Human Resources Business Partner

• Jul 2023 - Present

HR Manager

• Jun 2022 - Feb 2023

HR Manager

• Jun 2022 - Feb 2023

Human Resource Assistance

• Jun 2018 - May 2022

Payroll and Benefits Administrator

• Oct 2015 - May 2018

In charge of payroll and benefits in a multi-state capacity using Paychex for time keeping and payroll and Workday for benefit enrollment and performance reviews • Process bi-weekly payroll for over 120 hourly and salary employees • Responsible for posting invoices to the correct G/L accounts in Prophet 21, maintaining detailed spreadsheets, reconcile monthly G/L accounts for benefits and payroll taxes • Prepare, verify, and post all payroll journal entries and prepare all… Show more In charge of payroll and benefits in a multi-state capacity using Paychex for time keeping and payroll and Workday for benefit enrollment and performance reviews • Process bi-weekly payroll for over 120 hourly and salary employees • Responsible for posting invoices to the correct G/L accounts in Prophet 21, maintaining detailed spreadsheets, reconcile monthly G/L accounts for benefits and payroll taxes • Prepare, verify, and post all payroll journal entries and prepare all bi-weekly 401k reports for Fidelity • Use Workday reports to compare with spreadsheets for benefit reconciliation and invoices. • Pay benefit providers by ACH monthly • Post jobs, screen possible candidates and schedule interviews with Managers • Processed and maintained employee personnel records (new hire paperwork, I9's with E-Verify, status changes, terminations, performance appraisals.) • Administered employee health and welfare benefits (New Enrollments, Open Enrollments, COBRA, Life Insurance, AD&D, STD, LTD and 401K). • Coordinated the hiring process, including but not limited to conducting pre-employment background, drug screening and reference checks, negotiating salary offers, and issuing job confirmation letters and other internal communications. Conduct new hire orientation Show less In charge of payroll and benefits in a multi-state capacity using Paychex for time keeping and payroll and Workday for benefit enrollment and performance reviews • Process bi-weekly payroll for over 120 hourly and salary employees • Responsible for posting invoices to the correct G/L accounts in Prophet 21, maintaining detailed spreadsheets, reconcile monthly G/L accounts for benefits and payroll taxes • Prepare, verify, and post all payroll journal entries and prepare all… Show more In charge of payroll and benefits in a multi-state capacity using Paychex for time keeping and payroll and Workday for benefit enrollment and performance reviews • Process bi-weekly payroll for over 120 hourly and salary employees • Responsible for posting invoices to the correct G/L accounts in Prophet 21, maintaining detailed spreadsheets, reconcile monthly G/L accounts for benefits and payroll taxes • Prepare, verify, and post all payroll journal entries and prepare all bi-weekly 401k reports for Fidelity • Use Workday reports to compare with spreadsheets for benefit reconciliation and invoices. • Pay benefit providers by ACH monthly • Post jobs, screen possible candidates and schedule interviews with Managers • Processed and maintained employee personnel records (new hire paperwork, I9's with E-Verify, status changes, terminations, performance appraisals.) • Administered employee health and welfare benefits (New Enrollments, Open Enrollments, COBRA, Life Insurance, AD&D, STD, LTD and 401K). • Coordinated the hiring process, including but not limited to conducting pre-employment background, drug screening and reference checks, negotiating salary offers, and issuing job confirmation letters and other internal communications. Conduct new hire orientation Show less

Customer Service Representative

• Nov 2012 - Jul 2016

Serving in a number of roles in support of store initiative and objectives. Responsible for staffing including the hiring process through onboarding from Holiday 2014 to Present Successfully implemented a store-wide process for POS and Cash Room by training Associates and Managers. Developed and implemented a “buddy” program for the training of new hires designed to increase employee comfort level and satisfaction. Trained employees on customer checkout process… Show more Serving in a number of roles in support of store initiative and objectives. Responsible for staffing including the hiring process through onboarding from Holiday 2014 to Present Successfully implemented a store-wide process for POS and Cash Room by training Associates and Managers. Developed and implemented a “buddy” program for the training of new hires designed to increase employee comfort level and satisfaction. Trained employees on customer checkout process using the Mobile POS system (Libby). Recognized as the “Jack of all Trades” for the ability to help out in all departments whenever needed. Ask to serve in employee speaking with new hires to gauge their comfort level within the organization. Show less Serving in a number of roles in support of store initiative and objectives. Responsible for staffing including the hiring process through onboarding from Holiday 2014 to Present Successfully implemented a store-wide process for POS and Cash Room by training Associates and Managers. Developed and implemented a “buddy” program for the training of new hires designed to increase employee comfort level and satisfaction. Trained employees on customer checkout process… Show more Serving in a number of roles in support of store initiative and objectives. Responsible for staffing including the hiring process through onboarding from Holiday 2014 to Present Successfully implemented a store-wide process for POS and Cash Room by training Associates and Managers. Developed and implemented a “buddy” program for the training of new hires designed to increase employee comfort level and satisfaction. Trained employees on customer checkout process using the Mobile POS system (Libby). Recognized as the “Jack of all Trades” for the ability to help out in all departments whenever needed. Ask to serve in employee speaking with new hires to gauge their comfort level within the organization. Show less

