Sarah Monahan

• Manage a 360 recruitment for Manufacturing and Operations Clients: identifying qualified candidates, conducting screening interviews, coordinating onsite interviews, conducting offer negotiations, and onboarding
• Develop and manage accounts specializing in manufacturing and operations, focusing on long-term and ongoing contracts, to meet strategic sourcing initiatives
• Build and maintain a strong and qualified client base, ensuring reliability and success, by consistently placing qualified candidates, providing market intel, and regular check-ins
• Establish a professional network of highly skilled professionals within the manufacturing and distribution sectors, strengthening the talent pipeline
• Utilize STRIVE’s Search System for proactive headhunting, and establish a professional network through networking events and team collaboration.
• Meet with clients to discuss and ascertain needs, tailor solutions, and close deals
• Gain an understanding of the culture, processes, and work environment of various clients
• Educate and influence clients on candidate skills, recruiting processes, strategies, and market conditions
  

• Established professional network through building and cultivating relationships
• Built and maintained a strong and qualified candidate base that yields success, reliability and can represent the company in a positive manner
• Gained an understanding of the culture, processes, and work environment of various clients through research and onsite/virtual meetings to access their business
• Extensively using Boolean search methods for passive sourcing on LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, and LOXO.
• Built relationships with candidates to ensure that qualified candidates are matched to appropriate positions and we remain their primary recruitment partner
• Kept informed about national and local market trends within the Manufacturing and Operations space to attract top talent
• Conducted in-depth interviews with candidates to ensure the culture and experience fit with current or prospective clients
• Took ownership of the research, sourcing, screening, and placement cycles
• Conducted phone/video screens (roughly 10 per day), scheduled interviews, completed reference checks, provided interview preparation/feedback, and coordinated offer negotiations.

• Carried out complete opening, closing and shift change duties to keep restaurant working efficiently and teams ready to meet customer needs
• Trained new staff on restaurant operations and policies to strengthen performance
• Checked identification to enforce age regulations for alcoholic beverages
• Maintained customer satisfaction with timely table check-ins to assess food and beverage needs
• Applied communication and problem-solving skills to resolve customer complaints and promote long-term loyalty
• Greeted new customers, discussed specials, took drink orders and built immediate positive connections with guests

• Generated and maintained company specifications and customer own specifications
• Reviewed incoming material's COA's and circulated own-brand COA's daily to customers
• Carried out physical & sensory trials on raw materials, non-conforming products and finished product
• Completed SAQ’s, vulnerability assessments, TACCP/VACCP, risk assessments & non-conformance reports
• Customer service and responded to diverse technical queries
• Investigated customer and consumer quality complaints and assessed risk
• Drive continuous improvement of core processes to ensure manufacturing quality is maintained while efficiency is optimized

• Reviewed, revenue goals, profitability, and customer satisfaction

• Met with company reps and researched new products and services on the market

• Established beneficial professional networks and partnerships to gain insight and campaign support resulting in long-term business relationships

• Made sales referrals, cross-sell products and introduced new ones

• Resolved customer complaints, guided them, and provided relevant information

• Ensured the team performs their job to company standards and are held accountable for non-compliance

• Application of benchmark and sampling new products vs benchmark
• Inputted on supplier and product selection
• Maintained rapport with suppliers throughout stage gate process
• Researched food ingredient market trends and modified and improved existing recipes
• Steered pilot products through the development process from initiation to launch including carrying out trials
• Took part in weekly team meetings, site visits and product sampling