LETICIA VELAZQUEZ
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OBJECTIVE
Acquire a position in Operations Management or Human Resources where I contribute to your operating efficiency and success while gaining knowledge in my accomplishments.
WORK OF EXPERIENCE
Human Resource Manager Chicago Michigan Ave. Borders Book Store 10/08-Present
• Responsible for all store recruiting, hiring, training and development of 100 + employees.
• Oversee benefit administration, payroll hour forecasting, scheduling and productivity goals met.
• Ensure the standard of conduct is followed and responsible for performance management of employees.
• Ensure store was comply ant with all employee and labor relation laws.
• Oversee the investigation of all internal allegations and complaints to resolution.
• Assist in the development and roll out of company policies and procedures.
Executive Team Leader- Guest Experience Oak Lawn IL Target 12/06-9/08
• Successfully opened the new Oak Lawn Target store.
• Approximately 60 direct reports, including 4 Team Leaders and 3 Specialist.
• Train, model, and provide recognition for great service and identify any service opportunities.
• Devise action plans to drive all service processes to exceed goals set by the corporation.
• Oversee all employees and assist department managers in executing their core roles and development.
• Work with the entire executive team to accomplish total store operations and meet store objectives.
Executive Team Leader- Store Operations Broadview IL Super Target 3/05- 12/06
• Selected to open the new Broadview Super Target.
• Responsible for best practice of store operations specifically in Receiving, Reverse Logistics, Logistics, Pricing Change, cash office and controllable expenses to minimize shortage.
• Utilized reports to identify and analyze opportunities that impact the store’s financial performance and customized store action plans for improvements.
• Proven results in leading the store operations to achieve profitable results.
• Self-assessment captain, responsible for ensuring that all weekly assessments are completed on time, retained and issues identified were corrected. Store achieved excellent results during HQ assessment visit.
• Selected as Inventory captain and Safety Captain for this store and district payroll captian.
Executive Team leader - Soft Lines (all Clothing/Accessory departments) Cicero IL Target 11/03-3/05
• Ensured that the sale floor merchandise was stocked, met Target Brand expectations and was properly signed with the correct price.
• Ensured that all seasonal and discounted merchandise is out of the stock room, to prevent markdowns.
• Executed all planning for new adjacency sets, to meet deadlines and presentation requirements.
• Ensured that sales floor planograms were set accurately, on time and met all safety, signing and pricing requirements.
• Selected as Safety Captain, inventory Captain and Volunteer Captain for this store.
EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS
August 1999- May 2003 St. Xavier University Chicago IL
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Business Management
3.5 GPA
Illinois/Chicago Food Safety and Sanitation Certification
LANGUAGES/SKILLS
Fluent in Spanish, Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PeopleSoft, Outlook Express