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SkechersRegional Recruiter
May. 2023Los Angeles, California, United StatesThere's no place like home. The Boomerang Effect is real. Post-recruiting adventures at Tesla, I'm returning to an amazing Fortune 500 company to support high-volume hiring efforts and strategy for the Retail Field that keeps on growing and producing billion dollar quarters. SoCal: LA, OC, SD & Inland Empire • Store Leadership and New Store Opening activations
• High-profile HQ market (we love growing internal talent to build their careers) • International retail recruitment (Canada) to search for the best of best for our new Alberta, Canada Performance Flagship I find it fascinating that my work will impact the retail landscape and workforce in the time to come. Here’s to paying it forward to leaders that supported me along the years and gave me a shot at my first HQ role over a decade ago. The Retail industry talent needs more love, I’m here pour into it. 💓 More to come!
TeslaSr. Recruiting Partner, Diversity Organizations
Nov. 2022 - Feb. 2023Los Angeles, California, United StatesSometimes you’re a layoff casualty even when you’re a high-performing nerd with a great record even when the tech industry is hurting. I think I brought a new lens and made a respectable dent with goals I was tasked with. More importantly created a ripple effect to bring talent across the org to positively impact other human lives. Think Recruiting meets creative large-scale hiring events/conferences. I was very lucky to collaborate with bright minds. In a nutshell, I unfolded an unexpected beautiful life purpose I never fathomed thru Tesla. I led various inclusion recruiting projects from resume workflow, DEI events operations/strategy and built ties with community partnerships. I’m proud of the scope and scale I managed in efforts to make a difference in the lives of internal and external talent. In this role, I partnered with our recruitment and hiring leadership while expanding our external partnerships program strategy I laid the foundations for between 2020-2022. In the last few years, I enthusiastically connected several cross-functions, ERG leaders and recruitment partners to join in on the rewarding work of nurturing employee growth and creating community. This has been executed thru large-scale national conferences, internal Tesla-hosted events, workshops and various engagements thru our external partnerships. • Recruiting Pipeline Programs (Owned DEI focused external partnerships)
• Engineering Bootcamps (Bring them to life)
• Community Partnerships Program
• Extensive collaboration with cross-functional partnerships and ERG's (Employee Resource Groups)
• Successful increase in Executive sponsorship and ERG engagement for Women in Tesla, Black at Tesla, Latinos at Tesla, & LGBTQ at Tesla
• My usual partnering orgs that help bring recruitment wonders to life: Engineering, People Operations, Advertising, Design, UX/UI, Events Management, Workplace Ops, Global Supply/Procurement and Legal
TeslaSenior Diversity Sourcer
Oct. 2020 - Nov. 2022Los Angeles, California, United StatesIn a nutshell: Talent Connector, Program Builder, People Uplifter. It was the Head of Executive Recruiting that found me and changed my world. In this role I partner extensively between the DE&I, Executive and Internship recruitment teams to drive inclusive recruitment efforts with a focus on integrating DE&I principles and practices. My North Star includes attracting and developing talent, contributing to fostering collaborative business partner relationships and connecting underrepresented communities to opportunity. I'm a curator of inclusivity and an employee and prospective candidate's ally. Here's a glimpse of an exciting world with an opportunity to help others. Operational:
• Project manage STEM conferences (operations and resume sourcing + workflow) • DEI Recruiting - Program builder, partner and co-pilot
• Underrepresented community focuses: Women, Black, Latino/a/x, LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC • HBCU + HSI Partnerships • Tesla Recharge Returnships Program - pilot program scaling
• Top of funnel resume pipelining for high priority roles by business unit (Full-time & Internship teams)
• Create new resources for recruitment tool box to streamline process and BSU alignment- (piloted 2020, now implemented)
• Storyteller thru data, data and more data analysis
• Brand Experience + UX Design + DEI Recruiting collabs = elevated LinkedIn campaigns to recruit talent Internal | External Events: Project Manage:
• Tesla Test Track Event (Sales, Service & Delivery, Manufacturing)
• Global LinkedIn campaign + virtual info session (Information Technology & Apps Engineering) • Host virtual info sessions: Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, G&A and Internship • LinkedIn + Resume Workshops + Happy Hour Mixers (National Conferences)
• Produced Latinos at Tesla ERG Info Sessions (Auto Pilot + Various Engineering)
• Manage DE&I Lunch and Learn programming (2021-2022)
• DE&I Career Panel Discussions | Case Study Judge | Guest Speaker at Colleges and Universities
SkechersTalent Sourcer (Retail Corporate + Field)
Aug. 2019 - Oct. 2020Manhattan Beach, CAA five billion-dollar footwear company, #2 behind Nike on a great day is where I left off. I almost reached my goal of becoming a Regional Recruiter as planned with my awesome managing partners, but an opportunity from Tesla arrived to support their growth at a higher capacity, in a new challenging industry. What an amazing opportunity it was to support the Retail Leadership and Regional Recruiting team. This role provided a high-level lens across the US in order to build strategy towards the urgent/immediate roles to fill in addition to the long-term sourcing pipeline for Corporate Retail roles as well as Retail field. The beauty of working for a solid team of Recruiters was contributing to building the bridge and aligning the Corporate and Retail Recruitment functions to build stronger foundations with cross-functions. Collaboration, innovation think-tanks, encouraging dialogue, celebrating wins, building strong cross-functional partnerships was prevalent in this role. • Sourcing and recruiting support for the Retail Talent Acquisition Manager- US West, Canada, & Latin America and the Talent Acquisition Manager- US East, Europe, & Asia.
