Sheri Walter

Experience

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  Kent Legal

  Jan 2003 - Jan 2007

  Manager, Temporary Division (Legal Recruitment)

  Oversaw the portfolio in Toronto for legal contract hires partnering with both private and public sector clients. Requirements included servicing project, set contract and open-ended arrangements. RecognitionSelected to attend the annual American Staffing Association's Convention & Expo in Orlando, Florida for achievement of the highest results among the Kent Legal recruitment team.

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  Hudson

  Jan 2007 - Jan 2008

  Account Executive (Information Technology Recruitment)

  Created an IT contract extension within the contingency division to service the Toronto market. Developed an applicant and client base for multiple industries.

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  Waterstone Human Capital

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Independent Recruitment Consultant (Executive Search)

  Provided sourcing and preliminary candidate screening for multiple disciplines, position types and leadership levels nationally.

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  Maple Leaf Foods Inc

  Mar 2010 - Nov 2015

  • Served as an Agile Product Owner in the enhancement of a team SharePoint site for Product Development to centrally store data in a disciplined manner with authorizations and checkpoints required. The site was constructed to link to the Federal Government’s SR&ED (Scientific Research & Experimental Development) tax incentive program. Acknowledged for exceeding Six Sigma Black Belt responsibilities in applying Agile methodology in partnership with IT. • Facilitated the customized introduction, execution and sustainability of a Joint Business Planning venture with key retailers for Canada Bread. Led discussions for the development of common goals, metrics, customer experience objectives, community preferences and ownership pieces in determining which products to highlight and where, at which store and during which season. • Enhanced an existing Six Sigma predictive model creation to aid with optimization of when to feature a Canada Bread product. The enhanced model incorporated business terminology and specific calculations catered to the bread industry utilizing a regression format enabling for key variables to be manipulated in comparing certain scenarios. The long-term intent of the model was to eventually house historical data and enable for scenario to actual comparison.• Led a product review for a growing protein channel for Maple Leaf Foods. Oversaw discussions between marketing, plant operations, product development, packaging, sales and finance in review of delivery details and customer ordering patterns by product; manufacturing and packaging complexity; packaging costing along with ingredient composition to determine the ideal portfolio moving forward. Achieved a packaging simplification outcome by 75% along with a reduction in product variations by 65%. Ingredients were simplified and spices were purchased premixed to simplify storage and reduce costs. Show less Managed recruitment portfolios for multiple business teams across Canada. Sourced and interpreted candidate worthiness through their described skill level and educational background, along with assessed potential. Informed Hiring Managers regarding additional value-add candidate attributes leading to enhanced team dynamics. Collaborated with the relocation department to finalize international candidate placements.Received a Bravo Bonus Award for 'Getting Things Done' for outstanding performance with implementing an Applicant Tracking System for the Talent Acquisition Centre. Recognized for living the Maple Leaf Leadership Values in 'Delivering Winning Results" and 'Getting Things Done' pertaining to Six Sigma Black Belt recruitment for Manitoba. Show less

  • Six Sigma Black Belt (Corporate Commercial)

    Sept 2012 - Nov 2015

  • Talent Acquisition Specialist/Senior Recruiter (Corporate Recruitment)

    Mar 2010 - Sept 2012
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  Scotiabank

  Jan 2017 - now

  • Senior Manager Model Compliance, Retail & Small Business (Global Risk Management)

    Jul 2023 - now

  • Senior Manager Data Risk (Global Risk Management)

    Nov 2018 - Jul 2023

  • Senior Manager Data Governance, Policy & Procedures (Enterprise Data Office)

    Jul 2017 - Nov 2018

  • Manager Process Improvement, Strategic Initiatives (Structural Cost Transformation)

    Jan 2017 - Jun 2017