Aurore Nicolet

Leading the Eastern Talent Acquisition team, operations and strategy supporting more than 500 locations across Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic provinces for Shoppers Drug Mart, Pharmaprix and Loblaw. We focus on domestic proactive talent attraction, international recruitment, campus recruiting, HR/TA technology deployment and employer branding.

+ Led the national talent acquisition team, strategy, sourcing and recruitment operations (supporting corporate functions, distribution centers and corporate stores - multi brands) + Led the implementation & functional ownership of the workday recruitment module. + Built, developed and operated a proactive talent acquisition function; + Enhanced and developed new tools and solutions to drive automation within the recruiting process + Built the foundation for a data-driven TA team by developing and reporting critical KPIs, metrics, reporting and data analytics to track progress. + Optimized and elevated talent acquisition functions in alignment with sourcing, attraction and operational best in class strategies; ➼ Accomplishments: ✦ Decreased TTF by 40 % within the first 6 months; ✦ Decreased by 19.4% external costs ✦ Built out in-depth metrics and reporting to ensure we had complete control over our hiring process and set ourselves up for success. ✦ Increased by 240% received candidate pipeline; ✦ Less than 3% turn over in attrition within probation period; ✦ Integration of GEM to automatized our sourcing and Microsoft Bookings to optimize the time we spent scheduling phone interviews ✦ Refreshing of the career page and job postings

+ Managed the full life-cycle of the talent acquisition process for corporate services and the laboratory division. ➼ Accomplishments: ✦ Developed scalable recruiting process from end-to-end, primarily focusing on technology automation, including the automation of offer letters, interview scheduling, sourcing tools, and process mapping for ATS implementation. ✦ Promoted diversity and inclusion in the workplace and ensured recruiting strategies were attractive to diverse candidates. ✦ Built out in-depth metrics and reporting to ensure we had complete control over our hiring process and set ourselves up for success. ✦ Designed & embedded a structured interview guide

+ Managed the full life-cycle of the talent acquisition process for corporate services (Center of Excellence) + Hired talent at all levels by partnering with leaders nationally (Toronto, Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary, Vancouver) + Leveraged recruitment metrics, reporting, systems and tools to inform talent acquisition strategies. Accomplishments: ✦ Reduced recruitment spend by 93% (annual); ✦ Reduced TTF by 5 weeks within the first 4 months; ✦ Developed the candidate experience: designed and implemented a post-interview survey form and candidate experience metrics, designed a candidate prep guide, interview guide, designed training sessions for hiring managers and implemented MS Bookings; ✦ Enterprise job postings redesign.

➼ Bilingual Source is a recruitment agency that specializes in the French and English marketplace, providing bilingual professionals of all skill levels to corporate clients in the Greater Toronto Area for permanent and contract positions. + Managed a 360 recruitment desk: Full cycle recruitment of bilingual positions across a variety of industries (finance, sales, call centers, banking, IT, professional services, logistics, manufacturing and automotive)

+ Led and coached a team of 30 talented people, including operations managers; + Responsible for all HR functions: Managed the day-to-day operations, including high volume recruitment, strategic planning, collaboration with unions, training and development, crisis management, employee relations, health & safety, performance management, payroll & benefits. Projects: ✦ Directed a national digitization project to quantify and assess performance. Planned the integration for 200 sites, including mobile solutions implementation ➼ Elior Group is one of the world's leading operators in contract catering and support services in the business & industry, education, healthcare and leisure markets.