions
01.2020 - 01.2025

HR Manager/Leadership Team

KARTCHNER INC.
01.2020 - 01.2022

HR Manager, Talent Management

CREATIVE CHANNEL SERVICES
01.2018 - 01.2020

Director of Talent Operations

DAS SHARED SERVICES
01.2015 - 05.2018

Talent Acquisition Manager

MARKETSTAR
01.1996 - 01.2015

HR Manager

MARKETSTAR
01.1996 - 01.2015

Benefit Manager

MARKETSTAR
01.1996 - 01.2015

BA - Business Administration

Weber State University