Nathan Pederson Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

• Conduct comprehensive full-lifecycle recruiting for Groundswell’s Digital Practice and BP, ensuring alignment with Department of Defense (DoD) standards and requirements.
• Recruit for critical roles supporting a range of key government agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Transportation (DOT), Department of Energy (DOE), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and.
• Oversee and manage the recruitment process from requisition through offer extension, including sourcing, screening, interview preparation, scheduling, negotiation, and offer presentation.
• Collaborate with hiring managers and operational leaders to drive recruitment strategies, achieve business objectives, and efficiently fill critical positions.
• Utilize industry-leading tools and platforms such as Workday ATS, Indeed, Clearance Jobs, and LinkedIn Recruiter to optimize the recruitment process.

• Spearheaded and directed the comprehensive hiring cycle, demonstrating leadership by overseeing recruiting, interviewing, reference checking, offer negotiation, and new employee orientation processes
• Leveraged advanced consulting skills and extensive technical expertise, showcasing a profound understanding of the industry, to contribute to organizational success
• Innovated workflow optimization solutions, specifically enhancing the submittal process, showcasing a strategic approach to process improvement
• Screened over 25 candidates weekly, achieving a 50% hire rate, underscoring a keen eye for talent and an ability to identify top-performing individuals
• Consistently ranked in the top 3 for hires over the past two years, reflecting a sustained track record of excellence in talent acquisition
• Provided an industry-leading candidate experience, from initial contact to seamless onboarding

• Completion of full cycle recruiting including job postings, sourcing, conducting pre-screens & face-to-face interviews, determining placements, negotiating & extending offers, and providing information to ensure.
• Built and maintained strong talent pipelines using sourcing strategies such as Boolean searches, multiple job boards, LinkedIn, internal databases, and referrals from hiring events, job fairs, etc.
• Used Boolean searches to identify elite talent. Approached, intrigued, engaged, and closed passive talent using compelling narratives, uncovering unmet needs/goals/aspirations, rapport building, excellent salesmanship.
• Participated in intake calls to better understand client needs, and performed searches on behalf of clients using LinkedIn Recruiter, Bullhorn, Monster, Career Builder, and advanced Sourcing techniques, and working.
• Strategized different ways to build talent pipelines by utilizing research strategies, referral generation and hiring/tech events
• Consistently exceeded 120% of KPIs/recruiting metrics (prescreens, interviews, New-Hire starts, etc.)

Greater Atlanta Area

• Accomplished complete set-up of the Mercedes PRO telematics program (Digital system to provide vehicle & driver data to customer) in the US including marketing activities from Customer Relationship Management software.
• Developed Business plans and negotiated pricing for large customers
• Increased activations rates from 2% to 10% in 6 months through sales push campaigns and direct fleet and dealer collaborations.
• Led internal Dealer System Integration for Sales and Service to enroll customers at each touch point for ease of use in Daimler Corp. operating system (NetStar)
• Established the foundation that increased activations by 15% year over year
• Instrumental in launch of Connectivity Products for Sprinter and Metris Van market in the US by bringing an Agile project approach (Kanban)

Greater Atlanta Area

Atlanta, GA

• Verizon Telematics Oct. 2014 – PresentSenior Coordinator – Customer Service Atlanta, GA
• Conduct inbound and outbound communications with clients to manage and grow customer relationships and sales
• Review client cases and requests for technical support by providing superior customer management and service
• Document 100% of inbound/outbound interactions to further grow customer data and records
• Build & maintain effective long term relationships with dealers & OEM technical support

Atlanta, GA

• Verizon Telematics Jan. 2010 - Oct. 2014Senior Analyst – Logistics Services Atlanta, GA
• Planned and managed warehouse and in-transit inventory levels for logistics synergy
• Utilized Oracle ERP system to build and analyze reports based on customer inventory data
• Developed and implemented processes to manage and monitor internal inventories for demo projects, engineering devices and warehouse inventory levels
• Analyzed and resolved electronic data interchange transactions to improve organizational process flows resulting in reduced reporting errors and redundancy rates
• Coordinated directly with purchasing team to develop and implement receipt processing accuracy

Kennesaw, GA

• UPS Supply Chain Solutions Sept. 2010 – Dec. 2010Warehouse Associate (Forklift Certified) Louisville, KY
• Utilized warehouse management software platforms to perform picking, packing, and shipping
• Facilitated precise logistical operations by managing and organizing warehouse processes

Ba, Corporate & Organizational Communication, Marketing

Activities and Societies: Sigma Nu

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