Arlene Morimoto, SHRM-CP

• Lead full-cycle recruitment efforts for various business functions, including Accounting, Business Technology, Data Science, Digital Marketing, and Strategy, for full-time, temporary, and contract roles. • Enhanced recruitment process by partnering with department leaders to identify talent needs, design recruitment plans, and communicate recruiting progress. • Conducted behavior-based interviews and provided meaningful candidate information for better hiring decisions. • Collaborated with HR Business Partners to ensure talent acquisition goals were in line with HR strategy and leverage their expertise in matters related to employee relations, pay equity, employment sponsorships, and benefits. • Improved recruitment operations by customizing applicant tracking system to business needs. Trained team members on system capabilities. • Leveraged sourcing skills to build networks of qualified candidates for every level. • Represented recruiting in the implementation of Workday. • Generated recruiting reports including open requisition, time-to-fill, source of candidate, and EEOC data. • Participated in various diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) events.

• Partnered with executives and department leaders from three operating companies. Performed end-to-end, domestic and international recruitment for professional and leadership roles across all functions. Adjusted working hours to accommodate time zones (PST, CST, EST, and GMT+1). • Conducted extensive sourcing for hard-to-fill roles in supply chain, procurement, R&D and chemical manufacturing operations. • Closely collaborated with HR on process improvement initiatives, compensation reviews, and employee relations issues pertaining to internal hiring process. Trained new HR team members on recruitment process and systems. • Analyzed and developed the company’s recruitment framework. Standardized processes across different business units, permitting recruitment to be a shared resource throughout the organization. • Optimized applicant tracking system’s efficiency through customization and integration of third-party technologies. Automated offer letter generation and background check processing. • Developed and managed company’s relocation assistance program. • Created and implemented new recruiting strategies such as Hiring Days, leading to quickly filling manufacturing roles. • Designed interview guides for hourly manufacturing workers targeting competencies aligned with company’s continuous improvement culture. • Trained hiring managers on behavioral interviews, boosting confidence on hiring decisions. • Enhanced new hire experience by implementing a formal pre-employment procedure, new hire orientation, and onboarding. • Originated reports to demonstrate financial impact of international hiring on business unit budget. • Developed and managed budget for corporate recruitment. Handled vendor relationships and contract negotiations. • Collaborated with outside legal counsel on processing H1-B transfers. • Coached one HR coordinator.

• Provided strategic direction and coaching to two recruiters covering three regions of the company. Managed their performance, including evaluations and corrective actions, and provided one-on-one training and various resources to ensure team success. • Mended and enhanced relationships with operational leaders through frequent communication, close collaboration on projects, revising recruitment practices, creating initiatives to address business needs, and monitoring performance to ensure achievement of goals. • Improved department performance by aligning recruitment activities to organizational objectives, implementing performance standards, and initiating monthly metrics / reports, including time-to-fill, new hires per source, cost per candidate, and cost per hire. • Introduced proactive recruitment tactics such creating candidate pipelines, connecting through social media, participating in college campus events, and partnering with trade schools. • Focused on diversity recruitment by partnering with employment centers, such as Workforce WA and JVS SoCal as well as organizations that supported populations in need, such as Orange County Rescue Missions. • Prepared and managed company’s recruitment budget. • Designed and implemented the company’s first internship program for various departments including Accounting, HR, Legal, and Leasing. • Presented at companywide training event on behavior-based interview techniques. First member of HR to be invited. • Handled full-cycle recruitment for manager-level and corporate roles.

• Successfully transitioned from corporate recruitment to headhunter as the real estate market rose and declined. One of 2 recruiters retained by the company during the Great Recession. • Provided full-cycle recruitment support to numerous divisions including start-up offices in California, Arizona, Illinois, Minneapolis, Ohio and New Jersey. • Handled all positions in all functions: leadership roles, land acquisition and development, construction, purchasing (onsite and offsite) and sales. • Trained hiring managers as well as new recruiters on hiring practices and policies, employment law, and behavioral interviewing techniques.