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Karen Villarreal

Niceville,FL

Summary

Versatile professional with several years of experience working with company contacts to secure qualified staff. Well-versed in business operations, administrative management requirements and relationship-building strategies. Motivated team player possessing outstanding multitasking and communication abilities.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lowe's Home Improvement
Tampa, FL
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Streamlined the requisition process for both low and high volume hourly and salaried roles, ensuring efficient recruitment across various geographical areas
  • Managed end-to-end process of talent acquisition for both hourly and salaried positions, overseeing recruitment and hiring processes
  • Provide qualified candidates by pre-screening, contacting potential candidates, and outbound sourcing calls

Assistant Manager

AAFES Exchange Service
Eglin AFB, FL
02.2019 - 08.2020
  • Accomplished financial goals including sales attainment, budget control, payroll management improvement in percentages and margins, shrink minimization and optimized scheduling.
  • Ensure compliance with local federal regulation as well as ensuring that staffing schedules meet the business needs

Assistant Manager

ABC Fine Wine And Spirits
Destin, FL
04.2018 - 03.2019
  • Attained financial objectives, sales, budget, payroll percent, gross margin, shrink and effective scheduling
  • Ensured activities of personnel resulted in consistent presentation levels across all departments

Store Manager

Food Lion LLC
Saint Pauls, NC
05.2013 - 11.2017
  • Responsible for achieving budgeted financial and operating results, while maximizing store sales and profitability by ensuring the execution of promotional and merchandising programs
  • Excelled in supervising, coaching, and developing a highly effective store management team

Operations Initiative Specialist

Food Lion LLC
Fayetteville, NC
04.2009 - 05.2012
  • Responsible for the implementation of standard practices as aligned with new corporate initiatives and ensures that the Food Lion brand is implemented throughout all initiatives/programs
  • Supervised 16 stores with an average sales of $4,000,000 weekly and 208,000,000 yearly

Merchandising Training Manager

Food Lion LLC
Fayetteville, NC
04.2007 - 04.2009
  • Assist in the development of Store Manager Leadership skills to provide customer satisfaction and increased sales, while protecting company assets
  • Served as an instructor in teaching training initiatives for Front End and Grocery/HBC operations across the organization

Store Manager

Food Lion LLC
Fayetteville, NC
04.2004 - 04.2007
  • Responsible for achieving budgeted financial and operating results and maximizing store sales and profitability by ensuring the execution of promotional and merchandising programs
  • Supervised, coached and developed a successful store management team

Sales Administrative Manager

Sports Authority
Fayetteville, NC
04.2002 - 02.2004
  • Executed human resource and operation policies and procedures to maximize store effectiveness while minimizing expenses
  • Ensured appropriate staffing and monitoring schedules to adhere to payroll budget

Education

High school diploma - Germany Language and Computers

Marion High School
10.1984

Skills

  • Talent Acquisition
  • Project Management
  • Human Resource
  • Interviewing
  • Applicant Tracking System
  • Record Management
  • Data Entry
  • Employees Relation
  • Strategic Planning
  • Candidate Sourcing
  • Performance Management
  • Customer Service
  • Payroll
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Additional Information

Relocation as a Military Spouse 03/2020 - 08/2022. Relocated from Destin, 7th Special Forces to Soc-com Tampa FL for spouse's career, used time to gain knowledge in Human Resources through research and classes in Managing Conflicts, Building Communication Skills, Ethics and Confidentiality all through McDill AFB Tampa FL all through the Spouse guidance center and workshops.

Languages

German
Professional

Timeline

Talent Acquisition Specialist

Lowe's Home Improvement
08.2021 - 08.2022

Assistant Manager

AAFES Exchange Service
02.2019 - 08.2020

Assistant Manager

ABC Fine Wine And Spirits
04.2018 - 03.2019

Store Manager

Food Lion LLC
05.2013 - 11.2017

Operations Initiative Specialist

Food Lion LLC
04.2009 - 05.2012

Merchandising Training Manager

Food Lion LLC
04.2007 - 04.2009

Store Manager

Food Lion LLC
04.2004 - 04.2007

Sales Administrative Manager

Sports Authority
04.2002 - 02.2004

High school diploma - Germany Language and Computers

Marion High School

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