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Ajinomoto Health & Nutrition North America, Inc.Sr. Human Resources Generalist
Nov. 2023 - Sep. 2025Itasca, Illinois, United States
The Black In HR (TM)Elite Member
Nov. 2022
Square RootsPeople Resource Manager, Midwest
Jun. 2022 - Jun. 2023Manage people operations and provide expert HR support to (3+) production facilities within the Midwest region totaling in a population of 100+ employees to ensure compliance with state and federal standards. ▪ Navigated employee relations support including investigations, conflict resolution, documentation, performance improvement plans, and partnering with Director of People ops for escalations
▪ Provided change management for employees navigating internal mobility, skills development and promotion transition planning
▪ Supported employee hiring as part of the interview and end-to-end onboarding process of configuring and driving onboarding presentation and satisfying pre-employment requirements ▪ Codified, developed, and scripted organizational policies and ensuring compliance by systems tracking
▪ Supported managers through performance review process and advocating for employee concerns
Ferrara Candy CompanyHR Coordinator (Generalist)
Sep. 2019 - May. 2022Chicago, IL - Direct & coordinate end to end onboarding process (speakers/presenters, catering, Ferrara Friend buddy system) onboarding 50-70 new hires/month
- Research, process, track & validate compensation data through two company integrations - Lead off-boarding process including but not limited to exit interviews, maintaining exit data, analyzing exit data and presenting trends to senior leadership - Led the implementation of a digital filing process achieving multi-locational accessibility and real-time data back-up through the pandemic while remaining in local and federal compliance with HR filing benchmarks
- Generate corporate and weekly reports for the CEO to analyze growth, hiring trends, retention and profitability
- Conduct bi-annual Affirmative Action Reporting - reconciled demographics of personnel, hiring, termination and promotion data for employee population of 3,700 employees.
- Present diversity, equity, and inclusion data analysis to the Talent Acquisition Director and CHRO to influence, adjust and course correct recruiting and hiring practices; through this process we were able to eradicate an assessment we discovered was misrepresenting the candidate base and their baseline capabilities.
- Manage weekly payroll processes and reporting for non-exempt and exempt employees
- Vital member of the COVID-19 HR task force, that develops the company course of action on various COVID’19 topics including but not limited to implementing stay-at-home orders, teleworking, return to work processes, onsite PCR testing and continued operations for the nine manufacturing facilities that remained open and in full operation for the length of the pandemic
- Headed the digitization of an onsite 8-hour onboarding program resulting in a condensed 4-hour organizational introduction, prioritizing a 16-speaker agenda to a 6-speaker agenda allowing for business continuity throughout the pandemic
Ferrara Candy CompanyTalent Acquisition Coordinator
Sep. 2018 - Sep. 2019- Employed innovative recruitment strategies to attract and retain top talent - Influenced and implemented improvements to the recruitment process including but not limited to screening, interviewing and onboarding resulting in increased quality hires - Led two projects to launch the Talent Acquisition interoffice SharePoint site and LinkedIn Life Page to build a robust talent pipeline
- Collaborated with recruiters, hiring managers and candidates throughout the recruiting lifecycle to ensure consistency and a great candidate experience. - Assisted with the offer and pre-employment process to ensure all new hire requirements were delivered to candidates and completed in a timely manner
Korn Ferry FuturestepRecruiting Coordinator (Ferrara Candy Company)
Apr. 2018 - Aug. 2018Greater Chicago Area- Managed the full cycle recruiting process including but not limited to sourcing, scheduling interviews and post-interview debrief meetings; Developed recruiting processes that improved candidate and manager experience
- Built and maintained candidate, peer and hiring manager relationships to maximize output of recruiting function - Streamlined recruiting process and reporting to improve efficiency - Provided candidate and recruiting updates in weekly meetings with Talent Acquisition Manager and VP to discuss trends and course-correct where needed
- Leveraged strong communication and interpersonal skills to partner effectively with onsite stakeholders and influence without authority
Executive NetworksSenior Network Specialist
Oct. 2016 - Feb. 2018- Performed Executive Assistant duties for CEO and Executive Networks C-Suite Network Directors that managed three, or more, member networks totaling in about 150 client members
- Coordinated multi-day events for executive members in the US and Europe
- Worked within Executive Network’s support team and with industry experts to arrange all aspects of senior leadership meetings (high-quality agendas, registration, lodging, facilities, events, materials, etc.)
Allegis Global SolutionsRecruitment Coordinator for HSBC
Aug. 2013 - Jul. 2015Schaumburg, IL- Communicated directly with candidates and coordinated all related domestic and international travel, visa/relocation application initiation and follow-through, interview, negotiation and onboarding arrangements following per company guidelines.
- Communicated directly with Executive staff in preparation and follow-up of screening and interviewing
- Identified as a subject matter expert of recruitment
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