Team Lead

• Aug 2010 - Nov 2011

Was hired to help with morale in the Softlines department by ensuring consistency with work and feedback. Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Safety Captain - Helped keep employees and guests safe for over 100 days three times. Ended 2010 with an average of 12% increase for my departments. Performed performance reviews for 16 employees as well… Show more Was hired to help with morale in the Softlines department by ensuring consistency with work and feedback. Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Safety Captain - Helped keep employees and guests safe for over 100 days three times. Ended 2010 with an average of 12% increase for my departments. Performed performance reviews for 16 employees as well as coaching and write-ups as needed to ensure everyone was doing what was expected and needed consistently. Kept a steady increase in sales for my personal departments for 14 months. Managers came to me to talk to peers and co-workers about changes to policies and procedures to ensure morale stayed high during changes and that they understood why it was happening and what was expected. Covered for and helped with the entire store schedule when that employee was sick or on vacation Show less Was hired to help with morale in the Softlines department by ensuring consistency with work and feedback. Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Safety Captain - Helped keep employees and guests safe for over 100 days three times. Ended 2010 with an average of 12% increase for my departments. Performed performance reviews for 16 employees as well… Show more Was hired to help with morale in the Softlines department by ensuring consistency with work and feedback. Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Safety Captain - Helped keep employees and guests safe for over 100 days three times. Ended 2010 with an average of 12% increase for my departments. Performed performance reviews for 16 employees as well as coaching and write-ups as needed to ensure everyone was doing what was expected and needed consistently. Kept a steady increase in sales for my personal departments for 14 months. Managers came to me to talk to peers and co-workers about changes to policies and procedures to ensure morale stayed high during changes and that they understood why it was happening and what was expected. Covered for and helped with the entire store schedule when that employee was sick or on vacation Show less

Department Manager

• Apr 2007 - Jan 2010

Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Ranked 2nd in the region of 74 stores and in the top 50 in the company out of 600 stores for the biggest margin of accessory sales for Paint in a 4 month period. Ranked 2nd in the district for sales of the Levelor brand blinds. Consistently scored Excellent as a department from Secret Shopper… Show more Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Ranked 2nd in the region of 74 stores and in the top 50 in the company out of 600 stores for the biggest margin of accessory sales for Paint in a 4 month period. Ranked 2nd in the district for sales of the Levelor brand blinds. Consistently scored Excellent as a department from Secret Shopper results. Consistently surpassed monthly sales goals. Show less Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Ranked 2nd in the region of 74 stores and in the top 50 in the company out of 600 stores for the biggest margin of accessory sales for Paint in a 4 month period. Ranked 2nd in the district for sales of the Levelor brand blinds. Consistently scored Excellent as a department from Secret Shopper… Show more Capable of handling all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Ranked 2nd in the region of 74 stores and in the top 50 in the company out of 600 stores for the biggest margin of accessory sales for Paint in a 4 month period. Ranked 2nd in the district for sales of the Levelor brand blinds. Consistently scored Excellent as a department from Secret Shopper results. Consistently surpassed monthly sales goals. Show less

Product Flow Specialist

• Mar 2001 - Mar 2007

Heavily involved in managing inventory by being the cycle count specialist for the entire store as well as helping to roll out and display new products and asset protection. Took care of receiving trucks and unloading merchandise and stocking it on the floor in a timely manner. Handled all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Consistently sold the most MP3 and iPod… Show more Heavily involved in managing inventory by being the cycle count specialist for the entire store as well as helping to roll out and display new products and asset protection. Took care of receiving trucks and unloading merchandise and stocking it on the floor in a timely manner. Handled all required duties from store open to close including opening/closing cash registers and the cash office and ensuring the store is secure. Consistently sold the most MP3 and iPod accessories at Christmas in a single month. Utilized as in-store Apple iPod software and hardware expert. Received awards for contributions in asset protection. Stockpicker Certified.

District Assistant

• Aug 2000 - Mar 2001

Supported 4 District Managers and over 100 stores by managing customer calls and complaints, travel itineraries and expenses. Put together the weekly, monthly and yearly sales trends for their respective districts and each individual store. Reserved and set up meeting locations as well as ordered food and made travel itineraries for those that were from out of town.

Merchandise Manager

• Jun 1998 - Aug 2000

I was hired to improve and fix the store's music department. Due to accomplishing this and organizing my peers to work together I was promoted to a salaried position 5 months later. Ensured all displays were out in a timely manner according to company standards. Kept up on weekly Ads by ensuring all store-wide pricing was correct and product was in stock. Ensured customers were being helped in a timely fashion as well as supporting my sales staff by backing them up and training… Show more I was hired to improve and fix the store's music department. Due to accomplishing this and organizing my peers to work together I was promoted to a salaried position 5 months later. Ensured all displays were out in a timely manner according to company standards. Kept up on weekly Ads by ensuring all store-wide pricing was correct and product was in stock. Ensured customers were being helped in a timely fashion as well as supporting my sales staff by backing them up and training them to close sales. Managed the music and software department by keeping it fully staffed as well as overseeing the training and mentoring of the employees. Received and checked in trucks and supported the warehouse crew in getting product to the floor in a timely manner.