ALICIA GONZALEZ
Fortrex Solutions
Tremonton,UT
6
years of professional experience
Strategic Talent Acquisition professional with experience in recruiting, employee retention, onboarding, and operations in high-volume environments. Drives workforce strategy by aligning recruiting with operational needs, identifying process gaps, and collaborating with leadership to enhance hiring outcomes and stabilize workforce. Possesses operational insight into the employee lifecycle, effectively addressing workforce challenges and optimizing processes.
Work History
Talent Acquisition Hiring Coordinator
2 Years- Manage full-cycle, high-volume recruiting across multiple Utah manufacturing facilities, supporting staffing needs from candidate sourcing and screening through selection, offer, onboarding, and start-date readiness.
- Partner directly with Operations and HR leadership to assess staffing levels, identify hiring priorities, address workforce gaps, and adjust recruiting strategies based on changing facility needs.
- Built and maintained candidate pipelines through job postings, proactive outreach, applicant follow-up, local recruiting efforts, and ongoing candidate engagement to ensure a steady flow of qualified candidates.
- Coordinate pre-employment and onboarding requirements, including documentation, drug screening, background processes, I-9 requirements, E-Verify, and employment authorization.
- Serve as a resource for complex candidate and onboarding issues, working across systems and departments to identify barriers, resolve discrepancies, and prevent unnecessary delays to hiring.
- Served as a resource for complex candidate and onboarding issues, collaborating across systems and departments to identify barriers, resolve discrepancies, and minimize hiring delays.
- Identify gaps within recruiting and onboarding processes and recommend improvements to increase efficiency, communication, candidate experience, and hiring readiness.
- Maintain communication with candidates, plant leadership, HR, and other stakeholders throughout the hiring process to ensure visibility into recruiting progress and outstanding requirements.
- Supported retention and workforce stability by evaluating candidate quality and job alignment, enhancing long-term job fit rather than solely filling immediate vacancies.
Food Safety Specialist
3 Years 2 Months- Ensured effective food safety and sanitation operations in highly regulated manufacturing environment.
- Maintained compliance with company procedures, safety requirements, sanitation standards, and customer expectations.
- Facilitated employee training, documentation, audits, and ensured operational compliance.
- Collaborated with frontline employees and leadership to identify and resolve process, safety, and performance issues.
- Developed a strong understanding of plant operations and frontline workforce challenges that now inform recruiting and candidate-selection decisions.
Employee Retention Supervisor
3 Years- Coordinated the Employee Retention Program (ERP), supporting new-hire onboarding, orientation, training completion, employee retention, attendance, and early-tenure workforce stability.
- Monitored attendance, turnover, and retention trends and partnered with Site Managers and leadership to identify concerns, improve employee experience, and reduce preventable turnover.
- Delivered consistent onboarding experience for new team members, ensuring accurate completion of orientation training within timelines.
- Worked cross-functionally with site leadership and frontline teams to identify barriers affecting employee engagement, attendance, and long-term retention.
- Identified breakdowns within the retention and onboarding program and resolved issues within scope.
- Trained and supported ERP Trainers are responsible for helping new employees successfully transition into their roles and workplace environment.
- Identified breakdowns within the retention and onboarding program, resolved issues within scope, and escalated operational concerns to appropriate leadership when necessary.
- Collaborated with site leadership and frontline teams to identify and address barriers impacting employee engagement, attendance, and retention.
Office Coordinator
11 Months- Streamlined daily administrative and HR operations, enhancing employee documentation, scheduling, reporting, record maintenance, and communication processes.
- Facilitated administrative support for employees and leadership, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality of workforce records.
- Managed multiple priorities in fast-paced environment, improving communication between employees and management.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
High-volume recruiting
Talent acquisition
Recruitment operations
Workforce planning
Team Collaboration
I-9 & E-Verify Compliance
Candidate sourcing
Candidate assessment
Hiring Manager Partnership
Recruiting metrics
Process Improvement
Onboarding processes
I-9 compliance
Retention Strategies
Microsoft Excel & Reporting
Cross-Functional Leadership
Timeline
Talent Acquisition Hiring Coordinator
Fortrex Solutions
08.2024 - CurrentRead More
Food Safety Specialist
PSSI
05.2021 - 07.2024Read More
Employee Retention Supervisor
PSSI
01.2021 - 01.2024Read More
Office Coordinator
PSSI
06.2020 - 05.2021Read More
Dale Young Community High School
High School Diploma
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