REBECCA PROPES

Leading manufacturer (24/7) of advanced office automation equipment, including digital copiers, peripherals, thermal media, and toner, and a leader in environmental conservation. Subsidiary of Ricoh Company, Ltd. (Japan).

• 650 employees between Lawrenceville and Buford offices.
• Report to the Human Resources Manager.
• Responsible for the entire full-cycle recruitment and talent acquisition process to find and hire talented new employees (exempt and non-exempt positions). Partner with hiring managers to identify the necessary skills and experience for each role, create or update job postings, and post them on various platforms (LinkedIn, Indeed, etc.) Source candidates, screen resumes, and recommend qualified individuals for consideration. Develop interview guides, schedule and conduct interviews, and collect feedback to identify potential hires. Initiate hiring process, coordinate with compensation for salary recommendation, and negotiate salary and benefits. Initiate onboarding process, background checks and drug tests. Participate in various job fairs (coordinate and assist with on-site) and off-site). Ensure that legal and ethical standards are followed, including fair and nondiscriminatory hiring practices. Finally, attend weekly recruitment meetings to collaborate with HR colleagues, align strategies, leverage expertise, and assess recruitment efforts.
• Successfully recruited and hired 35 qualified employees for various complex positions in the past 12 months (engineers, maintenance managers and technicians, manufacturing managers and supervisors, buyers, analysts, and accounting staff, etc.). Simultaneously, manage an average of 14 to 24 job openings while maintaining other assigned HR duties and projects.
• Assist employees in understanding company policies, the employee handbook, benefits, and open enrollment.
• Design and conduct human resources training sessions for employees, managers, and executives.
• Leader of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs (created by the UN Conference in 2012)) Committee. Responsible for spearheading corporate efforts to achieve a sustainable society and meeting corporate targets. Lead team meetings to identify volunteer opportunities for employee engagement in community services and research ideas. Create an annual calendar of volunteer events. Create monthly pre-event and post-event employee communications (Canva) and checklists. Coordinate and participate in various fundraisers (ACS "Real Men Wear Pink" Breast Cancer Campaign and the Adopt-A-Road (REI partnership with Gwinnett Clean and Beautiful), among others).
• Collaborated with an HR colleague to create a series of (7) New Hire Surveys (UKG Voice) to improve employee retention. Meet face-to-face with employees to emphasize the significance of their participation and the potential impact it can have. Collect survey responses, analyze the data trends, and report to Dir, HR, to share with executive management. The goal is to work on initiatives to reduce turnover.
• Developed the "Are You a Volunteer?" monthly survey (UKG Voice), significantly increasing volunteer hours and bringing us closer to Ricoh, LTD's target, along with initiating the monthly "Volunteer Appreciation" program, which recognizes an employee with the most impactful volunteer work each month. This initiative has been successful in encouraging more employee volunteering.
• Assigned to various HR projects for continuous improvement and to meet KPI targets.

A third-party administrator (TPA) offering companies outsourced claims management services.

• Acquired Xchanging/Cambridge Integrated Services Group 6/2011.
• Served as a liaison to the human resources department for 387 employees across multiple states while working remotely.
• Position eliminated following several company-wide layoffs.

A third-party administrator (TPA) offering companies outsourced claims management services.

• Xchanging acquired Cambridge in February '09.
• 2008 Awarded Cambridge Recipient for the 2nd Annual Circle of Excellence Award (top 2% performers selected)
• Served as a liaison to the human resources department for 350 employees across multiple states.