Dedicated Talent Acquisition Specialist and HR Professional with a track record of success at managing full recruitment life cycle. Develops and implements customized strategies to meet specific position requirements and source qualified Top Talent. Offering 15+ years of recruitment strategy development experience from both in-house and agency environments.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Talent Acquisition Sourcer
The Mom Project
Saint Louis, Missouri (Remote)
12.2020 - 09.2023
Responsible for developing talent pipelines through external sourcing tools.
Worked closely with the Talent Success Partners to build diverse talent pipelines for high profile clients in emerging markets, hard to fill positions and niche skill set roles.
Conducted skills calls with passive talent to discuss their career goals and assist them in joining The Mom Project talent community.
Hired for the newly created Talent Cloud Project Team to create Diverse Talent Clouds for key areas of business. Reviewed resumes and identified the top talent in TMP's Talent Community.
Worked on a wide variety of roles in a fast pace environment. Primary focus was on Marketing, Legal, Finance, Accounting and some Technical roles.
Corporate Recruiter
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Saint Louis, MO (Remote)
10.2016 - 05.2020
Full lifecycle recruiting for various departments within Corporate Office and all company brands: Chico's, WhiteHouse|BlackMarket and Soma Intimates
Built strong partnerships with Business Partners and Executive Leadership while working remotely
Store count increased by 1000+ during tenure with company
Departments & Positions included: District & Regional Managers, Merchants, Marketing, and additional Requisitions as assigned
Developed tools for Field Leadership in partnership with Learning & Development Department and Executive Leadership
Designated “Field Expert” to continue to support the Stores on ad hoc projects after the Field Recruiting Department was dissolved in 2016
Recognized by LinkedIn as a “Super User” for top 4% of Retail Recruiters and top 25% of all Recruiters using their platform in 2017
Filled over 400 openings in 2018 with an average TTF 33 days
Nominated for annual Corporate Award based on 2017 results
Reduced Agency fees by $2M for 2017 and $4M reduction in fees over 3 years.
Senior Recruiter
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Saint, Louis, MO (Remote)
02.2007 - 10.2016
Full lifecycle recruiting included: identifying, sourcing, screening and interviewing top level talent for all District and Regional Sales Manager positions
Launched Chico's and White House|Black Market Brands in Canada Spring 2013 -first International stores in Company's history
Implemented Souring and Hiring strategies to fully staff 8 Stores and hire 2 District Sales Managers
Selected to develop and implement Recruiting Education tool for the Field Organization - “Networking & Building Your Talent Pool”
Selected to be the Co-Captain to develop and implement a Management Training program for Soma Intimates brand – which focused on attracting and developing the future leaders for the Field organization.
Senior Manager, Recruiting
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Fort Myers, FL
10.2005 - 02.2007
Promoted to lead a team of 3 Field Recruiters to identify, source and recruit Store Managers for the Field organization during a large growth period for the company
Held Senior Manager position while also working as a Corporate Recruiter which included full lifecycle recruitment for all Corporate Exempt positions for Real Estate, Construction, Store Support and Human Resources departments
Developed and successfully implemented a Field Associate Referral program that launched in 8/2008
Fiscal year 2006 opened the most New Stores in the company's history – 120+ stores opened –opening more stores in the 3Q 2006 than total stores opened in 2005.
Corporate Recruiter
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Fort Myers, FL
10.2004 - 10.2005
Promoted to Corporate Recruiter and relocated to Fort Myers, FL. Full lifecycle recruitment for all Exempt Associates for the Real Estate, Construction, Store Support and Human Resources Departments. Included all phases from Sourcing to Offer.
Regional Recruiter
Chico's FAS, Inc.
Saint Louis, MO (Remote)
10.2002 - 10.2004
Primary role was to identify and recruit Store Managers for new stores while also assisting in the sourcing of management for existing stores for the Midwest, West and Pacific NW Regions.
Selected to be the sole Recruiter for the launch of a test concept division “pazo”. Successfully identified and hired all Store Managers for this new division with no physical locations or marketing materials.
Selected to be the sole Recruiter for the launch of a test concept division “Soma Intimates” – which grew from the initial 10 stores in 2004 to over 100 stores by 2018.