Tobi Karson

About Tobi Karson

Key Accomplishments:•Managed talent mapping and succession planning projects to drive workforce planning efforts. •Built and developed the Talent Acquisition and Onboarding Team. Introduced new onboarding experience for new hires. Created strategy and standard operating procedures for the program and led implementation. Improved employee experience from a 42% to an 89% approval rating. Introduced the quality of hire metric to our performance management process to measure our talent selection process success.•Created the Talent Score Card and Team Playbook to measure team success.•Directed restructuring, career-pathing, compensation benchmarking projects for corporate, which included Merchandising, Finance, Supply Chain, IT, and the Ops Planning Departments.•Led employment branding strategies and campaigns. •Implemented a new performance coaching tool used quarterly based on the stop, start, continue the method. •Implemented the use of a Predictive Index Tool to hire smarter, improve engagement, and empower managers to optimize talent to meet company goals. •Revamped the company’s leave administration process to improve employee experience and ensure compliance with all state and local leave laws.•Implemented new unlimited vacation and enhanced leave policies.•Responsible for the RFP process and implementation of the company’s applicant tracking system. •Introduced an on-demand corporate recruitment model to utilize during peak hiring seasons which led to a reduction in agency fees by 63% which also decreased our time to fill by 23%.•Managed several Audit projects which included, background policy and FLSA to mitigate risk and ensure compliance.•Implemented monthly compliance review playbook.•Managed the company’s RIF process.

Experience

1. Vice President, People

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   Apr 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

Skills

• Sdlc
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Talent Management
• Program Management
• Human Resources
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Vendor Management
• Technical Recruiting
• Sourcing
• Performance Management
• Crm
• Employee Training
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Team Leadership
• Hris
• Change Management
• Recruiting
• Employee Relations
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Leadership
• Employee Benefits
• Team Building
• Management
• Interviews
• New Hire Orientations
• Employee Engagement
• Personnel Management
• Onboarding
• Business Development
• Organizational Development
• Customer Service
• Training
• College Recruiting
• Marketing
• Peoplesoft
• Strategy
• Succession Planning