Sara Williams, SHRM-CP

Experience

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  Raymond James Financial

  Apr 2008 - Sept 2010

  Operations Manager

  • Oversaw operations at two office locations, handling client interactions, system management, and on-site supervision.• Responsible for cold calling potential clients, cultivating new clients and maintaining relationships with current clients.• Managed comprehensive marketing system to include direct mail, advertising, websites, social media account, events and seminars.

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  Children's Dream Fund

  Oct 2010 - Mar 2017

  The Children’s Dream Fund is a non-profit wish-granting organization that provides dreams to children with life-threatening illnesses in West Central Florida.• Served over 40 children per year with life-threatening illnesses across 20+ counties in West Central Florida through fostering relationships with top medical professionals at 4 major children's hospitals.• Responsible for managing organization’s Program budget ($250k) and in-kind donations budget ($500k). Managed several databases simultaneously; compiled monthly and quarterly reports to track growth and manage costs.• Performed fundraising duties to solicit donations towards the fulfillment of each child’s dream including cold calling, marketing strategies and developing of professional relationships through maintenance and follow up. Managed 1 direct report and 1 indirect report to ensure Program success and growth.• Represented the organization at various hospitals and cultivated key relationships with hospital personnel to obtain referrals. Performed public speaking presentations at hospitals and events.• Responsible for working alongside the Development, Program and Event departments to create marketing and public relations strategies and materials. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Oct 2013 - Mar 2017

  • Marketing Communications Manager

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2013
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  Global Search Network

  Oct 2018 - Aug 2021

  GSN operates as an executive search firm, offering executive-level recruitment services to companies in the Food, Beverage, Packaging, and CPG sectors across North America. • Provided top quality, full-cycle recruiting services through the establishment of working relationships with both new and former clients and working professionals in the areas of Management, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality and Maintenance.• Responsible for securing relationships with manufacturing plants to initiate a working relationship with them and striving to best understand their needs and culture.• Sourced, screened and scheduled candidate interviews with multiple companies simultaneously.• Responsible for coaching candidates, providing feedback, negotiating offers and assisting candidates all the way through the job offer process.• Placed 11 executive manufacturing professionals in 2019 ($265,150 profit) and 7 professionals in 2020 ($158,600 profit).• Highest Linked-In response rate company wide- collaborated with coworkers to provide guidance on improvements to increase response rates.• Posted job listings across several platforms to increase volume of candidate resumes. Show less

  • Talent Acquisition Leader

    Feb 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Sourcing Recruiter

    Oct 2018 - Feb 2019
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  ALPLA Group

  Aug 2021 - Apr 2024

  Regional Talent Acquisition Leader/HR Generalist

  ALPLA is a world leader in the development and production of innovative plastic packaging solutions.Responsible for Talent Acquisition and Employer Branding strategies, as well as general HR functions, for regional headquarters, technical center, and 15 manufacturing sites in North America. • Extensive experience in executive recruitment as well as hourly recruitment for corporate headquarters, regional technical center, and 16 manufacturing sites across the US • Successfully led recruitment efforts for Management, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, Maintenance, Logistics, Human Resources and Sales functions, exceeding hiring goals by about 15%.• Specializes in developing and implementing comprehensive Talent Acquisition strategies to meet diverse organizational needs, measured by multiple KPI’s such as customer satisfaction rate, time-to-hire, eNPS, employee referrals, source-of-hire, quality-of-hire, retention and more.• Developed and implemented innovative hiring strategies, resulting in about a 25% improvement in the efficiency of the recruitment process. • Established strong relationships with key leaders and executives, as well as middle-level managers, contributing to the seamless execution of recruiting strategies.• Spearheaded executive search initiatives, placing top-tier talent in critical roles, resulting in an increase in leadership effectiveness.• Developed and managed two dynamic strategic project committees dedicated to recruitment and talent attraction/employer branding, involving leaders at both regional and plant levels to support the business needs of becoming a $10B company by 2026. • Executed initiatives to strengthen organizational growth, including the introduction of new projects such as a new ATS implementation, optimization of recruitment workflows, formulation of employer branding strategies, and a comprehensive overhaul of the interview process, all contributing to elevated candidate satisfaction. Show less

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  Solmax

  Apr 2024 - now

  Regional Contract Recruiter