Lina E.

About Lina E.

Over 10 years experience in successful instructional design, culture change and…

Experience

1. Regional Training Manager

   Walmart

   Nov 2015 — Present

   Design and deploy training programs of Assistant Manager Training for newly appointed Managers. Under corporate Talent Development (TD), trained 1,560 high potential employees across the U.S. in 3-week classroom/store experiences in New Manager training prior to their promotion to Assistant Manager roles.• Work closely with senior business leaders to provide expertise and guidance on issues related to diversity & inclusion, employee performance and engagement• Provide leadership, direction and follow-up for team of facilitators within Talent Center of responsibility • Project Manager for Retail Training from conception to completion including content, material design, classroom setup, facilitation, attendee list, class communication, hotel reservations and expenses etc.• Coach Store Managers, Assistant Store Managers and Department Managers*Retained as top 25% of 200 facilitators across 35 training centers when TD function dissolved.• Train-the-trainer role “Store of Learning” – one of 200 nationally – training, supervising and coaching new training and talent development team of 6 trainers, as part of company drive to align operations toward e-commerce sales and improve brick-and-mortar operations.• Supervise leadership training program for Store Managers each responsible for $70M-$120M in annual sales.• Partnered with department managers at Walmart stores over the past 5 months and prepared them for Academy certification audit, as one of the 200 best performing out of stores.• Served as an “Open Door Manager” and HR presence to resolve staffing and scheduling issues.• Garnered cooperation from employees to serve as new hire mentors by leveraging previously unused employee recognition programs. Fostered strong employee relations.• Trained on employment laws, and people, process and inventory management. Coached program participants and partnered with HR on individual performance.

Skills

• Cosmetics
• Event Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Communication
• Fundraising
• Luxury Goods
• Marketing
• Technology
• Fashion
• Marketing Communications
• Facebook
• Corporate Communications
• Public Speaking
• Training
• Customer Service
• Teamwork
• Retail
• Direct Marketing
• Time Management
• Management
• Team Building
• Public Relations
• Promotions
• Sales
• Integrated Marketing
• Project Management
• People Skills
• Trade Shows
• Beauty Industry
• Social Media
• Event Planning
• Leadership
• Technical Writing
• Social Media Marketing