Katie Bailey Email & Phone Number

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Conducted talent acquisition recruitment and hiring strategies for corporation with offices in 50 countries.- Developed rapport with 30 candidates on a monthly basis to fulfill technical roles within SAP practice area.- Reviewed resumes and LinkedIn profiles for skills, experience, and knowledge to match open roles.- Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with consulting practice leaders, hiring managers, and HR personnel to understand project demands, staffing requirements, and required skills.- Maintained detailed tracker of all candidates and open roles, interview notes, feedback, and final decisions.- Managed scheduling and logistics of all interviews between candidates and hiring managers.- Utilized internal applicant tracking system to maintain candidate information.- Tracked KPIs, including Time to Fill, Offer Acceptance Rate, Number of Qualified Candidates per role.- Created interview matrix for hiring process based on SAP module and industry alignment for specific role.- Streamlined interview feedback and results form to record interview notes and recommendations.- Rewrote job descriptions to make them more attractive to candidates.- Created marketing initiative to have all Infosys partners update their LinkedIn profiles to include standardized About Infosys information, Infosys Job Title and professional profile picture, leading to enhanced branding.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Led program and project staff in HR-related activities, including staffing needs and recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, and performance evaluations. Position was 100% travel onsite to client locations.- Oversaw 2 project teams consisting of 40 team members conducting IT projects and global SAP implementation; selected candidates to fill open project roles.- Conducted initial interviews of internal staff for open project roles and coordination of proposed candidates with client manager interview process.- Created updated project onboarding process to include project pre-reading material, computer and hardware assignments and travel logistics.- Developed and communicated project processes and policies to ensure reporting of key milestones.- Forecasted, tracked, and managed project budgets.- Created complex budget tracking and forecasting tool including hours and travel expenses.- Interfaced regularly with partners, program and project managers, analysts, and department managers.

Oversaw project testing teams consisting of 5-10 team members performing worldwide SAP deployment projects totaling $20M+. Position was 100% travel onsite to client locations, including international countries.- Created, executed, and delivered 5+ full testing lifecycles (Unit/System/Integration/User Acceptance/ Regression) in Asia Pacific, Europe, North and South American regions.- Exceeded client expectations in meeting program timelines and project activities as recognized by achievement of client CIO award and 5 internal Service Excellence Awards. - Selected as software testing subject matter expert for both client and IBM leadership on projects in automotive, healthcare, and IT industries due to experience and expertise leading global test teams and testing software tools (HP Quality Center/Rational Quality Manager) - Coordinated all defect creation and resolution activities and status reports resulting in timely tollgate exits, accurate and precise project deliverables, and successful go-lives- Created and presented deliverables to all levels of project stakeholders, providing project insights, statuses, and action items to empower and motivate team members.- Mitigated project risks involving staffing, scope, and external dependencies using excellent relationship and problem-solving skills allowing project to continue on-time and under budget.- Developed and maintained strong client relationships with senior members of project team that allowed for seamless communication and resolution of project challenges and risks.

Developed and cultivated relationships with educational institutions, including professional relationships with University Career Services staff members and directors, students, faculty and staff.- Planned and executed 8-10 annual campus recruiting activities, including career fairs with 3K+ students in attendance, information sessions, interviews and “sell” events.- Managed campus hire interview process, including screening resumes, selecting candidates for interview and conducting kick-off and debrief sessions.- Created targeted recruiting plan aimed at specific roles and skills at each university to focus on each institution’s highest ranked majors and areas of study.- Presented material at information sessions and conducted one-on-one interviews on campuses.- Implemented staffing module to personalize campus recruiting staff for each campus based on alumni and professional relationships IBM managers had with university faculty and staff.- Coordinated efforts of staff involved in each recruiting event, including preparing and coaching 10 internal IBM staff members on interviewing at campus events.- Marketed IBM brand through formal information sessions and informal conversations with current students.- Traveled onsite at campus recruiting events; worked with students at events from 20 universities.

Conducted in-depth requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and post-deployment support for 4 clients. Position was 100% travel onsite to client locations, including international countries.- Produced high-quality, successful implementation and go-lives, leading to approximately $20K savings and reduced time.- Delivered solutions that fully met client requirements and decreased costly post-go-live changes by managing change request process from initial request through approvals and implementation. - Co-authored project kick-off and project update communications to global stakeholders ensuring team members buy-in, engagement, and support of project goals.- Interfaced regularly with IBM and client project team members including project managers and partners.