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Willard T. Barnett

Dallas,TX

Summary

Experienced corporate talent acquisition professional in the retail and manufacturing industries for both high-growth and established organizations with demonstrated success in managing high-volume recruiting processes for a wide variety of positions. I am an adventurous, personable, outgoing, resourceful, and adaptable individual looking for a career change where I can put all my talents and experience to use. I am skilled at building strong relationships with hiring managers, determining staffing needs, developing talent acquisition strategies, improving recruiting standards, and driving sustained organizational performance. I have many years of customer service experience and believe it has prepared me for this exciting

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Substitute Teacher

Kelly Education
01.2023 - Current
  • Provided instruction, managed the classroom, and promoted student learning in the absence of the regular classroom teacher. Assignments covered grades K-12.
  • Effectively followed lesson plans and instructions provided by absent teachers, ensuring a seamless continuation of the curriculum and maintaining a high level of student engagement.
  • Maintained a safe and orderly classroom environment, effectively managing student behavior and providing appropriate discipline when necessary.
  • Assisted students with understanding course material, answering questions, and providing guidance, resulting in improved comprehension and academic performance.

Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Pharmavite LLC
02.2022 - 09.2023
  • As a full desk recruiter for Pharmavite’s manufacturing facility, I developed strong partnerships with department managers to assess business needs and proactively sourced and hired top talent.
  • Developed and implemented diverse sourcing strategies, including referral generation, position postings, direct sourcing, traditional media sources, networking, government organizations, and job fairs.
  • Successfully filled job openings by efficiently utilizing Workday to create requisitions and align top candidates with hiring managers.
  • Conducted virtual interviews with candidates and arranged them with hiring managers via Microsoft Teams
  • Successfully hired and onboarded 128 new team members in 11 months.

District Manager

Family Dollar
01.2018 - 01.2022
  • Oversaw 15 Store Managers whose responsibilities included executing merchandising strategies, evaluating staffing needs, implementing store standards, and capitalizing operational opportunities.
  • Assessed performance, evaluated training needs, and conducted training sessions to improve the productivity and efficiency of store managers.
  • Ensured the smooth execution of day-to-day operations, such as merchandising, cycle counting, staffing, payroll management, shrink control, and P&L management.
  • Identified and addressed underperforming locations and maintained shrink percentage under 3% for FY 2018 to optimize overall operations and reduce costs.
  • Ensured compliance in a district consisting of 25 stores with more than $25MM in sales.
  • Played an instrumental role in ensuring a complete and accurate record of over $230-300k inventory of each location before the annual inventory check.

Performance Manager

Family Dollar
01.2013 - 01.2018
  • Collaborated with the Area Operations Manager to ensure 25-30 store manager’s operations and daily functions consistently met compliance with company polices and standards.
  • Monitored all locations performance through various systems and would make recommendations for improvement.
  • Ensured all managers (25-30) completed weekly cycle counting tasks to replenish stock, and ensured the district was 100% every week in a region of 12 districts
  • Completed weekly roll-up to AOM on all projects, store by store, through follow-up with every manager
  • Conducted weekly conference calls with all managers to discuss priorities, sales, payroll updates, merchandising directives, upcoming inventories, promotions, and staffing

Talent Acquisition Divisional Recruiter

Family Dollar Corporate Office
01.2010 - 01.2013
  • Played a vital role in managing high-volume, full life cycle recruiting of retail management candidates by preparing and posting job descriptions, conducting interviews, organizing proficiency tests, and shortlisting eligible candidates.
  • Facilitated a network of 47 district managers, four regional vice presidents, and 1k store managers in the East Coast region across the U.S.
  • Implemented and managed succession planning and retention processes to retain top talent.
  • Ensured accurate employee reviews and mid-year assessments by coordinating with the talent management process.
  • Reduced Store Manager turnover rate by 50% during FY 2011 by promoting positive culture, fostering employee engagement, offering employee benefits, and providing feedback through the performance review process.
  • Identified and capitalized on improvement opportunities and orchestrated market action plans by analyzing people metrics and reports.
  • Created plans for any district with 50% or higher turnover to include the steps to reduce it.
  • The plan included traveling to the marketing and working with district managers and store managers on recruitment and retention
  • Introduced MAP (Management Advancement Program), giving team members career advancement opportunities by providing more training and development offerings that would strengthen the district.
  • Successfully filled job openings within 30-60-90 days by efficiently utilizing the Taleo Applicant Tracking System.
  • Sourced best-fit talents and supported staffing vacancies by organizing store-specific job fairs and regularly attending national job fairs.
  • Supported the onboarding of new staff members by organizing new hire orientation and delivering HR-related training for the region and districts.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Management

Shorter College
Rome, GA
2006

Skills

  • MS Suite
  • G-Suite
  • Zoom
  • MS Teams
  • Workday
  • Concur
  • LinkedIn Recruiter
  • Indeed
  • Taleo
  • Brassring
  • Classroom management
  • MS office
  • Excellent communication

Certification

Recruiter Academy Certified Recruiter (RACR)

Timeline

Substitute Teacher

Kelly Education
01.2023 - Current

Talent Acquisition Business Partner

Pharmavite LLC
02.2022 - 09.2023

District Manager

Family Dollar
01.2018 - 01.2022

Performance Manager

Family Dollar
01.2013 - 01.2018

Talent Acquisition Divisional Recruiter

Family Dollar Corporate Office
01.2010 - 01.2013

Bachelor of Science - Management

Shorter College

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