• Liaison to Retail Regional Recruiting team to build candidate pipeline for new store openings and high volume, top-performing doors.
• Sourcing & recruitment support includes both: Corporate Retail: entry/mid-Senior/executive/confidential Retail Field: SM, GM, DSM, Regional, and Director Level
• Talent Mapping Strategy- (Building a Recruiter's Pipeline Paradise). • Creator of the Talent Acquisition Retail Virtual Hiring Event Agenda & Execution Strategy.
• Diversity & Inclusion Champion.
• Project Management for TA Leadership.
• Leads weekly Corporate New Hire Orientations. • Creative for Talent Acquisition newsletter for new hires.
• Administrator for ATS and LinkedIn Recruiter.
• Support Internal Retail employee to Corporate promotions/transfer process.
• Data Analysis- ATS Metrics and team performance.
SkechersTalent Sourcer (Corporate)
Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2019Manhattan Beach, CAThe Corporate Sourcer role primarily supported building robust talent pipeline efforts but was also instrumental in aligning close partnerships with all HQ business units and the respective department leadership. This role actively engaged and aligned with Corporate Employee Relations Management, HRBP's, and was a lens to anything and everything under the HR Sun from the new hire onboarding processes, serving as an administrator support for LinkedIn Recruiter/ATS, to Payroll functions. • Supported the Global Director of Talent Acquisition and Corporate Recruiting Team in sourcing robust pipeline of entry level, mid-senior, executive and confidential roles for the Skechers corporate office.
• Full Life-Cycle Recruitment for high-turn and/or hard to fill roles. • Extensive business partner support with Executive and Senior Leadership.
• Gatekeeper to Global Director of Talent Acquisition and VP of HR regarding highly confidential information.
• Cross-functional liaison- main point of contact for internal corporate employees. • Assist with coordinating events: Recruiter Conference, hosts Recruiter Meet & Greet events.
• Manage the new hire on-boarding process: • Draft and send offer letters to corporate new hires • On-boarding documentation • Conduct new hire orientation- HQ and Store 001 tour • Most important- the follow up and building partnerships with our new employees
SkechersTalent Acquisition Admin/HR Receptionist
Mar. 2017 - Mar. 2018Manhattan Beach, CAI was a walking pilot. A hybrid role with experience in multiple functions to tie things together. When you have an understanding of several corporate functions and you literally create your dream job. I had the opportunity to merge my passion and top skill sets: People, Creativity & Emotional Intelligence. It's full circle as Talent Acquisition ties in my all my corporate experiences together. What better way to help our internal and external partners learn, lead, and grow with our company? I joined the HR team starting as a Receptionist in hopes to learn the ropes of Talent Acquisition by assisting our Corporate Recruiters in any aspects of their searches. In between the high volume calls, here's the long list of duties that groomed me to be Skechers' first Corporate Sourcer. • Assist the HR Recruiting department with sourcing entry level, mid, and senior level roles for the Skechers HQ.
• Assist with hiring functions such as pre-screening applications, phone/in-person interviews, and post interview recaps. (USA & CAN)
• Assist with conducting background checks.
• Draft offer letters and send new hire onboarding paperwork.
• Assist Recruiting dept and hiring managers with creating and editing employee job descriptions.
• Developed new job description template with creative approach- empowered to think beyond tradition.
• Assist with researching and coordinating college campus job fair partnerships.
• Streamlined corporate and regional recruiter travel itineraries into one master calendar for the Director of Talent Acquisition.
• Help HR Recruiting department with increasing local job fair attendees through networking via LinkedIn.
• Assist with networking and building partnerships within the San Francisco Bay Area, community out reach to store closures. (20% new hire conversion)
• Created interactive HR break room bulletin board template for multiple offices.
• Create flyers for company events: sample sales, Skechers softball/soccer league and pet adoptions.
