Robin Ostrov Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Member of the Global Hospitality & Leisure Practice. Recruit senior level executives for companies ranging from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies within the hotel, restaurant, foodservice and real estate sectors. Functional areas include CEOs, operations, commercial and general management.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Partnered with leadership on the people strategy for transformation program initiatives, including identifying high potential candidates from across the enterprise, developing career paths and transition strategies to build, develop and retain talent.Collaborated with Talent Acquisition center of excellence to recruit, hire and onboard approximately 100 associates with high retention rates after 9-months. Supported organizational design and development for major enterprise initiatives, including new build of 35-person transformation program office and re-organization of several departments to align with organizational growth and future-state model.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Conceived and managed a centralized, automated job advertising solution to ensure more effective spend across the organization; resulted in overall cost savings from more traditional advertising and an increase in applicant volume. Built business case for increased recruitment budget to secure LinkedIn and Glassdoor contracts as well as increase headcount to support high volume recruitment growth. Introduced new, cutting-edge recruitment technology solutions (Brazen Events, Phenom TRM, Montage AI, Survale) transforming a passive TA function to a more competitive, best in class center of excellence. Developed and produced monthly dashboard report on salaried recruitment metrics to educate senior leadership and inform business decisions, leading shift toward more data-driven culture.Piloted video-interview platform to streamline high volume, hourly screening & selection. Managed pilot project from charter through evaluation.Led development of enterprise employer brand and value proposition, in partnership with external agency; efforts included diverse focus groups and development of creative to drive greater attraction and quality of hire.Successfully launched recruitment marketing platform and mobile apply integration with Phenom People, improving candidate experience, applicant volume and conversion rates.Led cross-functional team in sourcing and RFP for new background check provider and over-haul of pre-employment policies, resulting in better compliance and cost savings across most business units.Introduced and led Hourly Recruitment Taskforce to increase collaboration and visibility with corporate and field offices, and across business lines.

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Promoted to Manager due to effective leadership for Talent Acquisition function.Responsible for the overall planning, sourcing and selection strategy across the Delaware North enterprise; led team of 8 people.Built recruitment team up to 5 permanent and 2 contract recruiters, and restructured department to dedicated recruiters by line of business.Developed and implemented scalable solution for high volume recruitment in Sportservice business unit based on data and customer feedback.Introduced workforce planning model to business unit leadership to achieve recruitment goals.Designed and executed salaried recruitment standards, in collaboration with stakeholders, to support implementation of new applicant tracking system (PeopleSoft 9.1).Sourced and implemented recruiter certification training for team to develop recruiter coaching skills.Partnered with senior leadership on all executive recruitment, personally sourcing and placing multiple, critical C-level and VP-level roles.

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

Served in leadership capacity for the talent acquisition function; provided oversight of all exempt level recruitment; mentored and developed team of 3 recruiters. Supported executive recruitment for the enterprise; partnered with executive search firms and personally recruited directly for multiple searches.In partnership with supervisor, led the development of the Talent Acquisition center of excellence from a generalist model.

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

Hired, trained and developed a team of 3 recruiters on recruitment standards and effective consultation with hiring managers; trained and developed numerous HR professionals in the field on company recruitment process and standards.Successfully led project of developing and implementing recruitment standards for exempt level associates; spearheaded the communication plan, educated team and field, and set forth a plan for implementation.

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

Buffalo/Niagara, New York Area

Buffalo, New York, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Successfully identified candidates for high-level executive search assignments for over 100 Fortune 500 and start-up clients within the Consumer Products, Industrial, Retail, Financial Services, and Hospitality Sectors. Coordinated the Business Development planning for the Consumer Products & Services Sector through extensive research and identification of key business targets.Developed research strategies for multiple search assignments; identified and utilized recruitment sources to locate passive candidates.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

Ma-Hrir, Human Resources & Industrial Relations

Graduated number one in class with a Master’s degree in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from one of the top ranked Labor.

Ba, Psychology

Leadership Experience: President of Class, 1999; Founding Member and Officer, Delta Delta Delta

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