SkechersProduction Sample Coordinator
Jun. 2015 - Mar. 2017Manhattan Beach, CAThe quest for creative exploration. This was not my long-term career cup of tea, know it’s ok to explore and find your calling. (HR for me) :) But what an amazing opportunity it was to witness an innovation come to fruition! You'll learn several aspects from conceptualization to how styles make it into retail stores. This role is very much operational yet has the potential to evolve into creative design projects as you progress. This role is a career path towards Production Management and Merchandising or the creative design route. In this role I partnered extensively with my Divisional VP's, merchandisers, production managers, designers, colorists, footwear technicians, and costing departments. As the team Sample Coordinator, you're not only learning the ropes of production management, you'll also partner extensively with a team of sales reps (the best in the industry) that need your support for their meetings with the world's major accounts, and of course build a partnership with production facilities abroad, all while managing your showrooms and ensuring they're on point as our Amazing executives notice the time and care you put into making it presentable for all. Potential Career Routes If Interested: Production Management, Merchandising, Design/Coloring, Costing • Coordinate domestic and international conferences, trade shows, and photo shoots.
• Monitor and maintain multiple showrooms.
• Daily communication with factories abroad regarding sample ETD’s, changes, approvals, costs, and/or material confirmations.
• Assist PM with adding new styles to the line sheet system.
• Maintain sample and costing master line sheets.
• Responsible for PO entries.
• Actively collaborated with Advertising, Graphics, PR, Photography, and Retail departments on day to day basis.
• Created new foot beds for multiple brands within the Modern Comfort divisions using Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Photoshop.
• Colored existing and new brand logos for the Modern Comfort division.
SkechersVisual Merchandising Coordinator
Jul. 2013 - Jun. 2015Manhattan Beach, CAAfter college I sought a creative role with no “relevant” corporate experience. Curiosity, creativity and problem-solving got my "foot in the door". How? I changed the traditional window display setup without approvals one day, caused a debate, then explained why there was value in change backed by sales, the rest is history. I learned the ropes of merging the creative, marketing, and ops depts to bring a vision to life and of course, make our stores gorgeous for all store types. We had several hundred locations and a vast INTL expansion. In this role, I presented my vision beyond our traditional setup and was empowered to add innovation to meet the demands of an exponentially growing store count. The VM function ties into several functions which enabled me to learn about Footwear + Apparel Merchandising, Buying, Allocations, Marketing, Store Ops and how it ties altogether. It was exciting and also a challenge to green light a creative vision in the making. This role was insightful with the extensive data analysis, understanding store needs thru Executive perspective, and a prompter to help you think outside the box to refresh and stay ahead of the competition! Potential Career Routes: VM, MKTG, Operations, Merchandising • Created window and wall flow direction for all store types which entailed acquiring and arranging samples, photographing, CS6 photoshop editing, written direction, and compilation of the final memo on InDesign.
• Assisted VM management with top door special window installations
• Managed the VM calendars for Concept, Outlet, and Warehouse stores detailing window plans for Performance and Lifestyle windows and promotional timelines
• Created sales spreadsheet for new product launches and promotional sales results for the President of Retail and VP of Retail Operations
• Managed VM and Marketing department budgets, provided weekly recaps to leadership
• Created the VM and Marketing standards manual for Concept, Outlet, and Warehouse stores
SkechersAssistant Store Manager (Manhattan Beach, CA Store 001)
Mar. 2012 - Jul. 2013Manhattan Beach, CA• Assisted with Store Ops, Sales and Service Management, Metric Analysis and forecasts, CRM/Clientele Management, HR team training initiatives, and Visual Merchandising upkeep within an extremely high traffic, high profile environment (Corporate HQ retail store).
• Promoted to Visual Merchandising Coordinator after 1.5 years of consistent delivery and partnership with Skechers Corporate partners.
Ability to drive sales in a pressure cooker under the microscope :)
Lucky BrandAssistant Store Manager
Aug. 2009 - Mar. 2012Los Angeles, CA (The Grove)• 2011-2012- Multi-Unit ASM |Manhattan Beach, Del Amo, & Long Beach locations|
• Overall top 3 standing in company
• When you run a high profile, high traffic location and have an awesome team that feels like a hilarious episode of The Office, it’s a recipe for a high performing store location.
• Assisted wardrobe stylists for television and film production companies such as CBS, CW, and MTV
CoachAssistant Store Manager
May. 2005 - Aug. 2009Los Angeles, CA (Beverly Center)• Promoted to the Beverly Hills flagship location to train an entirely new staff of the sales and service initiative (Remodeled and reopened under new management 2008).
• Achieved the Los Angeles- West District Sales and Service Champion for A Volume stores 2008.
• Team lead CRM program rollout
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